Fuzz Pedal Shoot-Out – TTK Style!
The Tone King | Nov 23, 2009 | Comments 10
Boys & Girls : Waaas Up. This Post is in reponse to my ‘Fuzz Pedal Shoot-Out’. In case you didn’t see the video first … you can watch it right here. After you watch it – scroll down below to see ‘which Fuzz is which’.
Pedal #1 : Electro Harmonix Big Muff
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Pedal #2 : Behringer Super Fuzz – FS300
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Pedal #3 : Danelectro Cool Cat V2 Fuzz
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Pedal #4 : Boss Fuzz FZ-3
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Pedal #5 : Behringer Ultra Fuzz UZ400
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Pedal #6 : Jim Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Classic Fuzz (based on the Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face w/ Germanium PNP Design).
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Thank you Tone King!!!!
I liked #3 (Danelectro Cool Cat V2 Fuzz) and #6 (Jim Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Classic Fuzz). the others I thought sounded a little too muddy. I appreciated the variance in sounds when you adjusted the controls, so I can not rule out the other 4. But, from this demo, it’s a hard choice between 3 and 6.
Thank you again
this is not an accurate or useful demo of anything, why would you play through that amp?( the preamp on those things are too sensitive for a front end fuzz pedal) why would you use reverb? (it masks and confuses the tonal deffintion of the pedals) why would you play big gin blossom chords on a fuzz pedal? (big chords should only be attemted with germanium fuzz) why would you play a fuzz with a humbucker? (too hot of a signal can destroy the tone of a fuzz) why wouldnt you have shown the characteristics of the fuzz by rolling back the tone on the guitar?(with the tone on zero on the neck pup you will get a big difference in tone from pedal to pedal) you need to redo the demo useing a fender bassman and a gibson sg with 2 p90s. and play leads (with big 2 note bends) next time.
PS… the danelectro has tone switches inside the battery compartment, you should mess with them next time.
not trying to make anyone mad, Its just that the current demo is simply not a good depiction of the intended sound of the pedals
Man, to me the Behringer Ultra Fuzz just kicked a$$. Getting me one step closer to my own sound. Thank u!!
love the boss fuzz!!! I can´t believe it myself
Big Muff is best, next is Dunlop Hendrix.
The Big Muff all the way!!!! Next is the Dunlop Hendrix.
Electro Harmonix had best out of the gate at 12 o’clock and didn’t need any fine tuning. The Behringer pedals were surprisingly good considering their price. The Boss was not dynamic at all, the Danelectro seemed harsh. The Dunlop was very nice! Rated best to worst, 1,5,6,2,4,3.
Good job playing the same piece on each so we could get a good appreciation of the sound.
Like the Behringer Super Fuzz but love the Dunlop…sounds more like Hendrix (2 & 6)
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1,3,6 rock!
Thanks Tone King!