Vintage sounding fuzzes?

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:46 pm

Hey, i'm looking to get a vintage sounding fuzz. NOT anything like a Big Muff nyc, or anything too crazy and thick. More something like "Stay With Me" - The Faces". Any suggestions? I'm looking into the Frantone Peachfuzz right now so if anyone knows anything about that i'll be glad to hear what you gotta say.

Griffen · Post by **Griffen** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:10 am

if you search "univox" on ebay right now, there's a super fuzz going fro pretty cheap. not the orange one, but the silver one. and there you go, a genuine vintage fuzz.

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:25 am

I've wanted a Peach Fuzz for a long time. I wound up with a Fuzz Factory instead, but I still want one.

I understand they're pretty bass-heavy, and some use a treble boost with theirs.

Proguitarshop has a pretty good demo:

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dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:32 am

sounds like it might have a lot of compression on it. It's hard to tell with a recording though.

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:41 am

I've heard good things about the Cream Puff, too...

They make a Germanium fuzz, too....

(Didn't want to clog up the page with too many embedded vids)

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:54 am

RumorsOFsurF wrote:I've heard good things about the Cream Puff, too...

They make a Germanium fuzz, too....

(Didn't want to clog up the page with too many embedded vids)

Those ProGuitarShop Reviews are sweet! I've been watching them all day. I really like their review on the Peachfuzz and this wierd pedal called the Durham Electronics Crazy Horse. I really like fuzzes that sound sorta like fuzzy overdrive. I can't stand the crazy fuzzes like the Big Muff. I bought a used one once strictly because Jack White had one and after trying to make myself like it for days, it just wouldn't work for me. I like distortion that when u listen closely, you could sorta hear fuzz, especially on chordy rhythm parts.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:24 am

How about the new Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz ?

kim · Post by **kim** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:40 am

if you wanna hear a peach fuzz in all its bassy action check this band :

http://www.myspace.com/comanechi or on youtube

simon doesn't use a lot of other pedals (no other fuzzes i believe ?) but does use a dual amp setup (?), some hiwatt top and the other one is a bass amp setup or just the cab, i should check some live pixors

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:37 pm

westtexasred wrote:How about the new Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz ?

Hey man, i tried one of them cool cat fuzzes like last week and man was i amazed! They're really good especially for the price.

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:49 pm

heavium wrote:if you wanna hear a peach fuzz in all its bassy action check this band :

http://www.myspace.com/comanechi or on youtube

simon doesn't use a lot of other pedals (no other fuzzes i believe ?) but does use a dual amp setup (?), some hiwatt top and the other one is a bass amp setup or just the cab, i should check some live pixors

Their sound is alright. Only I'll probably be using the pedal on lower settings. I'm looking for a tone like this (first 13 seconds of vid)

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:29 pm

Depends what you want to pay really. Anything with Germ AC125 or AC128's should be close to that sound, dont really need to buy boutique, you could check Fulltone, Roger Mayer, Jim Dunlop and the various handmade classic fuzz pedals that surface on ebay lately. Anyone worth their salt should have sound samples available.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:23 am

i LOVE my boss FZ-3
i've had lotsa old and expensive fuzzes, this is the one i've kept. give it a shot... you won't look back.
they're getting pricey, so hurry!

Pat.

TheodorJ · Post by **TheodorJ** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:53 pm

What's your budget?