Fionn Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I've heard it said that some fuzz pedals don't do too well with active basses. What pedals are particularly notable for this? What are folks experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Fuzz Face type pedals - the pickup(s) sort of become part pf the circuit, and you can use the volume control on the bass to go from crunch to full-on fuzz. With active circuits feature is lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Yup. Woolly Mammoth is Fuzz Face based and drops all the low end with a buffered signal going into it. Anything based on a Big Muff will fine. They are the most common types of fuzz, anything else could a bit hit and miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Thing is, this question is impossible to answer. There are so many pedals out there that sound very different with active basses, but sometimes it is a good different! There are not too many pedals out there that flat out don't work with actives, but that's half the fun of searching for the right fuzz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 [quote name='Kev' timestamp='1400311263' post='2452746'] but that's half the fun of searching for the right fuzz! [/quote] This! I found the Colorsound Bass Fuzz sounded amazing, but didn't really like my active bass through it, so I took the actives out of my bass... sometimes you just [i]know[/i]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsy Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I'd really like to hear my Frantone - Lo Tone on an active bass. It's actually for sale on here at the moment because my passive p basses just don't quite get the fuzz ticking over alone. But what I have found is that if I ride the input of my compressor (first in signal chain) it does great great things to the fuzz, it sounds amazing! I wonder if the signal from an active bass would single handedly get this awesome fuzz tone from the pedal? I suspect so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Has anyone tried a "passive pickup emulator" style box between an active bass and a fuzz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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