The Fuzz War combines the massive scoop of a Big Muff with the gnarly sizzle of a Tone Bender, because its lineage is that of a Ram's Head minus the first set of diodes. Its volume and tone controls are especially powerful, and the pedal can get shrill very easily as a result. It's best to put it before a dirty-ish amp as shown in this demo to tame some of the screechiness and make the tone sweep more usable. By itself it doesn't have the smooth sustain of a Muff either; you'll have to rely on volume and tube saturation to smooth out some of the pedal's inherent ragged quality and heavy attack if that's your thing.
After scraping through all kinds of off-target fuzz demos, coming across this one of yours is a godsend. Such great demonstration, tasteful riffing that I actually LIKE, and a well recorded/edited video. Subscribed. Would really love to see you keep making productions like this.
+Alphonso Gaston well the issue with fuzzes is that the tone changes a lot depending on your amp and the other parts of your signal chain, but the hoof's circuit based on the big muff if I remember, so you should be expecting something like that
I agree. Fuzz demos should be more like this. Too many reviewers seem to not play to the pedal but instead incorporate them into their dad blues/rock style.
Best fuzz demo I’ve seen, no talking, tasty riffs, and infinite tweaking 💯, it’s amazing the fact that you can get so many tones out of two knobs, keep it up!
Can i play this at bedroom levels? Or is it impossible? The question applies to other fuzz pedals aswell. Whenever I plug a fuzz into my vox AC15 I just can't play at reasonable levels
Fuzz pedals add a lot of gain to the signal, thus making it a lot louder. If the pedal you tried has a dedicated volume knob try to use it to lower the pedal’s output. The fuzz war has one so it might help, but I don’t own an AC15 so I can’t tell for sure that it will suit your needs. Maybe buy a used attenuator ? This will allow you to crank up your amp at bedroom level. Also do you plug your fuzz into a dirty setting or a clean setting ? A dirty setting might help you achieve reasonable level, as the boosted sound from the fuzz will just make the amp saturate/compress more instead of making it louder if the clean setting has still a lot of headroom
@@TheFuzzChannel put a jhs little black box between the normal channel and the top boost channels of your amp. My buddy does this with his fender twin reverb.
Nice with the Red Fang in there. Just saw them two weeks ago, killer tones. Been eyeing the Fuzz War for a while, to take the spot of my russian made Big Muff on my board (It's barely functional anymore...wanna get it out before it completely shits the bed)
So interesting you said this. I have a russian big muff which is central to my tone and it died / keeps dying. I visited an electrical shop today and the guy is gonna try and repair it, but I can't rely on it live no way. This eve a Fuzz War comes up on my local gear fb group and I bought it on impulse, specifically to replace the Black Russian. Will still get it repaired tho and use for recording / backup.
Kinda sounds like one and the circuit is based on the big muff (if I remember correctly), however it doesn't behave the same way at all, the fuzz war loves being used to push an amp where a big muff sometimes sounds awkward doing it, and vice versa the fuzz war can be awkward on some clean tones where a big muff would shine.
Killer sound, Dude!!! Does it sound so good also with a fender tube amp like blues junior? Any suggestion? Thank you, that white Russian seems tasteful!
Hello, how is it going? I am about to buy this pedal on a second hand store but this guy hasn't got the user manual. I was wondering if anyone in this video who reads this comment, if you have this pedal, could send me a copy of the user manual by email. Maybe its a weird question but it would help me a lot. Thank you for reading.
Actually Mike Thomspon used it but never as a main sound. Only on some guitars parts. Slipknot uses Orange (for Jim) and Rivera (mike) amps and i'm not sure a fuzz can give you enough precision to be used as a mean sounds in modern metal
Beatles - check ! Sabbath - check ! Tung sol - check ! Klon clone - check ! Capt. America + tasteful carpet + the Clash + wah pedal ++++ who is this guy !
The Dude lol you are the shit man. Between the lebowski references (nice rug n white russian btw), the beatles/clash//pistols posters, electric wizard, and the white stripes...I like your style man.
The Dude Just got my fuzz war in a mail last night while I was at work. This thing is an ungodly fucking beast. Great demo btw. Your poduction/editing are all spot on. And it's a really good run through of the features. Liked and Subscribed.
I have this pedal and I am not disappointed. Be warned, this pedal is powerful.
and so much louder than any other pedals on my board
I own this pedal too and I love it! It provides a great psychedelic tone as well as an awesome alt rock/ grunge sound. Best fuzz out there
Is it like a big muff?
@@silvertongues2 It is a highly modified Muff type (4-transistor) circuit.
Seriously! If the volume scale is 1-10. I never have mine higher than 2.
The Fuzz War combines the massive scoop of a Big Muff with the gnarly sizzle of a Tone Bender, because its lineage is that of a Ram's Head minus the first set of diodes. Its volume and tone controls are especially powerful, and the pedal can get shrill very easily as a result. It's best to put it before a dirty-ish amp as shown in this demo to tame some of the screechiness and make the tone sweep more usable. By itself it doesn't have the smooth sustain of a Muff either; you'll have to rely on volume and tube saturation to smooth out some of the pedal's inherent ragged quality and heavy attack if that's your thing.
After scraping through all kinds of off-target fuzz demos, coming across this one of yours is a godsend. Such great demonstration, tasteful riffing that I actually LIKE, and a well recorded/edited video. Subscribed. Would really love to see you keep making productions like this.
Oh stop it, you !
The Dude's Gear great video, how would you compare the fuzz war to the eqd cloven hoof
+Alphonso Gaston well the issue with fuzzes is that the tone changes a lot depending on your amp and the other parts of your signal chain, but the hoof's circuit based on the big muff if I remember, so you should be expecting something like that
I agree. Fuzz demos should be more like this. Too many reviewers seem to not play to the pedal but instead incorporate them into their dad blues/rock style.
Definitely one of the best demos I have heard of this pedal, im considering buying this now, cheers!
So glad to hear that !
This pedal is even killer live, buy it.
For sure. Nice/relevent song choices too.
Best fuzz demo I’ve seen, no talking, tasty riffs, and infinite tweaking 💯, it’s amazing the fact that you can get so many tones out of two knobs, keep it up!
This pedal is a dangerous beast and for that I love it.
Wanted to hear a fuzz vid with hotrails before I decided on replacing my single coils. You sealed the deal man
thom dushane cheers dude ! Just be careful with trebles as it’s a really dark mic
Ty Segall pedal, Jack White tune, the Dude beverage, I'm in
Haha thank you!
Fuzz channel - finally a channel I like
Electric wizard? 4:20
Electric wiz at 4:20 specificially is perfect timing.
Awesome demo! Great playing too! You really showcased all of the pedal's sweet spots with common gear.
My neighbours HATE this pedal...
Doing its job then.
Are u playing all this through a clean channel
Just a simple and awesome demo, thanks!
Dirty, gritty, and exactly what I needed. 🤟😎
great review! which song is that from 3.05 min...??? I just can't figure it out! help! ;-)
Yes
Can i play this at bedroom levels? Or is it impossible? The question applies to other fuzz pedals aswell. Whenever I plug a fuzz into my vox AC15 I just can't play at reasonable levels
Fuzz pedals add a lot of gain to the signal, thus making it a lot louder.
If the pedal you tried has a dedicated volume knob try to use it to lower the pedal’s output.
The fuzz war has one so it might help, but I don’t own an AC15 so I can’t tell for sure that it will suit your needs.
Maybe buy a used attenuator ? This will allow you to crank up your amp at bedroom level.
Also do you plug your fuzz into a dirty setting or a clean setting ? A dirty setting might help you achieve reasonable level, as the boosted sound from the fuzz will just make the amp saturate/compress more instead of making it louder if the clean setting has still a lot of headroom
@@TheFuzzChannel put a jhs little black box between the normal channel and the top boost channels of your amp. My buddy does this with his fender twin reverb.
Dig the red fang riffs
dethbyadofuzor
This is a really fucking good demo. I'm gonna have to get one now but shelling out 140+ quid is gonna be haaard
This thing sounds Immense!!
Does this fuzz clean well by rolling down the volume pot on the guitar? Great demo!
Nah
Nice with the Red Fang in there. Just saw them two weeks ago, killer tones. Been eyeing the Fuzz War for a while, to take the spot of my russian made Big Muff on my board (It's barely functional anymore...wanna get it out before it completely shits the bed)
Thanks mate !
So interesting you said this. I have a russian big muff which is central to my tone and it died / keeps dying. I visited an electrical shop today and the guy is gonna try and repair it, but I can't rely on it live no way. This eve a Fuzz War comes up on my local gear fb group and I bought it on impulse, specifically to replace the Black Russian. Will still get it repaired tho and use for recording / backup.
Awesome tone and riffs to match it. Anyone know what the riff is at 4:29?
Black Mass by Electric Wizard :)
Black russian in the end is an easter egg?
How well does this feedback
Great demo. I have this pedal and its a killer.
+Rui Serrabulho thanks man !
Sick vid :) any pedals this is good to pair with ?
Love your vid ! What's that chord at 1:24 ? Sounds awesome
Thank you!
Just a double stop on 14th fret, thank you so much !
Well okay, thanks. Keep up the good work ! No useless speech, I love your style. Thanks !
whats the song at 4:00? I know that riff...
"Dopethrone"
This sounds like the rebel son of Billie Corgan's Big Muff
so its like a big muff?
Kinda sounds like one and the circuit is based on the big muff (if I remember correctly), however it doesn't behave the same way at all, the fuzz war loves being used to push an amp where a big muff sometimes sounds awkward doing it, and vice versa the fuzz war can be awkward on some clean tones where a big muff would shine.
Killer sound, Dude!!! Does it sound so good also with a fender tube amp like blues junior? Any suggestion? Thank you, that white Russian seems tasteful!
Fantastic demo of a pedal that I will soon build a clone of. Nice one, it'll be a FuzzDog Raw Fuzz kit.
+Mick Jones :DogBiscuit: thanks man, be sure to make a vid about it, I'm curious about that kit !
Hello, how is it going?
I am about to buy this pedal on a second hand store but this guy hasn't got the user manual. I was wondering if anyone in this video who reads this comment, if you have this pedal, could send me a copy of the user manual by email. Maybe its a weird question but it would help me a lot. Thank you for reading.
Great demo. Red Fang was on point.
Thank you very much, it's nice seeing you here :)
A proper review, now I know what fuzz pedal to buy, thanks for sharing!
+Kof Dabarber thanks dude ! And don't forget : maximum volume yields maximum results ;)
Nice demo! The Dude abides...you got any kahlua?
+Michael Bartholomew plenty ;)
I have this one but don't think my Amp is able to handle the fuzz :D
Just an update, my previous Amp (one of those micro fender toasters) wasn't indeed able to handle the fuzz, my new orange crush 20 delivers fully
Nice dude ! Enjoy the orange goodness ;)
I love this pedal it gives you the perfect nu metal sound when playing slipknot songs
Actually Mike Thomspon used it but never as a main sound. Only on some guitars parts. Slipknot uses Orange (for Jim) and Rivera (mike) amps and i'm not sure a fuzz can give you enough precision to be used as a mean sounds in modern metal
Salut,je passait juste par là juste pour voir où en était ta chaîne TH-cam. Super boulot continue.
+JupiterElsass/Officielle\ merci ;)
Might be gettign one of these in a trade tomorrow, wanted to see what I was getting in to. The guy trading this with me is getting ripped off, man
Cameron Tyson everything went well?
What did you trade for this?
1958 Mary Kaye strat
Opening riff reminds me of Migration by ORB
Orb, Tame Impala, Black Sabbath... and me haha, it’s a very stereotypical riff to be fair
and Red Fang! :-)
Beatles - check ! Sabbath - check ! Tung sol - check ! Klon clone - check ! Capt. America + tasteful carpet + the Clash + wah pedal ++++ who is this guy !
can imagine this sounding great on bass or with a ribbon mic. Epic fuzz tone!
What is the riff at 3:56 from? Great demo video.
A badly played version of Electric Wizard - Dopethrone haha
The Dude is that girl you have no faith in medicine at 2:35 ?
+Jay T it is mate ! :)
The Dude lol you are the shit man. Between the lebowski references (nice rug n white russian btw), the beatles/clash//pistols posters, electric wizard, and the white stripes...I like your style man.
The Dude Just got my fuzz war in a mail last night while I was at work. This thing is an ungodly fucking beast. Great demo btw. Your poduction/editing are all spot on. And it's a really good run through of the features. Liked and Subscribed.
love that Redfang reference !
Mic Thomson use this pedal.
What does the smartgate do to the tone/sound?
+Mike Adams it’s just a gate, doesn’t do anything to the tone, but cranking up a fuzz into an amp pushed to 11 is quite noisy so it was needed haha
its like gearmandude but focused on how cool this one guy is standing playing guitar from several different angles. Oh Joy!
Man, when you bust out that Redfang!
Red Fang! Awesome job Dude!
Electric Wizard in a box ????? No Gibson SG needed ????? what ??
U have a new subscriber... why?... because you PLAY and not yap the whole time!! Keep it up
Tasty. Fuzz War vs Swollen Pickle? Anybody V
Fuzz war by a mile. I have the swollen pickle and I find it too smooth.
elephant
Cool vids dude!
+Gletty Guitars take it easy dude
Lo c, Reeks of Black Sabbath
RES FANG!
SOLD
Poor Vodka !!!
Great job bro' ;)
Thanks dude !
Burzum Sound
I have one on my 6 pedal pedalboard
Yes ! A white russian lover !