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theblueark · April 04, 2006, 01:38:40 AM

This guy adds 'horns' to the usual square wave fuzz

http://www.happysnakemusic.com/LF.htm
Check out the sound clips too.

How do you think it works?

bluesdevil · April 04, 2006, 02:01:30 AM

Sounds like the Scrambler clone I built...... probably something very similiar.

rockgardenlove · April 04, 2006, 04:25:42 AM

Doesn't sound very nice to me...just nasty.

brett · April 04, 2006, 05:27:06 AM

Hi.
I think that the "Electronics Australia" fuzz also had a control that created similar waveforms. Not many people seem to have built it: they just never caught on. The Fuzzface and RM Axis fuzz are still the royalty of fuzzes.
cheers

H S · April 25, 2006, 09:23:20 PM

Quote from: bluesdevil on April 04, 2006, 02:01:30 AM
Sounds like the Scrambler clone I built...... probably something very similiar.

The circuit isn't similar at all, but thanks for the compliment. (I hope someone gets $1k for one of these someday, like the Scrambler, although it won't be me.) The Lucifuzz has sounds that can't be done by anything else--that "psychoacoustic nightmare" sound is the most extreme, but there's a lot of other weirdness in there.

Quote from: rockgardenlove on April 04, 2006, 04:25:42 AM
Doesn't sound very nice to me...just nasty.

We never do anything . . . "nice" . . . and "easy" . . .

It's a pretty aggressive fuzz. I've added a darker sample for people who don't like as much high end as I do. You can always cut the high end, but you can't boost what isn't there!

Quote from: brett on April 04, 2006, 05:27:06 AM
The Fuzzface and RM Axis fuzz are still the royalty of fuzzes.
cheers

Only 'cause they have a 35 year head start.

We're definitely not aiming at being royalty--high priests of freak alchemy, maybe.

Rodgre · April 25, 2006, 11:16:30 PM

It does remind me of the Scrambler a little, but guess what... I love the Scrambler!

I think those Lucifuzz clips are pretty killer sounding. I say good work!

Roger

puretube · April 26, 2006, 02:11:59 AM

I`d like the plateaus between the "horns" more rounded...

H S · April 26, 2006, 02:34:16 PM

Quote from: Rodgre on April 25, 2006, 11:16:30 PM
It does remind me of the Scrambler a little, but guess what... I love the Scrambler!

I think those Lucifuzz clips are pretty killer sounding. I say good work!

Roger

Thanks!

Quote from: puretube on April 26, 2006, 02:11:59 AM
I`d like the plateaus between the "horns" more rounded...

Play softer and it'll do that.

(The pictures are a bit idealized, of course.)

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