Anyone ever built their own Fuzz Face?
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It probably is just his straight sound in the beginning, but to me when i add a really tiny bit of fuzz on my setup it just warms everything up, and Im talking a TINY bit, barely noticeable. Its probably because he's so loud that hes getting a natural overdrive and I find using a tiny bit helps fatten up the sound at around 4 or 5 on the volume.
He mustve been using fuzz towards the middle and end of the song though during the heavier solo.
If its straight his clean sound then itd seem like not 6550's because they dont really break up like that i wouldnt think.
He mustve been using fuzz towards the middle and end of the song though during the heavier solo.
If its straight his clean sound then itd seem like not 6550's because they dont really break up like that i wouldnt think.
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For Curly Cables, I've never spent more than like 11 bucks per cable.
This is a better one than I have http://www.get-it-all.net/store/product ... cts_id/295
This is like the ones I have, and this is where I bought them, amazingly fast service http://www.get-it-all.net/store/product ... cts_id/298
What kind of 75 watt speakers are they (typical 75 watt celestion?)? That could have a lot to do with it as well, since the speakers I have are inherently dark, which allows for more treble to be used.
Travis
This is a better one than I have http://www.get-it-all.net/store/product ... cts_id/295
This is like the ones I have, and this is where I bought them, amazingly fast service http://www.get-it-all.net/store/product ... cts_id/298
What kind of 75 watt speakers are they (typical 75 watt celestion?)? That could have a lot to do with it as well, since the speakers I have are inherently dark, which allows for more treble to be used.
Travis
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Its the straight sound all the way thru till he uses the wah and later the Octavia.basile865 wrote:It probably is just his straight sound in the beginning, but to me when i add a really tiny bit of fuzz on my setup it just warms everything up, and Im talking a TINY bit, barely noticeable. Its probably because he's so loud that hes getting a natural overdrive and I find using a tiny bit helps fatten up the sound at around 4 or 5 on the volume.
He mustve been using fuzz towards the middle and end of the song though during the heavier solo.
If its straight his clean sound then itd seem like not 6550's because they dont really break up like that i wouldnt think.
Check this Who Knows. At 3:50 THATS what it sounds like when he smacked his fuzz on-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgTnFp3 ... re=related
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LOL, YES!! He was coming out of a killer fuzzed out Auld Lang Zine.908ssp wrote:At about 20 sec in he says "let me get the fuzz" is he turning it off?
He turns the fuzz off and goes into Who Knows.
That clean/dirty base Marshall tone I've wanted my whole playing life!!!
I've never heard it duplicated.
Closest I ever got was thru a '68 small box 50 watt Marshall back in '72.
It had that sound with a Strat straight in.... with more treble, it was like Johnny Winter.
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I hate a fuzz face,period(.) They sound terrible to my ears. Like when Stevie was using one on the 'In Step' album, it didnt sound as good as when he used the Tube Screamer on the same album. It tracks bad and takes a certain 'tone' out of the sound when sustaining notes. BUT, Hendrix used them. Still, I can hear alot about alot of his tones that kinda suffered due to the Fuzz Face. He got lots of great results due to his actual amp volume and output saturation, as well as his playing style being not made up of many 'fast' or 'intricate' type runs. A fuzz face tracks horribly and leaves lots of 'nassaly' sorta 'ghosted' sounds all around the edge's. Gilmours solo on 'Time' is an example of this (Fuzz Face).
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Im really interested in seeing if this guy was using a fuzz or something else - its through a peavy classic, I made a post about him - Stan Skibby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBXJxeO9Pw
Check it out, his tone is really about dead on what I want.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBXJxeO9Pw
Check it out, his tone is really about dead on what I want.
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