Fuzz pedals part II...

[11 Gauge]

i've already proclaimed my addiction to fuzz pedals.

but i had something really cool happen not too long ago.

i was recording some solos for some new tunes i've been working on.

i've got an old Big Muff circa mid 70s. typically i won't record with it, since 'live' it just tends to be such an out of control animal.

for one of the solos i decided to try this old fuzzer with a bit of delay.

i was really surprised at how well the solo turned out. it smokes a bunch of other solos where i used 'more appropriate' OD pedals and such.

as a matter of fact, it doesn't even sound very fuzz-like. the tones are very round and creamy, even somewhat tube-y sounding. i would never expect this pedal, or many fuzzes to do anything like this.

i'd be willing to bet that years from now i won't even remember how i came up with that sound on the CD.

is this a somewhat unique experience? if not, what are the fuzzes that gave you unorthodox results like this?

i could imagine a really good Fuzz Face doing something like this, but a Big Muff? what a freak occurrence...

[Ringo]

I have had several of these over the years, only a few of them (2nd generation lambs head) had the smooth fuzz thing that I really like and of course I sold them way back when
all of the others were really more overdrive / distortion pedals IMO.
And I've never had a Fuzz Face that sounded like a Big Muff, Fuzz Faces are one trick ponies IMHO, to me they sound the best with an amp that is already getting some distorion , as a stand alone distortion unit I don't like a FF at all.
Speaking of Fuzz Faces, someone has an original Dallas Arbiter FF on eBay for $500! no bids at the moment, hard to believe, to me they still sound like a $20 pedal!