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MY rig not that I've actually used it yet;
Boss RV 6 reverb. EHX Pog. Fulltone Deja-Vibe. Mimi Tube Screamer. Hotone wah/volume. Dunlop blue Fuzz Face.
I'm not thrilled with the Dunlop. I might try a germanium Fulltone 69'.
VooDoo Labs board.
It's pretty self-indulgent since I just play with a clean sound most of the time. I'm trying to ween myself off the DAW (FL Studio) and I settled on an MPC Live.
That's what I got the Pioneer RMX 1000 for.
I don't know what I'm going to do with all this but I'm going to get a house, build a studio and do something.
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09-23-2021 11:53 AM
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I should take this opportunity to sing the praises of the El Pescadoro by the Nocturne Brain, hipped to me by our friend neatomic of blessed memory. Basically a Jr. Barnyard octaloid pre-amp paired with a bunch of pre-spring reverb echo and reverb simulations from the always-golden past. Warmth and depth at flick of a switch and or the press of a button for tasteful tone enhancements in multiple tweakable flavors. Well worth the time, effort, and outlay. Just the ticket for your lightweight Class D amps or your classic tube favorites.
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Fuzz is a very fickle and difficult search... there are manny different takes on how to get a fuzz sound (square wave or a wave that clips to a square wave)... a lot of fuzzs fall into two camps: big muff, or fuzz face. Big muff tend to lack mid range, fuzz face tend to be bright... when I say tend, I mean there are a lot of pedals out there that tweak things. For example adding mid range into a muff type pedal. Often fuzz pedals are just changed a little bit to run in different harmonic areas. Another thing to take in account, is that some are seriously influenced by the ambient temperature. I think there are typical germanium types, but I need to double check that.
Originally Posted by Stevebol
I tend to really like being able to add in the clean sound a little to get some definition on the notes. The fuzz I end up using the most is a VFE Alpha Dog. That pedal is just a Rat, with the three most done mods, and an ability to mix back in the clean sound. Wampler also has a Rat pedal. It has the Rat sound but no clean blend. I also tend to really like my bigsoundsmallsound ... team awesome. It has a clean blend and a mid boost.
If you are going for a germanium type sound. Analogue Man Sunface is a good pedal to look at.
Fuzz is a crazy personal journey into a madness of choices that have to match the guitar and amp, to really sound best.
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What camp is this?
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From the demo, I would say this is of the Fuzz Face school of germanium mayhem. I like mine siliconic, if you please.* Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
* FWIW, my Fulltone FullDrive 2V2 is set for Flat Mids/Wide and is fed by a Hot Tubes Nano for singing sustain, enhanced by a Keely Omniverb's mild plate setting.
I'm setting up my other FTFD 2V2 (VIN/STD) with the Fuzz Face Jimi Hendrix Mini feeding it for less jangle, more tangle, potentially in stereo.
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The Strymon El Capistan is a wonderful delay pedal that emulates the sound of old tape delays and also does a great amp reverb sound. Might be worth checking out?
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A Fuzz pedal is a whole instrument in itself! Originally Posted by st.bede
The way they react to your volume & input impedance, your amp etc....so much tonal space. I end up playing it as much as the guitar.
Don't leave Tonebenders out of the Muff or Fuzzface dynasties.
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Soundbites of the dispatch master or the older brother (Avalanche Run?) I've often seen these vids posted together. Originally Posted by blue_lu
I personally prefer the darkness of analog delays- I find digital delays too clean and perhaps- intrusive in their repeats? Especially if I don't have much sustain going on.
But TBH, I haven't spent too much time trying to get digital to fit.
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The Fulltone germanium bias can be adjusted internally easily. Originally Posted by st.bede
I don't play song. I just want the unique capabilities that some fuzz pedals offer. The Analogman sounds great but they're pricy.
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I think the germanium might be more of what I'm looking for in a fuzz pedal. Originally Posted by citizenk74
From the demo, I would say this is of the Fuzz Face school of germanium mayhem. I like mine siliconic, if you please.*
* FWIW, my Fulltone FullDrive 2V2 is set for Flat Mids/Wide and is fed by a Hot Tubes Nano for singing sustain, enhanced by a Keely Omniverb's mild plate setting.
I'm setting up my other FTFD 2V2 (VIN/STD) with the Fuzz Face Jimi Hendrix Mini feeding it for less jangle, more tangle, potentially in stereo.
The most important element might turn out to be the speakers. Jensen's have a unique sound. I play clean most of the time but want to go all out with fuzz.
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Last year I saw Carleton, and two weeks later Ritenour at the Blue Note in Napa. They both used delay, Ritenour very heavy. I play Brazilian, Cuban, & Blue-Note era stuff, not really genres where delay is used, but Ritenour used it on his new Brazillian record and live a lot. I added a bit of delay to my sound ( not as much as Rit ) and got a fatter sound. I don't play with a second harmony instrument and found the delay worked for me.
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Would you tell us the settings you use? I've been struggling to make delay work and would appreciate the info. Thanks. Originally Posted by Ed Davis
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+2 the reverb is very nice with interesting tonal control and runs from just enough to get out of the way. No delay of course but instead a very musical preamp that works beautifully as more than a drive of the amp's edge but has its own character. Never played an octal amp but dig its sound. Works great as a reverb unit and preamp on my Victoria 20112. I don't go for delay for jazz guitar but do for blues/country/rock. I love me some nice trem. The UAFX Astra is overkill for just trem but it's harmonic trem (called dharma as it dynamically responds to attack with increase or decrease rate if desired ) is amazing. The pedal has an assortment of other things like a doubler/flange and chorus brigade but I kept it for that harmonic trem. Though my trem de jour is built into a new/used Headstrong Lil King S "Princeton" type amp, just regular tube biasing trem but gorgeous. Great amp. Originally Posted by citizenk74
I should take this opportunity to sing the praises of the El Pescadoro by the Nocturne Brain, hipped to me by our friend neatomic of blessed memory. Basically a Jr. Barnyard octaloid pre-amp paired with a bunch of pre-spring reverb echo and reverb simulations from the always-golden past. Warmth and depth at flick of a switch and or the press of a button for tasteful tone enhancements in multiple tweakable flavors. Well worth the time, effort, and outlay. Just the ticket for your lightweight Class D amps or your classic tube favorites.
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Don't really care for delay unless I'm playing my 'Chet' stuff where it's pretty necessary but for reverb, I use the Earthquake Systems Dispatch Master in the effects loop of my Evans RE200 - it's delay and reverb are separately adjustable. Works for me......
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Boss RV-6 set to Delay, E. Level 10 o’clock, tone high noon, time 10 o’clock If you notice it stands out it’s probably too strong. I use the reverb on my Quilter to taste. That’s it Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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My approach to which (if any) effects I use depends on what type of music I'm playing. The more the music resembles straightahead, traditional "Jazz" the fewer effects I want. Maybe a tiny bit of reverb. Maybe...
But as soon as the music drifts away from a style that is easily categorizable, then the world's yer oyster, and I'll often deploy several different delay pedals. I have a Chase Bliss MOOD, a Chase Bliss Habit, a tc electronics Flashback, a tc electronics Flashback Mini, a Montreal Assembly Count To 5, as well as five (!) different looping delays. On rare occassions, I will bring all of them to a gig.
But those are almost always gigs where my role is not to outline recognizeable melodies, nor to provide rhythmic comping.
Because one of the things I hate most is the sound of guitar melodies or rhythmic comping surrounded by a conspicuous halo of fake ambient cheese. Yeah Pat Metheny, I'm looking at you.
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