Rob's Shaftesbury Duo Fuzz Demo

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:51 pm

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Apologies for the playing, I suck worse than normal since I had just got back from running.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:17 pm

OMG!!! i don't what to say mike. i can't believe it. that pedal is the most amazing pedal. i can't wait to get that in my fuzz stained mitts. that is truly fucking rocktastic.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:18 pm

Sounds pretty mental! Looks cool as fuck

Rob is a lucky man.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:18 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:OMG!!! i don't what to say mike. i can't believe it. that pedal is the most amazing pedal. i can't wait to get that in my fuzz stained mitts. that is truly fucking rocktastic.

Glad you like it mate, like I said on the video - in your hands it will be far more effective!

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:25 pm

*weeps bitter, bitter tears*

James · Post by **James** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:42 pm

Prog Rock Abuse? I always thought he was Pro Grock Abuse. I was happy when he joined because I hate that bastard clown too

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:59 pm

FFS James.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:25 pm

I'm not sure what I was expecting but this sounded quite different to it. I quite like what it does though, where classic fuzz tones. I suppose it does what I should have expected it to do. Very nice looking, too.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:56 pm

Yeah, it's a very much lead guitar orientated aggressive Octave Fuzz.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:59 pm

james, if your brave enough to venture forth into the depths of youtube, check some early genesis with steve hackett on lead guitar, that is the sound of a duo fuzz mixed with a marshall supa fuzz aka a mkII tonebender.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:00 pm

I'm brave enough for youtube, not brave enouhg for Genesis.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:02 pm

I like it.

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:02 pm

I like that, it kinda sounds like the wierd fuzz sounds the beatles got back in the day. Cool.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:19 pm

James wrote:I'm brave enough for youtube, not brave enouhg for Genesis.

go on, you can do it!!

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ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:51 pm

Going nuts in the gain dept!

Me likey.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:16 am

jcyphe wrote:I like it.

I feel like I should sig this. I have finally arrived.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:47 pm

Mike wrote:
jcyphe wrote:I like it.
I feel like I should sig this. I have finally arrived.

Oh I also like the Fulltone 69 style, you did too.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:50 pm

That was benecol's choice (he was keen on one of these aswell but is having some cashflow issues), he has impeccable Fuzztone taste.

I dunno what Mike Fuller is on about with regard to the '69 Fuzz, he says there aren't sufficiently good Germanium transistors around to make them, they sound good to my ears, although they are significantly more expensive that Silicon trannies.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:10 pm

Mike wrote:That was benecol's choice (he was keen on one of these aswell but is having some cashflow issues), he has impeccable Fuzztone taste.

I dunno what Mike Fuller is on about with regard to the '69 Fuzz, he says there aren't sufficiently good Germanium transistors around to make them, they sound good to my ears, although they are significantly more expensive that Silicon trannies.

He makes everything in production numbers, and he's very picky about the values on his transistors and even the type. Lots of people who make Fuzz Faces are. If you're making them individually you could always tweak your circuit to optimize what you got to work with. When you're making 500-1000 pedals, that's not so easy.

The Fulltone 69 and Soul Bender were good sellers, so I don't see why he'd stop making them if he could to his satisfaction.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:52 pm

Fair enough, in my limited experience AC128's sound good when you use a low and high gain one.