Spaghetti Western Fuzz

[Uma Floresta]

I recently got this.



It's not incredibly versatile and I doubt it'd work well as an all-purpose fuzz, but for my style of music (surf meets spaghetti western) it's perfect. A couple of quick and dirty demos:

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8727194

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8727193

[vanguard]

damn, that thing sounds great. reminds of a foxx tone machine, but without sustain. it really nails that silly 50's western tone. i may have to get one of those. bigfootfx seems like a really cool company. the two pedals they make both seem highly original in this world of tweaked tubescreamers and fuzzfaces.

[missfortune]

Spaghetti Western is good fuzz!

[DastardlyDan]

Sounds awesome, now I want one!

[ibodog]

Any gut shots of this one? Do you know what kind/how many transistors they're using?

[Uma Floresta]

Originally Posted by ibodog

Any gut shots of this one? Do you know what kind/how many transistors they're using?

I haven't checked, but another guy who bought one at the same time said it's gooped.

On the website it says "It's closer to the sound of the earlier fuzzes like the fuzzrite, companion fuzz, and others." I wonder if it's based on one of those.

[ibodog]

Originally Posted by Uma Floresta

I haven't checked, but another guy who bought one at the same time said it's gooped.

On the website it says "It's closer to the sound of the earlier fuzzes like the fuzzrite, companion fuzz, and others." I wonder if it's based on one of those.

The sound is pretty great for what it is (based on your clips) and I've been trying unsuccessfully so far to make a fuzz that sounds similar. I've been close but not quite there yet. Closest so far was a Orpheum fuzz but it was not actually sustainy enough and the EQ is not quite right.

Even if it's gooped it would be nice to see a gut shot.

[vjf1968]

Originally Posted by Uma Floresta

I recently got this.



It's not incredibly versatile and I doubt it'd work well as an all-purpose fuzz, but for my style of music (surf meets spaghetti western) it's perfect. A couple of quick and dirty demos:

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8727194

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8727193

I was looking at that too but after I bought the Ashbass FuzzBrite I pretty much had the fuzz I wanted and for $105 a bargin. The trick with them is to turn down the volume of your guitar to get the right "zzzzz" like Nokie Edwards gets on "Swinging Creeper".

[missfortune]

SWF Gut shot:

[gatorfiend]

Sounds good. Anybody a fan of My Name IS Nobody? Got it when I was 6 or 7 and still love it, and the music in it as well.

[metulmykul]

Originally Posted by vjf1968

...The trick with them is to turn down the volume of your guitar to get the right "zzzzz" ...

For sure. Although, I reckon if half of us cranked back the guitars vol knob and/ or used an eq pedal, then there'd only be half as many fuzz pedals around

The Spaghetti still sounds pretty sweet though!

[ibodog]

Originally Posted by missfortune

SWF Gut shot:

Thanks for the photo. Wow! That's some serious goop! Is there even a PCB under there?

[jmaul]

Originally Posted by ibodog

Thanks for the photo. Wow! That's some serious goop! Is there even a PCB under there?

It appears to be true direct goop to goop.

[Uma Floresta]

I've been listening to clips of the Shin-ei Companion Fuzz and the Fuzzrite, as well as the Maestro FZ1. None of them seem to get this sound. The Shin-ei is too saturated, the Fuzzrite is too brash and the Maestro is too thick. I'm sure under all that goop it's a very simple circuit with a few transistors like most old fuzz designs, but it doesn't seem to be based on any of those, at least from the sound. I'm afraid to try to degoop this thing in case there really isn't a circuit board under there - the goop could be holding everything together!

[vanguard]

Originally Posted by missfortune

SWF Gut shot:

bummer about all that tar. really makes the innards look like *****. literally. and what if a simple repair is in order? what if you want to replace the caps in 20 years? this gooping business needs to end. everyone knows if a gooped pedal gains any notoriety whatsoever, the folks over on the unmentionable forum will have it torn apart and exposed before the builder can say "modded tube screamer."

[Uma Floresta]

Originally Posted by vanguard

bummer about all that tar. really makes the innards look like *****. literally. and what if a simple repair is in order? what if you want to replace the caps in 20 years? this gooping business needs to end. everyone knows if a gooped pedal gains any notoriety whatsoever, the folks over on the unmentionable forum will have it torn apart and exposed before the builder can say "modded tube screamer."

Yeah, I'm not a fan of gooping either.

[Billy B.]

Originally Posted by gatorfiend

Sounds good. Anybody a fan of My Name IS Nobody? Got it when I was 6 or 7 and still love it, and the music in it as well.

YES ! The music in the graveyard scene is outstanding...

[ibobunot]

Originally Posted by vanguard

this gooping business needs to end.

Why.. nobody is being forced to buy it..

[ibodog]

Originally Posted by ibobunot

Why.. nobody is being forced to buy it..

Well, if I didn't know ahead of time buying it that it was gooped, I might be disappointed. But that's what forums like this are for, right?

Goop or no goop it seems like a cool pedal.

[P-Zilla]

I LOVE the music on your soundclick. Mr. Wilsey would be proud!