Favorite fuzz that you are currently using???

[THEE SHAME CLUB]

What's your favorite fuzz that you are using?? Right now I'm using the Ashbass fuzzbrite, which is a mosrite fuzz clone. very nice buzz, but lacks a little bass when using a bright guitar or amp.

[THE DRUG PURSE]

cry baby wah clicked on and tilted down with an mxr distortion box set to mild

[THEE SHAME CLUB]

Dude I saw that DAM 66...that thing looks fresh!!! I've been waiting on ebay too. I've been thinking some sort of Tonebender. Do you know any good tonebender clones that are available and affordable?

[THEE SHAME CLUB]

You know I always loved that nasaly sound fuzz on wah, but have never been brave enough to actually go through with. I'm so conventional. Do you get alot of feedback when your playing loud?You play a tele right? Is it stock? I love that natural tele buzz/fuzz just when using some overdrive.

[Erik 4-A]

It depends on the type of Fuzz or Distortion I want to have. I like the Vox Tonebener (with germanium transistors in it). I have a cheapo Ross distorion pedal (that I just found out is worth a bunch) that I got at a garage sale for $5. I have a Tubeworks Tubedriver pedal that sounds pretty cool too, but the all time workhorse distortion pedal I like is the ProCo RAT (not the Turbo-RAT or the BassRAT but the Original RAT) I have 2 of them (one an early 80s model and the other an early 90s one) If you learn how to dial them in with your guitars they can do just about any sound (fuzz or distortion). I liked the Fuzzface and the Mosrite Fuzzrite too (but don't own them) also the Big Muff (for some things) and the Boss Distortion pedal (Boss also has one called a "Session Man" that is pretty cool too). But if I hadda only get one multi purpose pedal, I would get an original ProCo RAT.

[The Branded]

For a cheap and cheerful good sounding fuzz I use a Danelectro french toast, (you can hear it on a couple of our tunes 'she's my woman' and 'black gold') I think it cost $26!. BUT you cant get better than the real thing from the 60's, they somehow just sound wilder, I have Moreschi fuzz from around '67 or 68, I bought it in Italy and its friggn crazy, totally untamable and competely over the top live, so I dont use it much, maybe on the next recording.

[SIMON JONES]

Mosrite Fuzzrite w/ germanium transistors, Shin-ei Companion & also a Shaftesbury Duo Fuzz, between these 3 I can get all my favourite fuzz sounds.
I was lucky enough to get these a long time ago when they were`nt so expensive.
Are those Ashbass pedals made with silicon transistors or germanium ?

[TallPaul]

I've had to flog nearly all my pedals over the years and am down to a Danelctro overdrive, Mutron Phasor - which is marvey sounds like a Jet Plane and has a 3 pin plug on the end of it! and Holy Grail Reverb. I had an original Tonebender about 15 yrs ago on loan but the guy took it back - have been chasuing its sound ever since - has anyone got the British MUFFin from Electro harmonix as sounds V good in the on-line demos but I haven't tried one out in the flesh. I mainly use a Tele and Fender Amp so am open to suggestion/ideas for a cool thick ish fuzz.

[THEE SHAME CLUB]

Dude I believe it is silicon transistors. It's a really good fuzz if you got a warm guitar. It is a little too bright for my tele. Sounds great with my Harmony H75! It's $100 plus shipping on ebay.

[Dratsum]

Black Cat OD-FUZZ... It's the Black Cat silicon fuzzface and the Over Drive 1 in the same pedal.. switches and gain knobs for both... it makes a lot of noise...

[Dratsum]

Oh yeah - and a proCo Vintage Rat that I got in the 90's... It's like a feedback machine.

[Erik 4-A]

On the classic/vintage Rat pedal you have 3 knobs "Distortion" "Filter" and "Volume" If you turn the Distortion up and roll the Filter down (plus also play with the tone knobs on your guitar too) you can get some amazing tones out of a Rat pedal. You can control the amout of feedback/saturation by a couple of factors. Knowing what kind of pick-ups you have in your guitar (single coil or humbuckers) and the pick-up selection position. In the forward (neck) position you will get a richer bassier tone, and in the back (bridge) position you will get brighter tone. If you roll your tone knob back to compensate for the freqeuncies that might cause squeal on your guitar, you can control the sound of the pedal. Every guitar/pedal combination has it's own characteristics, so you need to play around with what works for you and "dial things in" to your own tastes.

BTW I have an 80s original version (which has been beaten up a bit, but still sounds good) and an 90's Vintage version of the Rat and I like the sound of both of them. Each has their own specific sound and combinations with certain guitars I use.

I hope this helps.

[Dratsum]

Yeah - the vintage rat is great... we play with noise a lot in my band (the Hydes), and on some songs I end up getting on the floor and playing with the knobs live, in conjunction with my Whammy - with my reverb cranked all the way up, i get some fantastic whale song feedback...

We're a 3 piece with 2 guitarists and a drummer (no bass), so I have to keep as much low end as possible in my tone. I keep the filter knob turned down all the way, and keep my guitar in the neck position with the tone knob set from 3-8. I play with a 80's Fender HM that I through some EMG 81's in (metal!).. which are really loud pickups... when I turn the distortion knob up all the way on the Rat I instantly get some great feedback to play with.

It's a fantastic pedal - very versatile. It's got a great Blues tone as well with the distortion and the filter set about 1/2 way up.