NPD Mammoth Factory Fuzz

[stewblack]

A clone of the Zvex Mastotron, coming in at less than 50 quid, this is what bass player's fuzz dreams are made of.

I've only just discovered Red Rocket Music. Don't know anything about them but I'm guessing they're a small business, UK based, and they make a bunch of copies, clones, tribute pedals - whatever you want to call them. 

I have two from their collection, and they both sit beautifully in the mix.

The Mammoth has no loss of low end and a couple of ways to brighten up the signal if you don't want to descend into sludge. It produced a massive sound at tonight's gig and showed great versatility too, dialled back it just thickened things up, higher and it was monstrous.

 

 

[eude]

Very nice!
I see you have the Tron III clone?
How's that? I'm still in search for a right envelope filter, that won't break the bank, and plays nicely with active basses.

I REALLY like the sound of the Aguilar Filter Twin, but it's too spendy, and obviously, all the decent proper Mu Tron stuff is hard to find.

How does Tron III perform?

[Quatschmacher]

14 hours ago, stewblack said:

A clone of the Zvex Mastotron, coming in at less than 50 quid, this is what bass player's fuzz dreams are made of.

I've only just discovered Red Rocket Music. Don't know anything about them but I'm guessing they're a small business, UK based, and they make a bunch of copies, clones, tribute pedals - whatever you want to call them. 

I have two from their collection, and they both sit beautifully in the mix.

The Mammoth has no loss of low end and a couple of ways to brighten up the signal if you don't want to descend into sludge. It produced a massive sound at tonight's gig and showed great versatility too, dialled back it just thickened things up, higher and it was monstrous.

 

 

Is that the 3-way sub switch too?

[thisisswanbon]

That looks great... and more board friendly than the original! Have you had the original for sound comparisons?

[stewblack]

3 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Is that the 3-way sub switch too?

From the blurb: 

"There’s also a three-position sub-control switch, a treble tone control, adjustable pulse width, and a wide fuzz depth control"

[stewblack]

3 hours ago, eude said:

Very nice!
I see you have the Tron III clone?
How's that? I'm still in search for a right envelope filter, that won't break the bank, and plays nicely with active basses.

I REALLY like the sound of the Aguilar Filter Twin, but it's too spendy, and obviously, all the decent proper Mu Tron stuff is hard to find.

How does Tron III perform?

I am not 100 percent to grips with all the controls yet. However I got a great sound from it. I can record clips if you like

[stewblack]

3 minutes ago, thisisswanbon said:

That looks great... and more board friendly than the original! Have you had the original for sound comparisons?

Sadly no. I came at this without expectations. The case is kind of no frills. Sticker on front otherwise unfinished but where it counts, the sound, it's awesome.

[eude]

32 minutes ago, stewblack said:

I am not 100 percent to grips with all the controls yet. However I got a great sound from it. I can record clips if you like

That would be bloody marvellous!

[stewblack]

So I tried and failed to get my audio interface working. But don't give up hope. Anything is possible in an infinite universe.

[eude]

6 minutes ago, stewblack said:

So I tried and failed to get my audio interface working. But don't give up hope. Anything is possible in an infinite universe.

Is it just me, or for an occasional user at least, are interfaces not one of the most frustrating pieces of kit available?!

It's never ever just a case or plugging in and going.

[Quatschmacher]

3 hours ago, stewblack said:

I am not 100 percent to grips with all the controls yet. However I got a great sound from it. I can record clips if you like

Presuming the controls have the same ranges and scaling, try these settings (subs on 3 (max)). This is what I used all the time with octave into filter for synth stuff. 

 

Edited December 16, 2024 by Quatschmacher

[stewblack]

18 hours ago, eude said:

Is it just me, or for an occasional user at least, are interfaces not one of the most frustrating pieces of kit available?!

It's never ever just a case or plugging in and going.

It's not just you. I got horribly lost in confusing computer speak.

[stewblack]

16 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Presuming the controls have the same ranges and scaling, try these settings (subs on 3 (max)). This is what I used all the time with octave into filter for synth stuff. 

 

Hi sorry Q , I was speaking about the envelope filter in that response. Yes it has the three sub switch

[Quatschmacher]

8 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Hi sorry Q , I was speaking about the envelope filter in that response. Yes it has the three sub switch

Ah yes, I see that now. I’m curious about clips of the MuTron clone too. 

[stewblack]

OK so ignore the playing as i was fiddling with the controls more than worrying about the notes!

 

[eude]

1 hour ago, stewblack said:

OK so ignore the playing as i was fiddling with the controls more than worrying about the notes!

 

Thank you buddy!

That's a great demo, and the pedal seems to retain a proper low end throughout, something that a lot of filters fall short on.

Is it too late to add it to my Xmas List?...

[LukeFRC]

On 18/12/2024 at 19:30, stewblack said:

OK so ignore the playing as i was fiddling with the controls more than worrying about the notes!

 

I was listening thinking "that's a lot smoother sound than I would expect for something called mammoth fuzz"

[stewblack]

36 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I was listening thinking "that's a lot smoother sound than I would expect for something called mammoth fuzz"

Yeah the thread got well diluted.

In response to your post I'll be happy to record some fuzz too.

I used the Mammoth again last night and it will be staying on my board. Absolutely perfect fuzz. Does everything I want it to and just makes me happy when I engage it.