Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz Demo

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:01 pm

Sounds goood

william · Post by **william** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:09 pm

Mike wrote:
william wrote:how hard would it be to get a generic metal enclosure and graft everything into it? i havent looked inside of one yet, but it seems like itd be worth it, as in the end youd have a peachfuzz clone for around 70 bucks, that you could then spray ugly stencils on and act like it was TEH CUSTOM.
I think you'd have to take a long look at yourself and realise you were a complete poser to rehouse a pedal based upon aesthetics. To add true bypass, better jacks, LED? By all means. The Cool Cat has all that. Rehousing something that noone but you looks at (and really if you're looking at your pedals when you're playing live you're doing it wrong) completely bedfuddles believe.

most of my post was tongue in cheek, everybody.

my point was that the gripes about it, primarily the knob placement, could be solved this way. i forgot to mention that in my OG post, sorry.

also i thought the housing was plastic, so thats another issue i thought i was solving but wasnt. for some reason i thought these were more cheapo than they are, i guess. true bypass, high quality jacks, nice.

soo... eh... nevermind.

william · Post by **william** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:10 pm

Mike wrote:
william wrote:how hard would it be to get a generic metal enclosure and graft everything into it? i havent looked inside of one yet, but it seems like itd be worth it, as in the end youd have a peachfuzz clone for around 70 bucks, that you could then spray ugly stencils on and act like it was TEH CUSTOM.
I think you'd have to take a long look at yourself and realise you were a complete poser to rehouse a pedal based upon aesthetics. To add true bypass, better jacks, LED? By all means. The Cool Cat has all that. Rehousing something that noone but you looks at (and really if you're looking at your pedals when you're playing live you're doing it wrong) completely bedfuddles believe.

most of my post was tongue in cheek, everybody.

my point was that the gripes about it, primarily the knob placement, could be solved this way. i forgot to mention that in my OG post, sorry.

also i thought the housing was plastic, so thats another issue i thought i was solving but wasnt. for some reason i thought these were more cheapo than they are, i guess. true bypass, high quality jacks, nice.

soo... eh... nevermind.

EDIT- not sure why it doubled. sorry!

fostewi · Post by **fostewi** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:08 am

Great demo...I am sold (the price doesn't hurt either). There's good chance I can pick one up tomorrow...if not, I am going to have to start searching hard. I think I'll get it no matter what but just wondering on how it compares with a LBM and Fuzz Factory...is this kind of redundant for someone who has both? If it's "closer" to the Fuzz Factory, but more usable, I think I would replace the FF on my board and keep the FF for messing around at home...at least until I decide I need to try out a different crazy fuzz instead (I hate that the FF has no tone control).

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:04 am

fostewi wrote:Great demo...I am sold (the price doesn't hurt either). There's good chance I can pick one up tomorrow...if not, I am going to have to start searching hard. I think I'll get it no matter what but just wondering on how it compares with a LBM and Fuzz Factory...is this kind of redundant for someone who has both? If it's "closer" to the Fuzz Factory, but more usable, I think I would replace the FF on my board and keep the FF for messing around at home...at least until I decide I need to try out a different crazy fuzz instead (I hate that the FF has no tone control).

Hey I've got a Little Big Muff and the Cool Cat Fuzz.

Honestly I find the LBM a one tricky pony - it's excellent for big lead lines, but the EQ is just too bass heavy and compressed for chord-work. Doesn't play well with my amp, so I'm probably going to sell it. Cool Cat fuzz has a similar thick sound but with flatter EQ and more articulate when playing chords; could use this is my main distortion, which is rare for fuzzes..

Fuzz Factory is a very unique modern fuzz pedal; this is more a retro fuzz more akin to a cross between a Big Muff or Fuzz Face. Just buy the Danelectro and then decide which you want to keep/sell!

Post by **Mike** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:17 am

Nothing retro about a Fuzz Factory. It's a Boost Stage into the front of a Fuzz Face, it gives you higher gain than any fuzz out there, and it oscillates a LOT.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:49 am

Great demo. I always like how the Dano pedals go from tame to crazy, much preferable than not quite giving you enough. Has there been a demo of the old Fab Tone distortion? (the big metal cased one) It's still one of my faves and stupidly cheap if you can find one.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:53 am

Mike wrote:Nothing retro about a Fuzz Factory. It's a Boost Stage into the front of a Fuzz Face, it gives you higher gain than any fuzz out there, and it oscillates a LOT.

That's what I was trying to say; this is a retro fuzz, FF is a modern sounding fuzz. No way alike

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:27 pm

Am not a big fuzz fan, however, this sounds really good.
Might be one for the birthday list next month.

fostewi · Post by **fostewi** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:12 pm

So I went to pick up the Cool Cat Fuzz today....and could not resist leaving with the French Toast Octave Fuzz as well! Read a lot of good reviews here and on OSG and figure that they will likely be hard to get being discontinued (I assume) so I went for both...and out the door for $85 CDN seems pretty good to me. The Cool Cat was a little tamer than I expected but sounds really good...and it might have just seemed tame because I was trying it beside the French Toast which is pretty wild.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:21 pm

Those are two very good fuzzes, never mind the fact that they're piss cheap too. I love my french toast, although I am considering rehousing it in a slightly more flimsy casing with a duff switch.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:42 am

Fantastic value on such a good sounding fuzz. Nice all-arounder once again, Mike.

They're fairly "pricy" over here, going for W90,000 (about $65) at most shops, which still is so much cheaper than everything else. I've talked to heaps of musicians over the weekend and no one's caught of the alleged "wind" o' change that might be on the Dano horizon, and I'm sure shops will have a choc' full stock until kingdom come, as most can't even get rid go their FAB series pedals in the present economy. Interesting times.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:02 pm

ultratwin wrote:Fantastic value on such a good sounding fuzz. Nice all-arounder once again, Mike.

They're fairly "pricy" over here, going for W90,000 (about $65) at most shops, which still is so much cheaper than everything else. I've talked to heaps of musicians over the weekend and no one's caught of the alleged "wind" o' change that might be on the Dano horizon, and I'm sure shops will have a choc' full stock until kingdom come, as most can't even get rid go their FAB series pedals in the present economy. Interesting times.

off-topic but your post made me think of this: are you bank accounts kept in local currency, or another? i imagine i would feel so bad ass if every two weeks someone deposit W6,000,000,000 in my account. lol i'm a Bajillionaire! then i'd log into my bank acount and it'd be a couple grand...i'd cry.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:10 pm

sounds great mike, any chance of a tremolo test?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:24 pm

finboy wrote:sounds great mike, any chance of a tremolo test?

Duosonicboy did a good demo of the trem:
http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22597

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:48 pm

lamp wrote:
finboy wrote:sounds great mike, any chance of a tremolo test?
Duosonicboy did a good demo of the trem:
http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22597

good stuff

<3 shortscale

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:54 pm

Great stuff, I'll be picking one of these up. Cheap, knock-off fuzzes that are used for one recording (if that) are my new shoe-shopping.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:08 am

shit is srsly sounding like bonar. dman.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:55 am

shortscale made bought another pedal... i'm gonna ask this for valentines day

anyone knows were i can order it to europe without paying 20 euros for shipping?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:31 am

I need to be getting commission on this stuff, surely?