Fuzz faces

AbbeSauniere · Post by **AbbeSauniere** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:53 pm

AbbeSauniere wrote:Hendrix used the Sunn Coliseum PA Head. 4 KT88 power tubes conservatively rated at 120 watts, which was probably closer to 200 watts. Very hi-fi and clean sounding heads from what I've read.

Just to clarify, I don't know what Hendrix used for that particular recording, but the Sunn Amps he used when he used Sunn were the Coliseums.

AbbeSauniere · Post by **AbbeSauniere** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:11 pm

Just downloaded the track and it sounds like a Fuzz Face. It's the BBC Sessions, so the amp probably wasn't cranked to high hell. A Fuzz Face will sound a bit buzzier through a cleaner amp.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:01 pm

Yeah, I liked Hendrix's tone alot in the '68 tour. Lower wattage speaker's ( probably 25's or 30's) lower headroom, browner sound. Those el-34's were takin' a beaten. What fuzz unit was hendrix using on the long version of "Voodoo Chile" and I think possibly "House burning down"? I have heard that it was a real early Big Muff. Seem's no one,s for sure.

Cheech · Post by **Cheech** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:18 pm

On my JTM45 I cannot get that buzzy sound with a Analog Man NKT sunface. It sounds a aweful lot like a fuzzrite to me.

Cheech · Post by **Cheech** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:22 pm

http://www.dominocs.com/Library/FUZZbrite/index.html

check them sound clips.

It sounds so close to the fuzzrite, but its so clear!

Cheech · Post by **Cheech** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:18 pm

I dunno if I take my fuzz and run it low and the amp low I get a good buzzy. With it wide open its not buzzy anymore.

AbbeSauniere · Post by **AbbeSauniere** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:38 am

I've got an Analogman modded Arbiter FF that has the standard NOS GEs, as opposed to the NKTs, and a 100K volume pot. Much fuzzier and raspier than my old NKT Sunface and London Fuzz. Plus, build tolerances were different back then. I've heard original NKT FFs that were raspy, spitty and gainy as hell and that didn't sound nearly as smooth as the Analogman. Other things to take into account are the temperature and bias of the trannies. They can affect the tone of the fuzz. Of course, it could have very well been a Fuzzrite. Who knows, Jimi had a shitload of gear.

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:40 pm

here ya' go

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mosrite-Fuzzrite-Vi ... dZViewItem

Hendrixnut07 · Post by **Hendrixnut07** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:49 pm

BBC version of Hoochie Coochie Man sounds like his germanium arbiter FF with the tone knob rolled off. Alexis Korner is playing clean slide on that track also.