Jack White is by far my favorite fuzz user, every single piece of music that he releases that has fuzz in it is organized chaos, so loud so fuzzy but beautiful and melodic at the same time
"Grab a fuzz pedal, go play it, have fun and remember why guitar is so special, it's not about how cool you're, it's not about the great gear, it's not about all that stuff, it's about having fun and there's no better way to do that than play into a fuzz pedal, incredibly loud and annoying everyone around you". I really liked that phrase from the end of the video, it's very accurate and I think every guitarist should always keep that in mind. Great video Josh!
Smashing Pumpkins defined fuzz for me in the 90s. It was so big and gross that when EHX re-released the op-amp fuzz, I pre-ordered it. Only pedal I’ve ever pre-ordered and it is awesome.
I really love how the heads of pedal companies are making vlogs, and are not shy to praise other companies! I love this about Wampler's channel as well. The videos aren't JUST a commercial for your own products, but are purely educational! Keep up the great work!
Machine Gun - Band of Gypsys was my first taste. I fell in love with the crazy ring modulated type overtones. Always helps to have an amazing performance from Jimi, Buddy & Billy too
It’s easy to say Siamese Dream, for millions of reasons that all come back to the wall of Fuzz. Fuzz is in the air, fuzz is everywhere. It makes me want to play two fuzzes in stereo!
As a very young lad in 1972 I joined the Navy. I was gifted with a Pignose in 73 or 74 "so I could take it on the ship", I had at the time a beat up 1970 Fender "Competition Orange" Mustang that a friend had given to me after he came home from VietNam as a Marine Navy Corpsman. He had lost the use of his left hand somehow and he knew he would never again play it. On my 1st ship I used it as "practice" amp in one of the ships shaft alleys (great acoustics down there) and then it became everybody's "fuzz box" in the music rec room. That was my first hands on fuzz! It worked great for my blues harp playing as I soon realized that I wasn't a guitar player. LOL Thanks for sparking some fond memories... you do a lot with sparkingish things I've heard.
Loved that! That’s for speaking so freely and so nerdy about “the sounds,” the loud noises some of us guitarists experiment with when no one’s watching!
It took me a while to get into fuzzes, honestly. Like chorus pedals, where I dig the sound but never could use it properly and I tried a lot of them pedals. Same with fuzzes, where I manage to play dozens of them and the one which opened me to fuzz world was the Zvex Fuzz Factory. So many useable sounds from this little box and a great amount of crazy sounds as well. Because of this unit I can tell I now can start my fuzz odyssey again. My dream fuzz tone is from Bill Frisell’s DVD, Live in Montreal Jazz Festival 2002, the song is “Ron Carter”, where it gets from those haunting guitar chords along with brass section to that slow bluesy part, to the point where in the middle Frisell starts his mind blowing solo with THAT fuzz tone. It’s exceptional and I want my guitar to sound like this one day. PS Great idea with that Vlog series!
Can't believe nobody here has yet mentioned the fuzz in the Steppenwolf song "The Pusher". I've absolutely loved that sound since I was a little kid. Same with "In a Gadda Da Vida", and Fridjid Pink's version of "House of the Rising Sun". Those were some epic fuzz tones, to be sure.
The Black Keys early records! Especially Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory. I just love that thick, greasy fuzz sound Dan gets. It's shaped my taste in fuzz so much that I bought the EHX green Russian reissue.
You must have been really good at show and tell in grade school. This pedal is AWESOME!.. aaand this pedal is AWESOME! I love this vlog series keep it up!
Loved this. Thanks man. I frikken dig a fuzz pedal. Your humility as a pedal maker to spend your time talking about other people's pedals is totally cool.
Great VLOG!!! Only my second I've seen of yours. My whole family were musicians and I've seen a few fuzz boxes before. But hey, I'm blown away by how many there actually are out there. Personally, my first distortion pedal was an early 70s MXR model. Guess I've had my head in the sand. Great video bro!!!!
Thanx for the music tip... I never heard of Deap Sea Diving before but i liked it very much , I am totally new about Fuzz and i am 46 haha well gotta start at some point... I just got the Big Muff russian from Electro Harmonics and i love it .. i gonna check up some of the pedals you talked about... thanx alot for this video :D
Favourite fuzz tone - Warren Ellis (Dirty Three, Bad Seeds, Grinderman) Grinderman 2 has some particularly amazing sounds. Thank you very the videos. x
Matt Gilbert not sure about what track the Shin ei is used on. But the mid-8 in Bullet With Butterfly Wings has a Fender Blender creating that massive rumbling fuzz tone.
I get best fuzz tones by running into either a slightly crunchy amp or a high headroom pedal with a small amount of clipping. But some fuzzes go nicely into clean amps, as long as the bright cap is off.... but in the end, it’s all in what you are looking for. Especially in the studio, miking can change an insane fuuz tone into a buttery, singing beauty, so the possibilities are endless - which is one of the best things about fuzz :)
Josh truly understands the concept of "Win Win", not many pedal makers would be raving about fuzz builders both past and present! He truly believes that there is room for everyone in this whacky world of Pedal Makers. Kudos to you Sir!
Great video. I love the insight into what makes you guys tick. I remember the day my dad walked into my room(late 1997), shaking his head in disappointment when he thought I had blown the drivers on my speakers. I chuckled a bit, and told him, "that's just the Fuzz on the bass", as Radiohead's Exit Music played on. He laughed; I think he had an ah-ha moment of how cool it is to hear something again throw him off like that. J Rockett's WTF is a favorite of mine. Such a great, versatile fuzz.
Everything that Ty Segall and John Dwyer release is just full of fuzzy goodness. I think they mostly use Death By Audio for their tones and it's absloutely killer. I also really enjoy Oliver from DBA's band A Place to Burry Strangers. Fuzz is far and away my favorite affect and feel like it gets overlooked a lot. Keep making the killer videos man.
Yeah, Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream is a favorite album of mine, and it has a lot of fuzz! I have the Muffaletta because I couldn't decide on a single Big Muff Pi to get. I prefer the Civil War and the Russian muff, but the Triangle muff is cool too. I also have the Digitech Carcosa, and this fuzz is going to be legendary!
Josh, I’m love’n the new vlog! Just watched all 5. One of my first (if not my first) pedals was the Big Muff in the mid 90s. Sold it and never got another one. Now I’m in the market. My favorite fuzz album right now is Ouroboros by Ray LaMontagne. His tour of this album was the best sounding concert I have ever heard!!!
"Just an entire company of fuzz"...great line. Fun and informative vlog. Thank you! And props for recommending DEEP SEA DIVER to viewers. Great band, and judging from the shows I've seen, a hardworking and gracious one too.
Have you ever played a Wren and Cuff Tri Pie '70? I tried out a ton of fuzzes at the store (the Muffuletta was 2nd place, and the JHS mode was my favorite on that particular pedal), and as soon as I played my first note I was sold. I'm a bass player, and it retains a ton of low end, with gnarly fuzzy goodness over top. Shout out to Motor City Guitar for being the best pedal shop in Michigan. Love the videos, and your work. Thanks for doing what you do.
LOVE your videos. They are not commercials for your products and the HISTORY! Amazing. Ever checked out black tone arts fuzz pedals? Ritual in particular.
I love the Muffuletta, but my fav is a AM Sunface NKT red dot, but I'm really digging Tone Bender's like a A SunBender MK 1.5. I went to count my FUZZ and it was over 20 and they are all unique !! Thanks for the History lesson on the Maestro Fuzz-Tone!
Cool to know i was at CME when you and Oliver met. Seeing all those pedals on screen made me feel very jealous but it makes me look forward to trying more. Hopefully i can see you all again at CME in the future. Im going to go play guitar now. ☺
I love the Kilt! I’m trying to buy one from my friend, but he had to send it back to you guys to get it worked on. I’m super excited to finally get it from him!! And a favorite modern record of mine that uses fuzz in an interesting way is Young the Giant with their song “Mr. Know It All”, it’s so subtle yet so good.
A couple of my favorite fuzz records...Japanese psych blues band "BLUES CREATION - S/T" and "DRAGONFLY - S/T from Colorado. A favorite rare fuzz pedal I own a 1975 Guild "FOXY LADY". 3 knob version. Basically a EHX "RAM'S HEAD" clone. These vlogs are hands down, without a shadow of a doubt, unquestionably, phenomenally of the highest level of over the top killer kool awesomeness!!! Rite on & fuzz on!!!
So I just recently got into watching your stuff, and I can’t STOP watching your stuff... I’m trying to learn as much as I can about the various guitar effects as possible and , for awhile, was wondering if you thought any of these boxes sucked. You know, I’ve been around awhile, retired and enjoying the time to be able to do all this. One thing I believe I’ve learned listening to you is that this whole thing is totally subjective... if you say it sucks, that only means it sucks to you! If, as you say in this particular video, Jimmy Page uses this particular fuzz box, that doesn’t mean ‘that’s good enough for me’. Thanks Josh...
Props for including the LF-7 very under-rated pedal. When you set to line level you get an awesome "overloading the tape machine" fuzz sound. A great example of amazing results from not using something for its intended purpose.
Fu Manchu, Orange Goblin, Acid King, Truck Fighters, Dozer, Sasquatch, Nebula, Kyuss, Queens Of The Stoneage, High On Fire, Electric Wizard, Black Pyramid. More modern fuzz at its finest.
Glenn may have done the Fender Blender octa fuzz. When I was just starting playing 13 neighbour from my childhood house in Detroit amazing blues/rock guitarist in the local scene yet unknown only known by a few. He had the original Maestro Fuzz "Silver housing" and original Fender blender with Arion Stereo Flanger which is mostly like an analog mxr flanger & stereo in a plastic housing very sleeper flange. He had these three pedals run into an original Fender Bassman head full stack. To a 13-year-old this was a Monster stack with loads of Clean, reverb sustain with pedals of course. Still, remember the first time playing through it total eargasm. Same identical Fender Bassman head John Mayer has used in his live rig. I shoulda had my dad buy both fuzzes's from my neighbor he was selling a few gear pieces at the time. My three favorites where the Maestro Fuzz, Big Muff and FuzzFace. After bugging my father to get me a guitar, amp & pedal for long time. He got me my first & favorite sleeper Fuzz DoD classic fuzz which can do Big Muff & Fuzz Face great plus a Dallas Arbiter fuzz. This is a dirt cheap fuzz overdrive boost pedal. Only used for a few days then it got stolen by an a-hole. Pretty sure you guys at JHS has played through it. It can do Hendrix, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Melvins etc well but it's very noisy which needs it's own loop doesn't play well with others. haha
Thank you JHS man and Syd Floyd for the expertise and advice. I had a friend of mide (pink floyd absolute fan) trying to convince me on the fuzz wouha effect for months? I was really reluctant to be honest, tried the civil war etc.... and then.... the tonebird
I'm really liking my red Jimi BOG fuzz with the white knobs that when dialed back makes a great distortions with some hair on it like some ZZ Top. I'm also liking a new Park Fuzz that gets early Beck and Page which seems like a Tone Bender clone!
At the moment, the only fuzz at my disposal is in the Keely Darkside which permanently resides on my pedalboard. I’m pretty sure it is based on the Big Muff. The JHS Muffaleta is on my wish list. That thing is like a Swiss Army knife when it comes to fuzz. Love your videos Josh! It is so evident your love and enthusiasm for gear and the instrument itself.
So glad you gave a shout out to Deep Sea Diver! I first came aware of her when she was playing guitar with Beck. I absolutely love your vlog. I'd love to get your take on the difference between OD, Fuzz and Distortion (Unless you've covered it already and I just haven't found it yet, in which case, I am an idiot)
I love watching your videos. I too love all stimo boxes and such. Your passion and love if effects is inspiring. Please keep it up. I started building and modding stuff years ago with build your own clone stuff and crap from the net. Also love to watch you demo stuff. Thanks bro.
I'm really specific about fuzz, but when it's the right fuzz, I go weak at the knees. I started off with a ts9 through a big muff, but wanted something different, so I used a Fulltone Catalyst on my last album. It got closer to the sound in my head, but I still found myself on a quest. my latest acquisition of fuzz was a DOD Carcosa, which is super versatile, but I still wasn't satisfied. That said I got a Prestige not too long ago and have fallen head over heels to some extent. It goes before my raspy rhythm fuzz set to low gain and gives a beautiful burst of colour and pushes the fuzz harder...so I bought a second Prestige...Thank you for having made them.
Had an original Fuzz Tone. Loved It!!! Bought a Scott Pedals Fuzz Unit. Sold the Maestro Fuzz Tone soon after. Some Originals are definitely worth hanging on to. Probably should have held onto that one. 🤷♂️ You just can't keep everything. I have tried, but there is just so much gear. Sometimes you just have to sell for the direction you are in at the time. Nuff Said 😎
Jack White is by far my favorite fuzz user, every single piece of music that he releases that has fuzz in it is organized chaos, so loud so fuzzy but beautiful and melodic at the same time
Same.
I love jack white.
Well said, Jack White is a walking Legend. He should have his own line of pedals.
@@SuperJiggawhat he does on thirdmanrecords.com
@@AlphaOmegaCreations1 thank you
Too bad he's a freemason satanist
"Grab a fuzz pedal, go play it, have fun and remember why guitar is so special, it's not about how cool you're, it's not about the great gear, it's not about all that stuff, it's about having fun and there's no better way to do that than play into a fuzz pedal, incredibly loud and annoying everyone around you". I really liked that phrase from the end of the video, it's very accurate and I think every guitarist should always keep that in mind. Great video Josh!
Smashing Pumpkins defined fuzz for me in the 90s. It was so big and gross that when EHX re-released the op-amp fuzz, I pre-ordered it. Only pedal I’ve ever pre-ordered and it is awesome.
I should buy one too, now that I finally went vintage and built a pedalboard.
I really love how the heads of pedal companies are making vlogs, and are not shy to praise other companies! I love this about Wampler's channel as well. The videos aren't JUST a commercial for your own products, but are purely educational!
Keep up the great work!
Exactly! I put more trust in these vids cuz I know they're not just trying to move units, but to share the love of TONE
Machine Gun - Band of Gypsys was my first taste. I fell in love with the crazy ring modulated type overtones. Always helps to have an amazing performance from Jimi, Buddy & Billy too
It’s easy to say Siamese Dream, for millions of reasons that all come back to the wall of Fuzz. Fuzz is in the air, fuzz is everywhere. It makes me want to play two fuzzes in stereo!
Josh from queens of the stone age. His fuzz tone has always been amazing.
I can help on this one. Josh uses a Stone Deaf PDF to achieve his core sound. www.stonedeaffx.com/pdf-2
I think you mean Josh from Kyuss ;)
Same.
great 2nd episode, love the record section as well. you've got a knack for this! subscribed!
Thickfreakness by The Black Keys. Sweet Fuzz tones!
As a very young lad in 1972 I joined the Navy. I was gifted with a Pignose in 73 or 74 "so I could take it on the ship", I had at the time a beat up 1970 Fender "Competition Orange" Mustang that a friend had given to me after he came home from VietNam as a Marine Navy Corpsman. He had lost the use of his left hand somehow and he knew he would never again play it. On my 1st ship I used it as "practice" amp in one of the ships shaft alleys (great acoustics down there) and then it became everybody's "fuzz box" in the music rec room. That was my first hands on fuzz! It worked great for my blues harp playing as I soon realized that I wasn't a guitar player. LOL Thanks for sparking some fond memories... you do a lot with sparkingish things I've heard.
Loved that! That’s for speaking so freely and so nerdy about “the sounds,” the loud noises some of us guitarists experiment with when no one’s watching!
Robert Kelley If you had one more "e" and one less "l" in your name...
;)
It took me a while to get into fuzzes, honestly. Like chorus pedals, where I dig the sound but never could use it properly and I tried a lot of them pedals. Same with fuzzes, where I manage to play dozens of them and the one which opened me to fuzz world was the Zvex Fuzz Factory. So many useable sounds from this little box and a great amount of crazy sounds as well. Because of this unit I can tell I now can start my fuzz odyssey again.
My dream fuzz tone is from Bill Frisell’s DVD, Live in Montreal Jazz Festival 2002, the song is “Ron Carter”, where it gets from those haunting guitar chords along with brass section to that slow bluesy part, to the point where in the middle Frisell starts his mind blowing solo with THAT fuzz tone. It’s exceptional and I want my guitar to sound like this one day.
PS Great idea with that Vlog series!
Can't believe nobody here has yet mentioned the fuzz in the Steppenwolf song "The Pusher". I've absolutely loved that sound since I was a little kid. Same with "In a Gadda Da Vida", and Fridjid Pink's version of "House of the Rising Sun". Those were some epic fuzz tones, to be sure.
Really good stuff, JHS. I love the education. Also, props for promoting other brands.
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World...
From the opening riff that almost has this tearing Velcro sound, just totally grabbed me.
The Black Keys early records! Especially Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory. I just love that thick, greasy fuzz sound Dan gets. It's shaped my taste in fuzz so much that I bought the EHX green Russian reissue.
47yrs old and u have inspired me. Thank u sir.
Very amazing work thank you so much for your vlog. You know what is underrated Fuzz when you clean it up with the volume knob
Dinosaur jr: The Leper, greatest and most important ancestor of fuzzy alt rock ever
You must have been really good at show and tell in grade school. This pedal is AWESOME!.. aaand this pedal is AWESOME! I love this vlog series keep it up!
probably the most impressive fuzz collection I've ever seen. Wow!
Empress Rising by Monolord has put on another level the Boss Fz2, nasty and loud as hell, it vibes evilness.
Siamese Dreams album introduced me to fuzz. Went out and bought the JHS Pumpkin modded muff because I love it so much 🤟
Loved this. Thanks man. I frikken dig a fuzz pedal. Your humility as a pedal maker to spend your time talking about other people's pedals is totally cool.
I fºººººg love this channel, I always watch them as part of my recording breaks, thanks to share your knowledge
Great VLOG!!! Only my second I've seen of yours. My whole family were musicians and I've seen a few fuzz boxes before. But hey, I'm blown away by how many there actually are out there. Personally, my first distortion pedal was an early 70s MXR model. Guess I've had my head in the sand. Great video bro!!!!
Electric Wizard "let us Prey"
Yes
Gary Clark Jr. "Bright Lights" great fuzz tune
agreed!!!
Numb by Gary Clark Jr. has great fuzz too
The opening fuzz riff on that song was done by ZAPATA who plays in garys band, he said he used a prescription electronics fuzz with swell! 🙌
Thank you Josh for this piece of history ! I love the tone of your vids.. with this lp gimmick at the end, already classic !
Thanx for the music tip... I never heard of Deap Sea Diving before but i liked it very much , I am totally new about Fuzz and i am 46 haha well gotta start at some point... I just got the Big Muff russian from Electro Harmonics and i love it .. i gonna check up some of the pedals you talked about... thanx alot for this video :D
Favourite fuzz tone - Warren Ellis (Dirty Three, Bad Seeds, Grinderman)
Grinderman 2 has some particularly amazing sounds.
Thank you very the videos.
x
Man these vlogs are great. Keep them coming! I really like early Black Keys fuzzy stuff. Also Switchfoot’s “Mess of Me”
Will do. New episode this week!
SMASHING PUMPKINS! Fuzz everywhere! Lots of Shin-e fuzz on Billy's solos :)
Craigknz I know he used the opamp Muff, didn't know about the Shin-e. Any particular songs/albums which feature the pedal that you'd recommend??
Matt Gilbert not sure about what track the Shin ei is used on. But the mid-8 in Bullet With Butterfly Wings has a Fender Blender creating that massive rumbling fuzz tone.
Matt Gilbert just remembered, solo on the 'untitled' single is the Shin Ei octave fuzz
@@stevenflow Thanks! I knew about the opamp, distortion 2, and Fender Blender. Didn't know about the Shin-E. Will have a listen to that track
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I get best fuzz tones by running into either a slightly crunchy amp or a high headroom pedal with a small amount of clipping. But some fuzzes go nicely into clean amps, as long as the bright cap is off.... but in the end, it’s all in what you are looking for. Especially in the studio, miking can change an insane fuuz tone into a buttery, singing beauty, so the possibilities are endless - which is one of the best things about fuzz :)
Matt Pike is definitely who I look up to for amazing fuzz tones. The Riff Lord 🙏
that oasis picture behind you says everything.
These V-logs are great! Love the editing style and background music, please keep making them!!!
New episode coming this week! Glad you're into it!
Can't wait!!
Josh truly understands the concept of "Win Win", not many pedal makers would be raving about fuzz builders both past and present! He truly believes that there is room for everyone in this whacky world of Pedal Makers. Kudos to you Sir!
these v-blogs are amazing, keep em coming!!!
I'm really enjoying these vlogs! Love the spontaneous emphasised text on the screen like "AMAZING AMAZING"!
Great video. I love the insight into what makes you guys tick.
I remember the day my dad walked into my room(late 1997), shaking his head in disappointment when he thought I had blown the drivers on my speakers. I chuckled a bit, and told him, "that's just the Fuzz on the bass", as Radiohead's Exit Music played on. He laughed; I think he had an ah-ha moment of how cool it is to hear something again throw him off like that.
J Rockett's WTF is a favorite of mine. Such a great, versatile fuzz.
Most pleased to see you using a Tascam portastudio for recording 100% analogue.
Josh, I dig the record recommendations on the tail of these videos. It’s always cool to get something new to listen to. Cheers!
I am loving these vlogs! Thanks for doing them.
Everything that Ty Segall and John Dwyer release is just full of fuzzy goodness. I think they mostly use Death By Audio for their tones and it's absloutely killer. I also really enjoy Oliver from DBA's band A Place to Burry Strangers. Fuzz is far and away my favorite affect and feel like it gets overlooked a lot. Keep making the killer videos man.
Great video! My favorite fuzz tone probably comes from Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevator albums.
Ty Segall - Twins has some killer Fuzz War! made me fall in love with fuzz all over again
Listening, that's a great record! Love your channel too, man. I find the world of fuzz is a deep rabbit hole. Can't wait for the next in the series.
Enjoy your pedal wisdom. Thank you bro
I recently got a fuzz and found I love the way it reacts with my tube screamer going into it :)
Yeah, Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream is a favorite album of mine, and it has a lot of fuzz! I have the Muffaletta because I couldn't decide on a single Big Muff Pi to get. I prefer the Civil War and the Russian muff, but the Triangle muff is cool too. I also have the Digitech Carcosa, and this fuzz is going to be legendary!
Bloody love the shoe maker quote on the wall man. Good way to go about things.
Josh, I’m love’n the new vlog! Just watched all 5. One of my first (if not my first) pedals was the Big Muff in the mid 90s. Sold it and never got another one. Now I’m in the market. My favorite fuzz album right now is Ouroboros by Ray LaMontagne. His tour of this album was the best sounding concert I have ever heard!!!
yes! Deep Sea Diver is an amazing band.
doing a great thing shouting out bands who deserve it.
Roger Mayer - Octavia and fulltone of-2 (fuzz side is really really good). I like the of-2 octav side too but Roger Mayer has something special.
“How Did We Get So Dark?” - Royal Blood. Fuzz all over that album, especially thick as he’s playing a bass pitched up to guitar frequencies!
hell yeah
David Gilmour's use of the Big Muff to create that gorgeous, cutting, sustaining lead tone on Animals and The Wall. Oooh my yes.
"Just an entire company of fuzz"...great line. Fun and informative vlog. Thank you! And props for recommending DEEP SEA DIVER to viewers. Great band, and judging from the shows I've seen, a hardworking and gracious one too.
Have you ever played a Wren and Cuff Tri Pie '70? I tried out a ton of fuzzes at the store (the Muffuletta was 2nd place, and the JHS mode was my favorite on that particular pedal), and as soon as I played my first note I was sold. I'm a bass player, and it retains a ton of low end, with gnarly fuzzy goodness over top. Shout out to Motor City Guitar for being the best pedal shop in Michigan. Love the videos, and your work. Thanks for doing what you do.
I got my first fuzz today-a little big muff-and I love it! It sounds soooooooo big and powerful, I'm a convert for sure!
LOVE your videos. They are not commercials for your products and the HISTORY! Amazing. Ever checked out black tone arts fuzz pedals? Ritual in particular.
I love the Muffuletta, but my fav is a AM Sunface NKT red dot, but I'm really digging Tone Bender's like a A SunBender MK 1.5. I went to count my FUZZ and it was over 20 and they are all unique !! Thanks for the History lesson on the Maestro Fuzz-Tone!
Cool stuff, keep em coming Josh. Cheers.
Killer album! Had never heard of Deep Sea Diver before. Always enjoy your vids, and “Record Time” is a real nice bonus.
After years and years, i found my Fuzz: Jhs Muffoletta.. Thanks.. Thanks and Thanks ... I love it. Great job man
The fuzz tone on Siamese Dream is so dreamy.
Cool to know i was at CME when you and Oliver met. Seeing all those pedals on screen made me feel very jealous but it makes me look forward to trying more. Hopefully i can see you all again at CME in the future. Im going to go play guitar now. ☺
Absolutely love that you chose Deep Sea Diver for the “Record Time” feature. Oh, and thanks for the tip on fuzz first in the chain.
I love the Kilt! I’m trying to buy one from my friend, but he had to send it back to you guys to get it worked on. I’m super excited to finally get it from him!!
And a favorite modern record of mine that uses fuzz in an interesting way is Young the Giant with their song “Mr. Know It All”, it’s so subtle yet so good.
Loved the fuzz trip at the end!
A couple of my favorite fuzz records...Japanese psych blues band "BLUES CREATION - S/T" and "DRAGONFLY - S/T from Colorado. A favorite rare fuzz pedal I own a 1975 Guild "FOXY LADY". 3 knob version. Basically a EHX "RAM'S HEAD" clone. These vlogs are hands down, without a shadow of a doubt, unquestionably, phenomenally of the highest level of over the top killer kool awesomeness!!! Rite on & fuzz on!!!
So I just recently got into watching your stuff, and I can’t STOP watching your stuff... I’m trying to learn as much as I can about the various guitar effects as possible and , for awhile, was wondering if you thought any of these boxes sucked. You know, I’ve been around awhile, retired and enjoying the time to be able to do all this. One thing I believe I’ve learned listening to you is that this whole thing is totally subjective... if you say it sucks, that only means it sucks to you! If, as you say in this particular video, Jimmy Page uses this particular fuzz box, that doesn’t mean ‘that’s good enough for me’. Thanks Josh...
Props for including the LF-7 very under-rated pedal. When you set to line level you get an awesome "overloading the tape machine" fuzz sound. A great example of amazing results from not using something for its intended purpose.
really nice vlog ! would be nice of you to explain a little bit more about the components of pedals and take a quick look at some schematic too !
I had a Fender Blender. I sold it and miss it a lot 😢. I love your videos and playin’
The amount of fuzz pedals that have been created is insane! :O
Fu Manchu, Orange Goblin, Acid King, Truck Fighters, Dozer, Sasquatch, Nebula, Kyuss, Queens Of The Stoneage, High On Fire, Electric Wizard, Black Pyramid. More modern fuzz at its finest.
Glenn may have done the Fender Blender octa fuzz. When I was just starting playing 13 neighbour from my childhood house in Detroit amazing blues/rock guitarist in the local scene yet unknown only known by a few.
He had the original Maestro Fuzz "Silver housing" and original Fender blender with Arion Stereo Flanger which is mostly like an analog mxr flanger & stereo in a plastic housing very sleeper flange.
He had these three pedals run into an original Fender Bassman head full stack.
To a 13-year-old this was a Monster stack with loads of Clean, reverb sustain with pedals of course.
Still, remember the first time playing through it total eargasm. Same identical Fender Bassman head John Mayer has used in his live rig.
I shoulda had my dad buy both fuzzes's from my neighbor he was selling a few gear pieces at the time.
My three favorites where the Maestro Fuzz, Big Muff and FuzzFace.
After bugging my father to get me a guitar, amp & pedal for long time.
He got me my first & favorite sleeper Fuzz DoD classic fuzz which can do Big Muff & Fuzz Face great plus a Dallas Arbiter fuzz. This is a dirt cheap fuzz overdrive boost pedal. Only used for a few days then it got stolen by an a-hole.
Pretty sure you guys at JHS has played through it. It can do Hendrix, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Melvins etc well but it's very noisy which needs it's own loop doesn't play well with others. haha
Easy, The Stooges first album, full of fuzz!
Thank you JHS man and Syd Floyd for the expertise and advice. I had a friend of mide (pink floyd absolute fan) trying to convince me on the fuzz wouha effect for months? I was really reluctant to be honest, tried the civil war etc.... and then.... the tonebird
I found the tonebird amazing
Doyle Bramhall II - Jellycream. Favorite fuzz tones ever!
Dude this vlog is clearly going to be such a gift to us musicians.
Your videos have gotten better since you made this one
Agreed... :)
I'm also a fuzz addict, loved this video.
any Rival Sons albums, with Scott "MrFuzzLord" Holiday is a great fuzz sound.
Sungrazer - Mirador. Killer "muff" tones!
"Calling Lightning with a Scythe" Howlin Rain... should be in everyone's top 5
I'm really liking my red Jimi BOG fuzz with the white knobs that when dialed back makes a great distortions with some hair on it like some ZZ Top. I'm also liking a new Park Fuzz that gets early Beck and Page which seems like a Tone Bender clone!
At the moment, the only fuzz at my disposal is in the Keely Darkside which permanently resides on my pedalboard. I’m pretty sure it is based on the Big Muff. The JHS Muffaleta is on my wish list. That thing is like a Swiss Army knife when it comes to fuzz. Love your videos Josh! It is so evident your love and enthusiasm for gear and the instrument itself.
I love the bazz fuss. Everyone should build one.
The "Morning Glory" poster made me appreciate you even more!!!
Awesome vlog. Keep'm comin
So glad you gave a shout out to Deep Sea Diver! I first came aware of her when she was playing guitar with Beck. I absolutely love your vlog. I'd love to get your take on the difference between OD, Fuzz and Distortion (Unless you've covered it already and I just haven't found it yet, in which case, I am an idiot)
I love watching your videos. I too love all stimo boxes and such. Your passion and love if effects is inspiring. Please keep it up. I started building and modding stuff years ago with build your own clone stuff and crap from the net. Also love to watch you demo stuff. Thanks bro.
I'm really specific about fuzz, but when it's the right fuzz, I go weak at the knees. I started off with a ts9 through a big muff, but wanted something different, so I used a Fulltone Catalyst on my last album. It got closer to the sound in my head, but I still found myself on a quest. my latest acquisition of fuzz was a DOD Carcosa, which is super versatile, but I still wasn't satisfied. That said I got a Prestige not too long ago and have fallen head over heels to some extent. It goes before my raspy rhythm fuzz set to low gain and gives a beautiful burst of colour and pushes the fuzz harder...so I bought a second Prestige...Thank you for having made them.
Had an original Fuzz Tone. Loved It!!! Bought a Scott Pedals Fuzz Unit. Sold the Maestro Fuzz Tone soon after. Some Originals are definitely worth hanging on to. Probably should have held onto that one. 🤷♂️ You just can't keep everything. I have tried, but there is just so much gear. Sometimes you just have to sell for the direction you are in at the time. Nuff Said 😎
I love building fuzz pedals more than any other effect.
The Kinks - you really got me. You sell razor blades? And The Stones - Satisfaction. The maestro with I an Stewart's Maestro.
Jessica used to play guitar at the church I used to go to!
"Loveless" My Bloody Valentine.
These Vlogs are AWESOME! I dig the epitome of classic, Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix. Lots of fuzz on that!