FUZZ 101: A Beginner’s Guide | Friday Fretworks
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- Fuzz can be a bit of a minefield. Where do you even start?!
Disclaimer: I wanted the intro jam to have a bit of a Deep Purple feel but in retrospect, it ended up sounding a bit like a pirate metal band...apologies!
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Key points:
0:00 Intro
0:06 JAM!
1:27 My introduction to fuzz
2:30 The first ever fuzz pedal
3:07 Gibson Maestro Fuzz Tone
3:37 Sola Sound Tonebender
4:17 Jimmy Page's recollections
4:46 Jackson Audio Fuzz
5:25 JAM! (Tonebender)
6:25 The Fuzz Face
8:04 JAM! (Fuzz Face)
9:22 The Big Muff
10:44 JAM! (Big Muff)
11:59 In conclusion...
12:43 JAM! (Fuzz Face)
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How you come up with these jams week after week is beyond me.
ikr his jams are incredible
Same
if anyone was wondering and didn't know the last jam is I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
I legit think that Chris is the single best guitarist on TH-cam. Your playing just hits in the right place. So inspiring. So tasteful. I'd love to see you play live sometime. Come to 🇨🇦!!
Dude! Ariel Posen is also on that list.
@@kalkidasofficial ariel is amazing, love him.
Julian Lage and Chris are the two, for me, that really do it.
Ariel Posen kicks butt too. Chris Bucks is just nuts
Posen has him in the guitar technicals but Buck just has that feel that makes your heart beat a little faster.
@@forester057 Good catch! Agree on that. Different styles, Posen's slide is also something
The best right hand in the business
Tim Pierce gave you some serious credos in his last vid. KUDOS
Your music channel is unique in that there is zero self-serving/self-congratulating/self-indulgent nonsense. You provide very complete, organized, and enjoyable material, and of course, you really bring it on your instrument. It’s a real pleasure. Congratulations.
Every Friday I come to TH-cam looking for Friday fretworks. Every Friday I open the description and skip to each “Jam!” section. Then, once I’ve repeated them enough, I watch the whole video.
Keep doing what you do
that outro solo was the purest of golds
One of Hendrix’s main use of a fuzz was to set it fairly high, into a driven amp and then dial back the guitar volume to clean it up. Gives an amazing clean tone that is impossible to get straight to the amp.
yeah I always loved how you can hear the fuzzy low end in his clean tone when he digs into the strings!
"Pirate metal band" 😂 That intro blew my socks off! And they were tightly on!
A very tasteful display of the use of fuzz. Some of the magic occurs when you lower the volume knob on the guitar, especially with the Fuzz face. The jams are mesmerizing!
Exactly! I think most people just turn their guitar volume to ten and when it sounds bad, they say they hate fuzz.
Keith Richards said in an interview that the fuzz track on "Satisfaction" was meant to be a placeholder for some horns that he wanted to be included, but the record company in a rush to get a single out, released it with the fuzz instead of horns. Keith only found out when he heard the song on the radio. So it was a lucky "accident" that changed guitar history.
I'm a big Hendrix fan, so I love the Fuzz Face (the blue silicon transistor one), but I also have a reissue Octavio, and have read that Jimi's tech would mod the Octavio fuzz circuit and put them in Fuzz Face enclosures. I recently did the same mod to my Octavio, and it sounds amazing, when it's just in fuzz mode (minus the octave effect). Both the Fuzz Face and modded Octavio do a great job of recreating a Jimi fuzz tone. Big Muff is a great pedal too, and always on my practice pedal board. One of these days I'll get a Tone Bender, then I'll have the "set".
P.S. The outro tune. "I Want You (she's so heavy)" was the perfect choice for this subject. :)
I’ve been saving for the Ramble FX Twin Bender V3, as it just has the options I want in a Tone Bender.
I’ve used a JHF1 from 2008ish, for my Fuzz Face, even after trying a myriad of others. I just can’t get the same cleanup and feel from others, not to mention how it stacks with the OD’s I use.
If I only had one dirt pedal to use, it would be the one. I’m just so used to it.
If I had the disposable income, I’d definitely try out the new Vemuram Myriad made with Josh Smith, but it’s a $500 pedal new, and I just don’t do a Wet/Dry setup that would justify it. I got to play a buddy’s basic version(the $300 one), and it sounded excellent, so maybe I’ll try it again one day. It has a Germanium and Silicon circuits, and it’s cleanup was sweet, with all the gain as well. But every Germanium transistor Fuzz pedal I’ve owned, even with a bias knob, still get weird depending on temperature. Sometimes the bias can get it back to normal, but then it will change again the longer it’s played.
Wonder if Chris will get one of those new ones from Benson?
Always thought that track was similar to horns, fuzz guitars always have that quality
@@ciarancooling3014 Cellos are a frequent point of comparison.
My Big Muff Pi is a dust collector--with my Fender '68 Delux Rev, it is just a mush of blathering sound even at low settings. I've had it for many years--used it--or tried to, twice. Your Tone on Everything is Exquisite. No need to comment on your playing--it is obviously Divine. Stay Well.
@Chris Buck "Pirate Metal" for the win!
Now that's a good sounding fuzz.
I never was capable to get a good sound out of this fuzz face.
The sound is in the fingers!
It IS in the fingers!
I'm not sure what Chris is playing normally, but he always has that specific dark sound, no matter what he plays. Chris Buck is not the only one with a 'signature sound', but his may be the most prominent. And I love it.
you're style is beyond inspirational. amazing. Wales rocks
That’s she’s so heavy jam at the end.. crazy
Holy shit. One of the best jams you’ve done that bend tapping was stupidly nice
So, you apologize for the intro jam... that I backed up and repeatedly listened to? LOL! I just discovered your channel and it's like a breath of fresh air.. ( after breathing through a mask for a year! ) 'nuff said!
This is excellent information, thank you. I actually purchased and returned a fuzz face in December because I couldn't get any usable tone out of it. I'm new to pedals and didn't even think of trying the things you mentioned. This is very helpful for us noobs. Thanks for that, and all the work on your videos. Your incredible playing and articulate hosting makes this one of the very best guitar channels on youtube.
That opening jam was euphoric.
Bruh that intro... and the demos... and the outro... I’m gonna go practice
Killer opening jam! My mind is blown.
I always come back to this video just to listen to the insane beatles jam at the end
Oh man, the Beatles outro...so sweet
Without the Chris Buck module, I'm out! What a great intro/overview into the fun, crazy world of fuzz. I've dallied for nearly 40 years with them and only in the last 10 or so when I eschewed my 80s roots did I star to get it. Chris is spot on, its a deep hole and can get rather overwhelming but this was a great high level idea of the origin and tone possibilities that make fuzz so unique. Well done Chris!
new player here and before hearing elsewhere I came to using my fuzz with the guitar volume rolled back as I have a Deville 410 at home and have small kids, Its a special sound to my ear having that volume rolled back cleaning that sputter up and smoothing out the tone. I prefer it with my tele too over my Les Paul where I find it more difficult to deminish the wollyness. Cheers, see you again next Friday.
I don't like Fuzzes, I don't even own one. But when you, Chris, play one, it's like gold!
DUDE. That intro solo.... 🤯🔥
All the best from Canada!
Unreal! Goosebumps listening to those solos!
man... killler intro. the taps and strum behind the nut.. so cool
Man, no apologies needed for turning gold into diamond.
Congratulations Chris, just seen a snatch of your vid on Tim Pierce vid . Praise indeed.
Thanks Chris ⚓️
Oh man, I love it when you rock out like that!
Screw the content, CB just unleashes on that Tele intro jam. Fuck me...i love this kid! Keep on keeping on CB...one of a kind😁👍👍
The most Attractive music video thumbnail ever is jimi hendrix i see him i click.
nice video Chris by the way 🎼👌
So a Jackson Audio commercial. Superb playing as always 🤯
Awesome playing and informative points as always Chris! Going to have a ton of fun jamming along to your jams! :)
Hello Chris! I love watching you on Fridays. Always a great show. Cheers!
What a great solo! Big love from argentina :)
this is absolutely mental! the tone in that song in the beginning is insane! great video!
Rock on! You're lifting us up with those oh so tasty tones & smashing chords!!!
Your phrasing is just impeccable. So so tasty I could listen to it all day.
That intro track was intense! Great playing 🤯
absolutely lovely, mate.
Best episode so far. Love your videos man, cheers from Brazil
Amazing content as usual. Nice job👍🏻
For me was very comprehensive and more than a 101 class. Thanks.
Dude your playing is always inspiring to me.. thanks!
mighty intro
Great episode! Very succinct introduction into fuzz, really great advice for newcomers to fuzz. Awesome playing... as always! Cheers.
Absolut insane! Great vid!
Killer playing! Srsly one of my favourite guitar players.. thank you Chris
That feel, man. The feeeeeeeel!!!! 😳
Ahh you started out with a 15w Peavey Rage too! The perfect amp to start with because then, once you upgrade, you have the perfect point of reference for why better amps are indeed better :')
Another great video and phenomenal playing!
Excellent playing and interesting history of one of the most famous pedal effect ever made.
That intro jam is straight awesome
such a feeling and sound..amazing!!!!!
Mate !!! Wow 👍🏻🏴🤯
Sick Intro man!
That opening jam is insane buddy 👏
Could listen to Chris reveal music history all day!
Damn best intro ever.
Pirate metal, my new favourite music genre.
Thanks Chris. A really good video which gave me some pointers. Loved the Led Zep inspired segment.
Nice Chris. Thanks and take care.. 👍🇦🇺
that little touch harmonic thing you did at 8:57 was so cool..if I take one thing away its to able to throw in one of those buggers every so often..damn that sounds good..
That last solo belongs in a museum
Terrific Chris, I must admit to not knowing much about the fuzz, I am now enlightened!-She's so heavy was a nice surprise
A good Fuzz on a single coil neck pickup is hands down my favorite guitar sound
Freaking beast of a guitar player. Unreal 🤪
Wow speechless
Chris, thanks for that great breakdown of fuzz pedals. I have been fighting the battle for quite some time now and have been through a bucket load of fuzz pedals trying to find the right one for my board setup, my amplifier choice and even the guitar/pickups I choose. Fuzz is truly an untamed animal that needs much research to come to the best conclusion for your gear and style. I myself have planted firmly on the Tone Bender style (for germanium), whereas I tried desperately to make the Fuzz Face work, but it just keeps coming out behind for me. As for non-Ge, I have gone with an Op-Amp Muff which has (in my opinion) the widest range of tonality of all of the choices of BM.
Your playing is so tasteful and well thought out that I put you in a Bonamassa class for originality and flavor.
Keep up the good fight... Your knowledge and talent is well appreciated!
Cheers!!!
Another great FF, the usual insight and different slant but always informative. Reminds me to drag out my '78 Big Muff, brought back from the US by a band mate's Dad who was in the Navy. £45 which was a fortune then. Ran it through a Sound City 120 on a 4 x 12 HH cab, beast!!
Holy shit now THAT'S an Intro!
Jeeeeez louise that intro!
When I spotted your first video (demo video of plasma pedal on Facebook), it struck me like "hey, something incredibly cool is happening here!" and the more videos I found later, the stronger the impression; truly amazing feel!
The year was 1986 a friend gave me a BIG MUFF the sound I got from it, confused
me. Next day, handed it back
to him and told him I couldn't use it. (Big muffin mistake!!!) :() because now I know how that pedal works so now I'm going to have to go out and buy one when I was given one for nothing😭! Chris Buck, thank you for the videos your time making these is greatly appreciated
Chris, don't know how yo put it, but we are an absolutely killer of a player! Btw, this video was highly informative to me. Thanks and keep on rocking!
Intro and outro sublime and informative, concise content in-between. What's not to like?
holy shit! that is some fantastic playing,
Amazing.
Let's buy a telly and a Fuzz pedal...
Awesome tone!!
Much love from New Mexico Chris hope all is well.
The Big Muff story illustrates how incestuous early fuzz design was. ☺️ Mike Matthews was initially contracted in 1968 to make a fuzz using the Mosrite Fuzzrite circuit. Mosrite had just gone bankrupt, and so Mike took over production. The Fuzzrite was a two-knobber based on…the Maestro Fuzz Tone! The first generation Guild Foxey Lady was simply a rebranded Fuzzrite. There are pics of Jimi Hendrix in the studio with a two-knob Foxey Lady sitting on the floor nearby.
Matthews and Bob Myer soon decided to take their idea for a clean sustain pedal and combine it with fuzz-style clipping , and the Big Muff Pi was born. The three-knob Foxey Lady is really just a v1 Big Muff with Guild branding. Hendrix is supposed to have owned an early one, whether branded Big Muff or Foxey Lady, but there’s no photographic evidence of it.
This is funny. I was literally checking out fuzz boxes yesterday, and here I find you made this video. I've never been a huge fan of effects so, I know nothing about them. Well, no I know about fuzz lol
That tone though 🤯
You’ve definitely got the sauce
Astonishing, I want the backing track of the first jam! 😊
Playing aside, your production skills are phenomenal! The drum tracks were insanely good. Opening jam was positively stadium, with only the backdrop breaking the illusion.
YES! The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair, an EXCELLENT Page fuzz example!
A la flauta, what an intro jam!
Francis Rossi famously has a green tele , he sprayed it on his mom's best table .The table still has the outline of a telecaster on it . I'd love to own that table let alone the Tele. ☺
Go back to 1961. Marty Robbins had a song "Don't Worry About Me." It had a bass solo that was played through an amp with a broken speaker. I own a bunch of fuzz pedals but my favorite is the Ibanez FZ-7 which has a speaker damage switch.( 0, 10%, 100%) I have two of them I got for $20 each but now they are like $100.
I have a green telecaster too, but just because I paint it wrong, with a mild yellow shellac over a blue
👍Yup some excellent🎸handywork thank you 🇺🇸
That thumbnail is really cool
Nice touch of the Fab Four to round off. I’m messing about with big muff sounds in the Fractal III
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