BBE Free Fuzz on Stupid Deal Of the Day

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:30 am

Musician's Friend has the Free Fuzz on sale for $30, if anyone's interested and haven't seen it yet.

THIS ONE:

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:49 pm

that sold out fast!

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:51 pm

Tease!..

Bill Oakley · Post by **Bill Oakley** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:49 pm

I picked up one of the older ones a few years ago at GC for $25 and I absolutely hated it. Part of me thinks I just didn't give it a chance because I played it for about 5 minutes and then put it back in it's box.
The other part of me says if a two knob pedal can't impress me in 5 minutes, it's not good.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:00 pm

I've been gassing for some fuzz recently, though doubt the orange will take any fuzz well.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:24 pm

Bill Oakley wrote:The other part of me says if a two knob pedal can't impress me in 5 minutes, it's not good.

I'd agree with that except to say that some pedals are fantastic with certain amps and average at best with others. I don't think that necessarily makes them bad pedals but it creates an opportunity to come to that conclusion.

Bill Oakley · Post by **Bill Oakley** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:39 pm

I tried it with a Soldano Astroverb, Korg/Vox AC30, and a '85 JCM 800 2203 just for reference.
It may sound better with other amps. On mine I hated it and, of course, that's my personal taste.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:25 pm

I've definitely had pedals that just sounded bad regardless of what setup I've tried, and I didn't mean to say you didn't try enough with this one. I've just had pedals before where they were underwhelming until used with a certain type of amp.

There's a pedal that's a particularly good example, I think it's the OCD. Use it with a Marshall and it's an alright overdrive pedal, nothing special. Use it with a Fender and there's not much that tops it.

Bill Oakley · Post by **Bill Oakley** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:55 pm

No worries. Just wanted to state what amps I tried it with. I went through a box of pedals and found this one. Guess I never got rid of it. Still in the box. I'll have to give it another try.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:46 am

It's a decent silicon fuzz face clone ....nothing revolutionary

MagnetInMyHead · Post by **MagnetInMyHead** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:34 am

Billy3000 wrote:that sold out fast!

I'm still sore over that.