The good thing about watching a review/demo with Andy is that everything sounds so amazing. the bad thing is that everything sounds so amazing with Andy and not when you play it.
Just bought a FZ-3 last week and played it a couple hours and was blown away with the fuzz almost all the way up. Bought a second for collection. It’s hard to explain the feel of this pedal but it’s sustain us insane and single notes are awesome! Highly recommended and I’ll say it better than FZ-2.
I like Boss Pedal’s naming conventions over many other pedals because the pedals name tells you what is does. You can’t have better marketing than that.
i can't believe it ,I own this pedal and I never really it because of the boss cosm .people would tell me they are not real fuzz boxes.WOW after andy 's video i'm sold on I ,it's the best fuzz I've ever heard and I listen to hundreds.
I own a muff, and my other guitar player owns this one. This one definitely cuts through the mix better than my muff. It's got a really nice sound to it.
Have owned 4 analogue fuzz's over the years... I didn't really get on with any of them. Some sounded positively bad even though they were rather expensive. I thought i'd give this pedal a go as I found one on ebay for a snip, very happy I did. The fuzz face is nice, the maestro setting is very harsh but great for that Lemmy sound if you use it on bass... If you roll down the highs you can just about use it on a guitar. The Octavia setting isn't too obvious, sounds good on bass too. Thought fuzz was not for me, glad to have been proved wrong.
I think out of all the demos I ever heard of guitar players giving demos of guitar pedal, I'd say you are the best at it. Very conniving demos...Most of my pedal selections were based on many of the demonstrations you did...Just thought I let you know dude...I'm 59 and still rockin like I was 15....still playing in good classic rock bands...
keep calling it a bad pedal I got mine on ebay for $60.00 bucks like new and it work just fine. . but keep saying it's crap and may be the Next fz5 will go even cheaper love it! lol
I have this pedal, as well as some other Fuzz pedals, colorsound DAM fuzz sound, a germanium Fuzz Face, MKII Sharpetone tonebender, Colorsound mark IV tonebender and some big Muffs. This pedal is a great pedal it has a nice treble edge which gives the fuzz more clarity so it doesn't sound so muffled. I really like the Oscillating fuzz sound and the Maestro setting. pretty versatile Fuzz box.
The octavia setting has always been an octave up, never below. The trick to getting the octave up ( and this is with the original pedal) is to use your guitar's neck pick and play above the 12th fret. It is not like today's pitch shifters, it is subtle.
I read your comment and agree that the Big Muff is a pretty good pedal as your comment suggests. This is coming from me and certainly doesn't reflect everyone's opinion. I like collecting gear and Boss and MXR products rate high on my list of favourites. "Who in their right mind buys a digital fuzz?", you ask. I haven't yet had the chance to test this Boss Fuzz but I have the feeling that it sounds pretty good. For guys like me, though, I simply like collecting different pedals digital or not.
i’m willing to bet money all the corksniffers in the comments complaining about it being a modeled fuzz wouldn’t be able to tel the difference if they had a blindfold on
Sonic Titan corksniffers will be corksniffers. Blindfold them & they can never differentiate Gibson from an Epiphone, Fender from a Squire, Sabian from a Zildjian, Marshall from a Vox and so on and so forth. If it costs more, then it’s better than cheaper ones because they like to get economically ripped off...
holy shit, if this audio was with a boutique fuzz pedal in the picture, you cork sniffers would be frothing....this thing sounds fucking awesome. just listen to that intro???!!! boss haters gtfo
So I just plugged one of these in, and it is a good pedal. What I like about is it is versatile, you get three distinct fuzz tones in one box. Furthermore the germanium transistor tones are pretty good. This is significant because real germanium transistors are very finicky. Pedals with these transistors will sound different pedal to pedal, and more significantly will change with the temperature. That this pedal will stay stable despite the temperature and probably be consistent pedal to pedal makes it pretty great in my book. On some sounds like overdrive, I don't ever want digital modeling, but on a fuzz it is perfectly fine, because fuzz pedals already sound funky and weird. I think it is a pretty good pedal, and I am a person who isn't a big Boss pedal fan. Playing it live will be the litmus test, however. If I change my mind, I will update this post. Oh, and read the instructions. The middle setting does not work until you get the gain setting passed noon. I bought the pedal used, thought there was a problem, and thought there might be an internal bias control, and went online for the user manual. It explains this fact. The middle setting only wakes up when the gain setting is past noon. Hope all this helps.
Personally, my biggest issue with this pedal is that it replaced the earlier FZ-2 and FZ-3, which were not modelling pedals at all. They're both rather respected in the stoner/doom community, and they were affordable because they weren't boutique. This one seems geared towards classic tones, and it fulfills that role well.
I’ve never seen anyone demo playing Band Of Gypsys 🤘🏼I’ve never even seen anyone playing that song. Amazing. I know you must’ve been working on that one for a while.
Sound is subjective it’s really down to a lot of different combinations and variables within your playing... i.e. the fat on your fingers, the type of pic, the type of guitar , the Amp etc... and the quality of the SONG...(least we forget)!!!
So so so, a digital fuzz, eh? Us analog faithful spy blasphemy! Yeah yeah, for the same price, you buy a big muff, but they are poorly made, don't sound anything like the originals, and lose all dynamics of your playing. It's like a vaccumm cleaner. This FZ-5 is a great pedal because 1. 3 fuzzes in one 2. Additional gain on tap 3. More reliable and not tempermental and finally 4. Looks badass in that silver enclosure. Who doesn't eant a pedal that says "FUZZ" on it?
@@savanaviolenta This pedal is a hot candidate for worst boss pedal of all times and I'm not alone in this. Find out what a Fuzz is, test a real fuzz next to this fz-5 digital abomination then report back.
I actually don’t mind this pedal. I use it with a blood moon phaser for some cool shoegaze tones. I don’t use it for basic rock and roll like most will. Just find a good amp to use it with and you’ll probably get some use with it.
Besides Andy's studio-musician level skills, I think that a great tube source tone and the compression are what make the gear demoed sound so great. Just listen to his voice. No-ones voice sounds like that naturally. There's a lot of filtering and various sound optimization going on. ProGuitarShop sets the bar.
Sounds friggin awesome, for a DSP modelled fuzz which I'm guessing doesn't have all the associated futzyness of the weird transistors that go into a real fuzz. Very cool.
This is a really nice pedal. Not too much fuzz, it's just right for that vintage feel. If I'm being honest most fuzz pedals sound way too dirty and over the top, this pedal hits the right spot
This pedal works great. It's funny how the guitar nerds talk about boutique handmade analog pedals over the digital. At the end of the day they buy expensive pedals just to play in their bedroom.
On PGS's site, you'll find analog options in the same price range as this pedal. I am frugal when it comes to buying new gear, though the gear that I do have is good quality and useful. When I was younger, I made a lot of impulse buys on gear, which has led me to become a more informed consumer. Now, I do research before I buy gear, so that when I hear a cool demo featuring studio recordings of Hendrix covers, I don't immediately need to go out and buy it.
I'm surprised I didn't read it here somewhere, but Fuzz-Pedals are not meant to be used with clean set amps! In a demo you'd have to, I guess, but they come to life when combined with an overdriven amp, and the two sounds blend! I own a FZ-5 and in Fuzzface-Mode put in front of a crunchy Marshall, the sound is really killer!
That's all dependent on the fuzz pedal and the sound you're going for. For fuzz face style fuzzes, I totally agree. But big muff kind of fuzzes sound better into a clean amp, or at least a mostly clean amp, to me.
he said himself that sound is in your fingers, and you'll always be able to get it out on any kind of gear. What we hear is not a FZ-5, its Andy on a FZ-5, and we'll all sound different. So yeah, if the pedal sounds like shit, maybe its because it is.. but maybe its because we play like shit too ^^
Interesting point, but the tonal differences are obvious. Since the digital part is translated back into analog somewhere along the signal path before it hits the output jack, there must be a few analog components doing the job, either on the chip, or the board. The tolerance (accuracy) of resistor and cap values on ICs isn't that great. You probably already know that.
It doesn't sounds like crap. It sounds like an overdriven amp. With lots of noise. It goes "FZZZZZ". It's a Fuzz pedal. It sounds dirty. That's what it's meant for.
don't get me wrong, i LOVE my Double Muff, Big Muff, Little Big Muff and Tone Wiker Big Muff .... I'm a fan of MUFF sounds and that's why I bought them all, but I like buying other stuff to continue exploring and having fun out of the "common water" .... Cheers and Merry Christmas
The best Fuzz pedal I ever bought was the JHS Triangle Illuminati mod pedal. Combine that with tweed. Thunderous roar. I made figurines fall off my furniture 25 ft away with that bass roar.
Andy proves you wrong here. It's the player, not the gear. He can make an inexpensive pedal sound like a gem because he has talent. You obviously need an expensive boutique pedal to compensate for your lack of innate ability, but truly great players like Andy don't need it.
Hands down the best fuzz pedal. I don't like fuzz pedals at all but you can check out Heroine album by From First to Last. That to me has the best fuzz sounding tone and I tempted to buy one.
Hey PGS, cool demo. I have a querstion, maybe you can help me out. I like the Octa Fuzz type sound, but I'm not a die hard fuzz user, and would only use one sparingly. That said, I've avoided using them because they won't play nice with my wireless (acts as a buffer). However, something like this would work, since it's not a 'true' fuzz circuit, correct? Perhaps you can make a recommendation on a different octa fuzz type pedal that will work correctly after a wireless. thx.
I just found this in a drawer. Hahah. I'll test it out through my deluxe reverb once the sun comes up here. Sounds fun. Might stack it with my wampler ODs to see how it rounds out. Cool find, free toy 👍
You know a lot more than I do about the engineering side. I'm sure you have a great ear too (but mine ain't bad either). I think I read somewhere that "resisters" inside an IC can vary much more than the 1% discrete components (and 1% is surprising, must be pretty costly even at volume pricing), and if any part of it contains analog circuitry, that might account for distinct differences in actual sound, which otherwise has no explanation - at least not yet. Best regards.
Gotta say, as much as I like some boss pedals, I tried this one the other day and it sounded awful in the middle setting, as you rolled the fuzz way back it sounded like the jack cable was broken.
I once bought a pedal he reviewed only to have it sound absolutely shit when I plugged it in. I can't really take his reviews seriously any more, because no matter what he's playing through it sounds like the best pedal you've ever heard.
s. borges They do...Only “They” isn’t Boss. The Behringer SF-300 is an exact clone of the Boss FZ-2. I have one of each and they are absolutely indistinguishable in A/B comparisons.
@@FloridaManMatty I agree.people are ALWAYS BUTTHURT by th plastic case cuz they apparently like to crush theyr pedals like uncivilized neanderthals in heat...it's quite retarded.
I have a EHX little Bigmuff EHX OPAMP and a EHX Rams Head Love them all. There all on my board but I'm looking for that Electric Wizard dopethrone kinda fuzz. Maybe this is what im looking for. Never considered a Boss Fuzz pedal. Not convinced yet. I do like the HF-2 better.
its predecessor actually. fuzz a different gain structure than the average distortion or overdrive pedal. so you can imagine: a clean sound has a round sound wave structure. a distortion pedal has a slightly flattened top with round edges to that flat think. a fuzz sound has waves that look like they are simply cut off on top, looks like some kind of saw, and sounds like it too. some kind of dirty, sawy, scratchy distortion.
that´s call "knowing how to use it and where to plug it" i´ve bought a couple pedals just because of the andy´s reviews and belive me i havent being disapointed yet. It all depends of your gear and knowing how to pull out some juice properly of the pedal you´re using my friend
I think thats how it works with just about any pedal, but I think the fuzz market is big enough that I could find something else that would satisfy if these become sought-after
Thanks. It's already gone so I can't try it but I'm fairly sure I tried all pickups in all positions. I'd hoped to use it for the Blue on Black solo by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. KWS does use the neck pickup and goes down to the 10th fret (close enough), but there is no problem hearing the octave. He's using a much better pedal, but one that this pedal should at least be able to approximate. Didn't work for me, or on some of the RUclips demos I've seen. Anyway, thanks again for the info.
my friend had the same problem when he got his ac15, we made him try it out at GC too, but ... you know... it still sounded close to me but everyones computer speakers aren't the same either, hell, I got 70's basketweave 8" boxes wired up, theyre bigger than my monitor.
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The big plus about your video-review is that its instant playing when you start the video, exactly what people want to hear immediatelly.
This is the very first video that started my OBSSESSION with FUZZ about 10 years ago! I come back every once in a while 🤤
The good thing about watching a review/demo with Andy is that everything sounds so amazing. the bad thing is that everything sounds so amazing with Andy and not when you play it.
Just bought a FZ-3 last week and played it a couple hours and was blown away with the fuzz almost all the way up. Bought a second for collection. It’s hard to explain the feel of this pedal but it’s sustain us insane and single notes are awesome! Highly recommended and I’ll say it better than FZ-2.
I like Boss Pedal’s naming conventions over many other pedals because the pedals name tells you what is does. You can’t have better marketing than that.
Ikutaro Kakehashi was a no-bullshit kind of guy.
i can't believe it ,I own this pedal and I never really it because of the boss cosm .people would tell me they are not real fuzz boxes.WOW after andy 's video i'm sold on I ,it's the best fuzz I've ever heard and I listen to hundreds.
I own a muff, and my other guitar player owns this one. This one definitely cuts through the mix better than my muff. It's got a really nice sound to it.
11 years later😂 comment
Have owned 4 analogue fuzz's over the years... I didn't really get on with any of them. Some sounded positively bad even though they were rather expensive. I thought i'd give this pedal a go as I found one on ebay for a snip, very happy I did. The fuzz face is nice, the maestro setting is very harsh but great for that Lemmy sound if you use it on bass... If you roll down the highs you can just about use it on a guitar. The Octavia setting isn't too obvious, sounds good on bass too. Thought fuzz was not for me, glad to have been proved wrong.
I think out of all the demos I ever heard of guitar players giving demos of guitar pedal, I'd say you are the best at it. Very conniving demos...Most of my pedal selections were based on many of the demonstrations you did...Just thought I let you know dude...I'm 59 and still rockin like I was 15....still playing in good classic rock bands...
keep calling it a bad pedal I got mine on ebay for $60.00 bucks like new and it work just fine. . but keep saying it's crap and may be the Next fz5 will go even cheaper love it! lol
I have this pedal, as well as some other Fuzz pedals, colorsound DAM fuzz sound, a germanium Fuzz Face, MKII Sharpetone tonebender, Colorsound mark IV tonebender and some big Muffs. This pedal is a great pedal it has a nice treble edge which gives the fuzz more clarity so it doesn't sound so muffled. I really like the Oscillating fuzz sound and the Maestro setting. pretty versatile Fuzz box.
The octavia setting has always been an octave up, never below. The trick to getting the octave up ( and this is with the original pedal) is to use your guitar's neck pick and play above the 12th fret. It is not like today's pitch shifters, it is subtle.
andy again, making me want to buy things with money i don’t have. bless him.
I'm getting a lot of satisfaction watching this!
I read your comment and agree that the Big Muff is a pretty good pedal as your comment suggests. This is coming from me and certainly doesn't reflect everyone's opinion. I like collecting gear and Boss and MXR products rate high on my list of favourites. "Who in their right mind buys a digital fuzz?", you ask. I haven't yet had the chance to test this Boss Fuzz but I have the feeling that it sounds pretty good. For guys like me, though, I simply like collecting different pedals digital or not.
i’m willing to bet money all the corksniffers in the comments complaining about it being a modeled fuzz wouldn’t be able to tel the difference if they had a blindfold on
Sonic Titan corksniffers will be corksniffers. Blindfold them & they can never differentiate Gibson from an Epiphone, Fender from a Squire, Sabian from a Zildjian, Marshall from a Vox and so on and so forth. If it costs more, then it’s better than cheaper ones because they like to get economically ripped off...
I can definitely tell this apart from a big muff. This pedal is mediocre sounding
Daniel Philcox no shit, a muff isn’t one of the fuzzes this pedal emulates
@Oakly Jeuneville it’s a saying man look it up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is a fantastic pure no frills fuzz if you don't like this, your not a fan of fuzz in general, because it simply does just what it says.
Wow I confess I wasn't expecting to hear such an awesome tone coming from this pedal. For $89, this is a bargain.
Andy, that cover of "Message to Love" was AWESOME.
it's amazing when you check out a lot of pros boards there is a lot of Boss. works just fine. focus on playing/chops and songwriting.
from one Andy to another, thanks for playing that hendrix tune at the beginning, always wanted to learn it
holy shit, if this audio was with a boutique fuzz pedal in the picture, you cork sniffers would be frothing....this thing sounds fucking awesome. just listen to that intro???!!! boss haters gtfo
I have many fuzzes, and this one is a treasure. If you dislike it, just use a cheap graphic equalizer pedal - before or after, you decide it.
I have one of these.
Good pedal. Good emulation and good price.
Three classic fuzzes in one. And it plays nice in add of wha pedal. All right! 👍🏻
The most I like about your videos is watch you playing with your fingers
Message of Love by Jimi from the live Band of Gypsys album. Great work again Andy.
The sound during Satisfaction is pretty great 🙂
Message to love from Band of Gypsys
dang ya know iv been looking st some expensive fuzzes and this one acutally rocks
So I just plugged one of these in, and it is a good pedal. What I like about is it is versatile, you get three distinct fuzz tones in one box. Furthermore the germanium transistor tones are pretty good. This is significant because real germanium transistors are very finicky. Pedals with these transistors will sound different pedal to pedal, and more significantly will change with the temperature. That this pedal will stay stable despite the temperature and probably be consistent pedal to pedal makes it pretty great in my book. On some sounds like overdrive, I don't ever want digital modeling, but on a fuzz it is perfectly fine, because fuzz pedals already sound funky and weird. I think it is a pretty good pedal, and I am a person who isn't a big Boss pedal fan. Playing it live will be the litmus test, however. If I change my mind, I will update this post.
Oh, and read the instructions. The middle setting does not work until you get the gain setting passed noon. I bought the pedal used, thought there was a problem, and thought there might be an internal bias control, and went online for the user manual. It explains this fact. The middle setting only wakes up when the gain setting is past noon. Hope all this helps.
Mine arrived today and it’s amazing.
Personally, my biggest issue with this pedal is that it replaced the earlier FZ-2 and FZ-3, which were not modelling pedals at all. They're both rather respected in the stoner/doom community, and they were affordable because they weren't boutique.
This one seems geared towards classic tones, and it fulfills that role well.
Andy = best gear salesman in the world.
I’ve never seen anyone demo playing Band Of Gypsys 🤘🏼I’ve never even seen anyone playing that song. Amazing. I know you must’ve been working on that one for a while.
guy, you're sure have the BEST VOICE in guitar review world!!!!! epic
Sound is subjective it’s really down to a lot of different combinations and variables within your playing... i.e. the fat on your fingers, the type of pic, the type of guitar , the Amp etc... and the quality of the SONG...(least we forget)!!!
Sounds great and stellar playing as always!
So so so, a digital fuzz, eh? Us analog faithful spy blasphemy!
Yeah yeah, for the same price, you buy a big muff, but they are poorly made, don't sound anything like the originals, and lose all dynamics of your playing. It's like a vaccumm cleaner.
This FZ-5 is a great pedal because 1. 3 fuzzes in one 2. Additional gain on tap 3. More reliable and not tempermental and finally 4. Looks badass in that silver enclosure.
Who doesn't eant a pedal that says "FUZZ" on it?
Amen
Big muffs are great. I have one myself and it's fantastic. I agree with the rest though
Andy is so efficient in doing his job that h can make even an FZ-5 sound good. That could be called a miracle
Miracle? The FZ 5 sounds great.
@@savanaviolenta This pedal is a hot candidate for worst boss pedal of all times and I'm not alone in this. Find out what a Fuzz is, test a real fuzz next to this fz-5 digital abomination then report back.
@@rafasounds2010 you just can’t make it sound good doesn’t mean it’s a bad pedal mate
I actually don’t mind this pedal. I use it with a blood moon phaser for some cool shoegaze tones. I don’t use it for basic rock and roll like most will. Just find a good amp to use it with and you’ll probably get some use with it.
love Andy's playing style
Sounds like every single other non-famous player honestly,
.the same.nothing overtly unique or terribly original.but he can play pretty good.
Besides Andy's studio-musician level skills, I think that a great tube source tone and the compression are what make the gear demoed sound so great. Just listen to his voice. No-ones voice sounds like that naturally. There's a lot of filtering and various sound optimization going on. ProGuitarShop sets the bar.
Sounds friggin awesome, for a DSP modelled fuzz which I'm guessing doesn't have all the associated futzyness of the weird transistors that go into a real fuzz. Very cool.
Andy your vids are some of the best guy!
This is a really nice pedal. Not too much fuzz, it's just right for that vintage feel. If I'm being honest most fuzz pedals sound way too dirty and over the top, this pedal hits the right spot
Great demonstration bro!! Thanks a lot!!
The very fist mode Andy starts playing with the pedal, is total Hendrix. just needs that wah pedal with the phase/
Another awesome killer Boss pedal. I love it!
This pedal works great. It's funny how the guitar nerds talk about boutique handmade analog pedals over the digital. At the end of the day they buy expensive pedals just to play in their bedroom.
Message to Love! Love it!
On PGS's site, you'll find analog options in the same price range as this pedal. I am frugal when it comes to buying new gear, though the gear that I do have is good quality and useful. When I was younger, I made a lot of impulse buys on gear, which has led me to become a more informed consumer. Now, I do research before I buy gear, so that when I hear a cool demo featuring studio recordings of Hendrix covers, I don't immediately need to go out and buy it.
I see your point. However, Pete Thorn uses a Boss digital fuzz because he also has a buffer in his rig. Pete knows a little something about tone too.
Andy... Wow man your playing really hits it spot on!
I was kinda expecting to hear In A Gadda Da Vida ! Great video, great playing. That pedal rules
This sounds much better than I thought it would.
its a great road pedal for touring-you can them anywhere.
I'm surprised I didn't read it here somewhere, but Fuzz-Pedals are not meant to be used with clean set amps! In a demo you'd have to, I guess, but they come to life when combined with an overdriven amp, and the two sounds blend! I own a FZ-5 and in Fuzzface-Mode put in front of a crunchy Marshall, the sound is really killer!
That's all dependent on the fuzz pedal and the sound you're going for. For fuzz face style fuzzes, I totally agree. But big muff kind of fuzzes sound better into a clean amp, or at least a mostly clean amp, to me.
Ive noticed that in Face mode , this pedal is at its best ..but the Maestro setting takes a lot of getting used to ..its very breaky .
I use this pedal on fuzz face mode combined with an overdrive and it makes it sound killer
he said himself that sound is in your fingers, and you'll always be able to get it out on any kind of gear. What we hear is not a FZ-5, its Andy on a FZ-5, and we'll all sound different.
So yeah, if the pedal sounds like shit, maybe its because it is.. but maybe its because we play like shit too ^^
Andy sorta just proves that pumping a gain pedal into a good tube amp sounds fantastic.
I do like his demos a lot though.
I love how it sounds with the L P!!
nice 2007!
how in the hell do you plat with your fingers like that? awesome
Andy should have shares in everything he sells ...cos he SELLS IT
Interesting point, but the tonal differences are obvious. Since the digital part is translated back into analog somewhere along the signal path before it hits the output jack, there must be a few analog components doing the job, either on the chip, or the board. The tolerance (accuracy) of resistor and cap values on ICs isn't that great. You probably already know that.
It doesn't sounds like crap. It sounds like an overdriven amp. With lots of noise. It goes "FZZZZZ". It's a Fuzz pedal. It sounds dirty. That's what it's meant for.
Tone is in the hands and Andy's hands have great tone.
don't get me wrong, i LOVE my Double Muff, Big Muff, Little Big Muff and Tone Wiker Big Muff .... I'm a fan of MUFF sounds and that's why I bought them all, but I like buying other stuff to continue exploring and having fun out of the "common water" .... Cheers and Merry Christmas
Even this vdo was 8 years ago but still convinced me to buy this fantastic fuzz.
I bought one too
The best Fuzz pedal I ever bought was the JHS Triangle Illuminati mod pedal. Combine that with tweed. Thunderous roar. I made figurines fall off my furniture 25 ft away with that bass roar.
Andy proves you wrong here. It's the player, not the gear. He can make an inexpensive pedal sound like a gem because he has talent. You obviously need an expensive boutique pedal to compensate for your lack of innate ability, but truly great players like Andy don't need it.
Best overviewed on this Pedal.... still not shop, but now back to considering...
Hands down the best fuzz pedal. I don't like fuzz pedals at all but you can check out Heroine album by From First to Last. That to me has the best fuzz sounding tone and I tempted to buy one.
mmmmm, sound´s pretty good for me. And you have 3 different mod´s. Hug!
Brilliant, after first note it's just sounds right!
The first PGS demo where I already had that pedal!!
Hey PGS, cool demo. I have a querstion, maybe you can help me out. I like the Octa Fuzz type sound, but I'm not a die hard fuzz user, and would only use one sparingly. That said, I've avoided using them because they won't play nice with my wireless (acts as a buffer). However, something like this would work, since it's not a 'true' fuzz circuit, correct? Perhaps you can make a recommendation on a different octa fuzz type pedal that will work correctly after a wireless. thx.
I was surprised by that too. Hendrix and Dan Auerbach in the same video. Only the best.
I just found this in a drawer. Hahah. I'll test it out through my deluxe reverb once the sun comes up here. Sounds fun. Might stack it with my wampler ODs to see how it rounds out. Cool find, free toy 👍
What’s the song at 4:50 called?
i love the playing. What song are you shredding during the octave mode?
Did you find out?
You know a lot more than I do about the engineering side. I'm sure you have a great ear too (but mine ain't bad either). I think I read somewhere that "resisters" inside an IC can vary much more than the 1% discrete components (and 1% is surprising, must be pretty costly even at volume pricing), and if any part of it contains analog circuitry, that might account for distinct differences in actual sound, which otherwise has no explanation - at least not yet. Best regards.
I remember when this came out, the store I wanted to buy it from asked for like 145 bucks. What a rip.
Gotta say, as much as I like some boss pedals, I tried this one the other day and it sounded awful in the middle setting, as you rolled the fuzz way back it sounded like the jack cable was broken.
I once bought a pedal he reviewed only to have it sound absolutely shit when I plugged it in. I can't really take his reviews seriously any more, because no matter what he's playing through it sounds like the best pedal you've ever heard.
Ah, if only they reissued the incredible hyper fz2........
s. borges They do...Only “They” isn’t Boss. The Behringer SF-300 is an exact clone of the Boss FZ-2. I have one of each and they are absolutely indistinguishable in A/B comparisons.
@@FloridaManMatty I agree.people are ALWAYS BUTTHURT by th plastic case cuz they apparently like to crush theyr pedals like uncivilized neanderthals in heat...it's quite retarded.
I have one fuzz i love a lot, my Deep Trip BOG fuzz, awesome sounding fuzz and versatile
Thanks Dude. really helpful
I just bought this and it's awesome.
@@coochieman4066it’s great, i recommend
Maybe One of the best fuzz pedal ever
would u recommend it?
I have a EHX little Bigmuff
EHX OPAMP and a EHX Rams Head
Love them all. There all on my board but I'm looking for that Electric Wizard dopethrone kinda fuzz. Maybe this is what im looking for. Never considered a Boss Fuzz pedal.
Not convinced yet. I do like the HF-2 better.
its predecessor actually. fuzz a different gain structure than the average distortion or overdrive pedal. so you can imagine: a clean sound has a round sound wave structure. a distortion pedal has a slightly flattened top with round edges to that flat think. a fuzz sound has waves that look like they are simply cut off on top, looks like some kind of saw, and sounds like it too. some kind of dirty, sawy, scratchy distortion.
Got a Message of Love-Don't You Turn away... Oh Jimi-Got rid of my Boss pedals cus they seem to suck my Tone but I'm tempted by this Bad boy!
So its basically 3 pedals on one?? That's pretty cool
that´s call "knowing how to use it and where to plug it" i´ve bought a couple pedals just because of the andy´s reviews and belive me i havent being disapointed yet. It all depends of your gear and knowing how to pull out some juice properly of the pedal you´re using my friend
it's supposed to be really subtle, and try your neck pick up and playing at a bassy-er timbre higher up on the fret board.
I think thats how it works with just about any pedal, but I think the fuzz market is big enough that I could find something else that would satisfy if these become sought-after
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Thanks. It's already gone so I can't try it but I'm fairly sure I tried all pickups in all positions. I'd hoped to use it for the Blue on Black solo by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. KWS does use the neck pickup and goes down to the 10th fret (close enough), but there is no problem hearing the octave. He's using a much better pedal, but one that this pedal should at least be able to approximate. Didn't work for me, or on some of the RUclips demos I've seen. Anyway, thanks again for the info.
whats andy's favorite fuzz?
Will buy that to play death metal! Epic!
my friend had the same problem when he got his ac15, we made him try it out at GC too, but ... you know... it still sounded close to me but everyones computer speakers aren't the same either, hell, I got 70's basketweave 8" boxes wired up, theyre bigger than my monitor.