Fuzz complement to a simple Fuzz Face?

Started by gutsofgold, November 18, 2008, 10:45:13 AM

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gutsofgold

So I have and love my Fuzz Face. Plain old two knobber with germaniums. I guess over winter I'd like to build a nice complement to it.
Something with more knobs, a different fuzz sound, Si or Ge doesn't matter. I was thinking about trying that TaniWha Fuzz that "any" is selling the boards for on here. I know it has more controls BUT... does it sound that much different? Or should I try something like a Superfuzz?

DougH

Superfuzz will sound wayyy different. So will Axis Fuzz.

I like the Tonebender MkII. Not a horribly different circuit but a different enough sound.

Another favorite is Tim E.'s Tripple Fuzz. That's a quirky circuit. At low gain it's a good overdrive. At high gain it's a whacked out fuzz. At medium levels of gain it sounds a little like the built-in fuzz in the Messenger guitar that Mark Farner used on those old Grand Funk records. Lotsa fun...


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The Shin-Ei FY-2 is sort of a one trick pony - but it's a great trick and I love mine! Easy build.

jacobyjd

not so much simple, but an experimentalists anonymous Parallel Universe would certainly be different-sounding without going WAY out there :)
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