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As some of you may know, I have been largely pedal free for many years, but the time has come for me to find some of the most hateful fuzz tones of this realm. I've got an FZ-3 and a BYOC Octave Fuzz and they don't cut it. I need to be able to do chords and basically play everything, not just a monophonic sounding shit.

I'm really into Electric Wizard and know they use the FZ-2 or something, so take that as a hint on where I'm headed tonally.

Not looking to invest $100+ on a pedal. Give me the cheap shit.

• - Cheap
  - Not Monophonic In Quality
  - Ability To Kill

Here are some examples of kool sonds I like.

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^ I enjoy the raw sound of this

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^ this is much more polished but kinda neat

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You can get a used Pharaoh for about that.

I really rate Ampeg Scramblers (timhiulio does an ace one) for chord use (and nastiness too) - the blend control is really useful, and the texture runs from 70s sounding overdrive-y distortion to ringmoddy octaves. If you were in blighty, I'd lend you mind (I'll still lend you mine, if you want, actually).

If you think a Boss FZ-2 is what you're after (but don't want to splurge) then give the Behringer clone (SF-300 Super Fuzz) a go. They're as cheap as chips and supposedly sound the same (think some people on here have them).

BearBoy wrote:If you think a Boss FZ-2 is what you're after (but don't want to splurge) then give the Behringer clone (SF-300 Super Fuzz) a go. They're as cheap as chips and supposedly sound the same (think some people on here have them).

ah! i was pretty sure beringher had some sort of clone... will search

benecol wrote:I really rate Ampeg Scramblers (timhiulio does an ace one) for chord use (and nastiness too) - the blend control is really useful, and the texture runs from 70s sounding overdrive-y distortion to ringmoddy octaves. If you were in blighty, I'd lend you mind (I'll still lend you mine, if you want, actually).

just checked a video of one on the youtubes and it seems very kool sonding

I have 2 FZ-2's because I love them so. They can manage some chords, like fifths/octaves and fourths or thirds (can't remember which), but others will produce a fuzzy racket which sounds like the world ending - which I like, but you may not. They can also do a cool thing when you play an octave chord and bend one of the strings, it makes a pulsating noise that gets faster the more you bend the string.

I also really liked the Fredric Ampeg Scrambler clone I had, it seemed pretty versatile.

As a Behringer owner I can vouch for the Superfuzz. It's awesome, and it even doubles as a bass fuzz too.

(plus it's so cheap there's no point in me selling it, since i could make what, maybe 4€ out of it)

Can't watch the videos due to the work internets but must put a word in for my ZVex Fuzz Probe, it brings the mentalz every time. I've also recently acquired a Dwarfcraft Shiva (now She-Fuzz) which is not as batshit but certainly entertaining.

I ordered the Behringer fuzz last night. I see they have an HM-2 clone as well that I will get. <3 <3 <3 Behringer.

Anything more than like $50 I'm not really interested. Thanks for the suggestions, this quest is sure to continue.

i was gonna say the behringer super fuzz and heavy metal, which im buying one of each eventually when i can be bothered, but it looks like you found them.

The bass grunge is badass.

i just remembered, doesnt king buzzo use the boss odb-3 bass overdrive? it even has a clean blend, which is really nice. behringer makes a clone of that too.

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Just tried the Behringer SF300 and it's pretty ballin.

DEMO PLLLLLLZ!

I was thinking about picking one up, always liked Freddy's toanz.

OFFICIAL SHORTSCALE DEMO

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Doog wrote:I was thinking about picking one up, always liked Freddy's toanz.

%ghey%

I've actually more or less stopped using mine now in favour of my Harmonic Percolator. I imagine it'll make a dramatic return at some point though.

BearBoy wrote:OFFICIAL SHORTSCALE DEMO

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Man i wanna go through this thing and show how interactive it is with an amp. It's kind of crazy.

i just ordered a behringer heavy metal, it should come by monday or tuesday. gonna do some drone for my lofi/drone/noise side project i recently started