Crazy fuzz pedal!

[hippietim]

I am soooo tempted. If it were $50, I'd have already ordered one. I still might bite. You have to listen to the third sample to fully appreciate this pedal.

http://www.fxdoctor.com/8bit.htm

[11 Gauge]

yes. very unique sounding fuzz. i like the way the notes decay really quickly - allows for riff possibilities that other fuzzes can't.

for 50 clams i'd have to have one as well. i'd like to play with it and see how it does with delay and reverb mixed in...

cool pedal you came across there, Tim...

[John E]

Interesting sounding... check out the clips of the wacky ones I posted the other day... I'm gonna pull the trigger on something real soon... just not sure which one. I'm tired of the same old pedals, I want something different.
http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?t=14021

[11 Gauge]

i need something new that's left of center - just feeling a bit burnt out on all the overdrive/distortion pedals.

fuzz pedals just seem to be limitless, and they sound different through different amps.

i'm just jonesing for a fuzz that breaks away from the pack - either quick decay, crumbling decay, or something that really loosens up the bottom end (i think the technical term is intermodulation?)...

these fuzzes you guys have brought to light are really tempting, almost enough to have me bail on my own new design and grab one of them instead....

but i still want a MXR Blue Box too - bad tracking and all!

[John E]

I guess I should've checked my other post... I linked to the gifs of the MP3's DOH! Here's the correct ones:
http://www.troubledvariance.com/sound/noise_swash.mp3
http://www.troubledvariance.com/sound/blues_bomb.mp3
I agree with you... I'm so tired of the same old crap... even the booteekers keep making copies of the same stuff... let's keep posting these different things as we find them. This Toubled Variance guy is cool, I like his idea's with the feedback loops and stuff... the problem is a lot of tha seems unusable in a live situation for me. I need controllable chaos!

[hippietim]

Originally Posted by 11 Gauge

but i still want a MXR Blue Box too - bad tracking and all!

Funny you should mention that, I bought this late last night...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ME:B:EOAB:US:6

[John E]

Sounds cool Tim... I'd love to give that a spin. Let us know what you think of it...

[11 Gauge]

John-

That's another out of control pedal!

Yeah, getting them to work within the context of something live (or even recording, which i am doing a ton of these days) is the trick.

Tim-

I'm envious that you found that Blue Box! another out of control fuzzer, but it can be made to work within the context of a song - Jimmy Page did it. The Blue Box is another one that has really cool decay characteristics as well - sometimes the notes sound like they are going through some sort of phase shift, probably due to the combination of straight and octave down signals being mixed.

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i personally am totally in love with the out of control fuzzes right now - i enjoy the challenge of trying to get them to work in a musical sense - alot less droll these days than just stepping on a mild OD pedal...

i'd also love a Way Huge Foot Pig but the prices for them have been absolutely ridiculous. i just got my new Mouser catalog. i should start stocking parts and building these things from scratch. prolly would if those dang Hammond boxes weren't so pricey...

[ray]

This Fuzz sounds alot like one I built out of Craig Anderton's book Electronic Projects for Musicians. It's called the Ultra Fuzz, same cut out decay at the end, pretty easy to build, cost way less than $100.
Ray

[John E]

Originally Posted by ray

This Fuzz sounds alot like one I built out of Craig Anderton's book Electronic Projects for Musicians. It's called the Ultra Fuzz, same cut out decay at the end, pretty easy to build, cost way less than $100.
Ray

Which fuzz are you comparing your build to? I'd be interested in building one if that's the case...