redbandit599 Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Hi all Feeling the absence of fuzz currently, don't get to use one much and I'm not overly fussy. What I need:- Works well with active and passive basses Mids, want to hear it Ideally not too big Real world price I'll not have need for really aggressive tones, just classic fuzz. Any pointers? Cheers J Quote
0175westwood29 Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Cog Effects Tarkin, and the mxr sub Machine are my faves atm both good value for money the mxr even has octave up and some sub, the Tarkin is just killer tho! andy Quote
dannybuoy Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Look out for a used Team Awesome Fuzz Machine, they pop up from time to time. My favourite fuzz of all time, and works really well with the Yamaha BB too. Quote
Jonesy Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Have a look for the Bobba Fuzz pedal, it's a woolly mammoth clone that can go from dirt to subtle and you can get them reasonably cheap on the bay. There's a pretty good vid on youtube Quote
ColinB Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 The Mooer Fog is a Wolley Mammoth clone, too. It's a very small pedal and can be had for £39 [url="http://www.hotroxuk.com/mooer-mbfz1-fog-bass-guitar-fuzz-pedal-q-q.html?utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=organic&gclid=Cj0KEQjw-tSrBRCk8bzDiO__gbwBEiQAk-D31RaxVL1kJplE2j0s06bUhVTzlf2_euZJqqRd-T_--24aAke88P8HAQ"]here[/url]. Quote
redbandit599 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Posted June 8, 2015 Thanks all. Re the Woolly Mammoth clones, I think I've heard that the original Woolly Mammoth doesn't like active basses. Any view on that with the clones welcome! Cheers Quote
Guinness21 Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Blackout Musket? Muff fuzz with a mids control. Quote
Jonesy Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Can't say I've ever used it with an active bass I'm afraid, but dopefx have a FB page you can check with. I've just checked ebay and they've renamed mine the Iron Lung [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DopeFx-Iron-Lung-Boba-Fuzz-Mammoth-Silicon-Woolly-Bass-Guitar-Effects-Pedal-/231583597349?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35eb754325"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DopeFx-Iron-Lung-Boba-Fuzz-Mammoth-Silicon-Woolly-Bass-Guitar-Effects-Pedal-/231583597349?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35eb754325[/url] Pretty cheap at the mo..... Quote
1976fenderhead Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 I have a mint COG Grand Tarkin in the for sale section if you decide to go that route. I can vouch that it meets all your criteria especially the Mids part, with its dedicated Mids knob. Quote
gorandelac Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 3Leaf Audio You're Doom Earthquaker Devices Terminal That's the best sounds for me!! Quote
redbandit599 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Posted June 8, 2015 Blimey, my ears are fuzzy. Some good ideas out there, thanks. Been doing the internet trawl and a couple of those mentioned above 'do it' for me. I did also stumble across DannyBuoy's review of the Behringer SF300, for £20 that caught my eye as a cheapy! Is it actually any good in a band? Quote
zacclowes Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I've tried lots of pedals and muffs are my favourite on bass. Moose makes really good ones and his prices are great. His dobsky fuzz is a tweaked green muff pedal and sounds huge. If that's not what you want message him and im sure he could make whatever you want at a great price. https://www.facebook.com/moosetwentythreecustomelectronics Quote
ben4343 Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I bought the Zvex Mastotron on the basis of some good reviews, and that Royal Blood use it... I'm not experienced enough to compare it to many others, but you can get a pretty good range of noises from it (I bet I haven't found half of them yet), and it seems to go pretty cheap second hand. It is slightly larger than a Boss pedal (longer) and is landscape. No clue if it plays with active basses. Just to add another log to the pile... Quote
Roland Rock Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 [quote name='ben4343' timestamp='1433836011' post='2794302'] I bought the Zvex Mastotron on the basis of some good reviews, and that Royal Blood use it... I'm not experienced enough to compare it to many others, but you can get a pretty good range of noises from it (I bet I haven't found half of them yet), and it seems to go pretty cheap second hand. It is slightly larger than a Boss pedal (longer) and is landscape. No clue if it plays with active basses. Just to add another log to the pile... [/quote] Mastotron is great and has the impedence control so works well with actives. Good price too, but I disliked the horizontal format. My favourite so far is the Oxide, but you're going up in price a bit. Quote
redbandit599 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 I think I'm leaning towards muff type, I had a good old EHX some time back, sounded great on it's own but lost in a band - hence the mids requirement. I did have an Oxide as well and agree they are awesome, sold it though and I'm probably after something a little less synthy and that carries the 'fuzz' a bit lower if that makes any sense. I can see a few more Youtube clips being viewed soon... Thanks all Quote
Roland Rock Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 [quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1433842344' post='2794389'] I did have an Oxide as well and agree they are awesome, sold it though and I'm probably after something a little less synthy and that carries the 'fuzz' a bit lower if that makes any sense. [/quote] Fair enough. I love the glitchy synth, me ☺🎹 Quote
redbandit599 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 Yep, I loved that glitchy sound too from the Oxide too - playing about with the morph feature on the Oxide was hours of fun. Have to admit it's probably the only pedal I've sold that I really wasn't sure about passing on. Ultimately though I play in a hard rock covers band and a pop punk band and so it wasn't getting used 'properly' shall we say. Quote
dannybuoy Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 [quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1433803350' post='2794198'] Blimey, my ears are fuzzy. Some good ideas out there, thanks. Been doing the internet trawl and a couple of those mentioned above 'do it' for me. I did also stumble across DannyBuoy's review of the Behringer SF300, for £20 that caught my eye as a cheapy! Is it actually any good in a band? [/quote] Never actually used one, just posted a video I found on YouTube. But after lots of people rushed out and bought one, a few reported it had too much low end loss. There is a simple mids knob modification you can make to the EHX Bass Big Muff if you are handy with a soldering iron? It also needs a mod to tame the volume boost when using it set to dry mode. But it's a great cheap pedal with a few tweaks! http://www.talkbass.com/threads/bass-big-muff-mids-control-mod.1070352/ Quote
redbandit599 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 Thanks all for the great suggestions, I have plumped for a Cog Grand Tarkin from our own Fenderhead. But there was a lot of competition and some really interesting stuff I'd never heard of before. Quote
Sibob Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 The search for bass fuzz can be a bit of a holy grail quest, certainly take recommendations, but you'll never truly know until you try a lot Si Quote
1976fenderhead Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1434051793' post='2796345'] Dark glass Duality. Awesome thing! [/quote] I didn't like that there was no gain knob. Only sounded right if I turned the volume down on my bass. Quote
Sibob Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 [quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1433890582' post='2794950'] Thanks all for the great suggestions, I have plumped for a Cog Grand Tarkin from our own Fenderhead. But there was a lot of competition and some really interesting stuff I'd never heard of before. [/quote] I've also just noticed that you're from Brightlingsea, my home town, still get back there fairly often to see my parents Anyway, back to Fuzz Si Quote
ColinB Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 I've just found a really good 'fuzzy' sound by turning both the 'mid' and the 'voice' pots on the Joyo American Sound up to 3 o'clock. This really pushes at ~800Hz and this into my ROG Ginger pre-amp pedal gives a great fuzzy/overdrive. It reminds me of Geezer's NIB tone (without the Wah part), starting at 0:42.... [media]http://youtu.be/TNKttMFgaf0[/media] Quote
dannybuoy Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 [quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1434060551' post='2796435'] I didn't like that there was no gain knob. Only sounded right if I turned the volume down on my bass. [/quote] +1, it's why I sold mine. I contacted Doug and got instructions on how to add a gain pot, bought the pot and everything but then chickened out of modding a brand new expensive pedal with my lack of soldering skills! Quote
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