I legit think that Chris is the single best guitarist on RUclips. Your playing just hits in the right place. So inspiring. So tasteful. I'd love to see you play live sometime. Come to 🇨🇦!!
One of Hendrix’s main use of a fuzz was to set it fairly high, into a driven amp and then dial back the guitar volume to clean it up. Gives an amazing clean tone that is impossible to get straight to the amp.
Your music channel is unique in that there is zero self-serving/self-congratulating/self-indulgent nonsense. You provide very complete, organized, and enjoyable material, and of course, you really bring it on your instrument. It’s a real pleasure. Congratulations.
A very tasteful display of the use of fuzz. Some of the magic occurs when you lower the volume knob on the guitar, especially with the Fuzz face. The jams are mesmerizing!
It IS in the fingers! I'm not sure what Chris is playing normally, but he always has that specific dark sound, no matter what he plays. Chris Buck is not the only one with a 'signature sound', but his may be the most prominent. And I love it.
Keith Richards said in an interview that the fuzz track on "Satisfaction" was meant to be a placeholder for some horns that he wanted to be included, but the record company in a rush to get a single out, released it with the fuzz instead of horns. Keith only found out when he heard the song on the radio. So it was a lucky "accident" that changed guitar history. I'm a big Hendrix fan, so I love the Fuzz Face (the blue silicon transistor one), but I also have a reissue Octavio, and have read that Jimi's tech would mod the Octavio fuzz circuit and put them in Fuzz Face enclosures. I recently did the same mod to my Octavio, and it sounds amazing, when it's just in fuzz mode (minus the octave effect). Both the Fuzz Face and modded Octavio do a great job of recreating a Jimi fuzz tone. Big Muff is a great pedal too, and always on my practice pedal board. One of these days I'll get a Tone Bender, then I'll have the "set". P.S. The outro tune. "I Want You (she's so heavy)" was the perfect choice for this subject. :)
I’ve been saving for the Ramble FX Twin Bender V3, as it just has the options I want in a Tone Bender. I’ve used a JHF1 from 2008ish, for my Fuzz Face, even after trying a myriad of others. I just can’t get the same cleanup and feel from others, not to mention how it stacks with the OD’s I use. If I only had one dirt pedal to use, it would be the one. I’m just so used to it. If I had the disposable income, I’d definitely try out the new Vemuram Myriad made with Josh Smith, but it’s a $500 pedal new, and I just don’t do a Wet/Dry setup that would justify it. I got to play a buddy’s basic version(the $300 one), and it sounded excellent, so maybe I’ll try it again one day. It has a Germanium and Silicon circuits, and it’s cleanup was sweet, with all the gain as well. But every Germanium transistor Fuzz pedal I’ve owned, even with a bias knob, still get weird depending on temperature. Sometimes the bias can get it back to normal, but then it will change again the longer it’s played. Wonder if Chris will get one of those new ones from Benson?
Every Friday I come to RUclips looking for Friday fretworks. Every Friday I open the description and skip to each “Jam!” section. Then, once I’ve repeated them enough, I watch the whole video. Keep doing what you do
My Big Muff Pi is a dust collector--with my Fender '68 Delux Rev, it is just a mush of blathering sound even at low settings. I've had it for many years--used it--or tried to, twice. Your Tone on Everything is Exquisite. No need to comment on your playing--it is obviously Divine. Stay Well.
This is excellent information, thank you. I actually purchased and returned a fuzz face in December because I couldn't get any usable tone out of it. I'm new to pedals and didn't even think of trying the things you mentioned. This is very helpful for us noobs. Thanks for that, and all the work on your videos. Your incredible playing and articulate hosting makes this one of the very best guitar channels on youtube.
new player here and before hearing elsewhere I came to using my fuzz with the guitar volume rolled back as I have a Deville 410 at home and have small kids, Its a special sound to my ear having that volume rolled back cleaning that sputter up and smoothing out the tone. I prefer it with my tele too over my Les Paul where I find it more difficult to deminish the wollyness. Cheers, see you again next Friday.
Without the Chris Buck module, I'm out! What a great intro/overview into the fun, crazy world of fuzz. I've dallied for nearly 40 years with them and only in the last 10 or so when I eschewed my 80s roots did I star to get it. Chris is spot on, its a deep hole and can get rather overwhelming but this was a great high level idea of the origin and tone possibilities that make fuzz so unique. Well done Chris!
So, you apologize for the intro jam... that I backed up and repeatedly listened to? LOL! I just discovered your channel and it's like a breath of fresh air.. ( after breathing through a mask for a year! ) 'nuff said!
Ahh you started out with a 15w Peavey Rage too! The perfect amp to start with because then, once you upgrade, you have the perfect point of reference for why better amps are indeed better :') Another great video and phenomenal playing!
I've loved guitars all my life. I've heard loads of great players but ..... Chris is right up there and how the hell can he be this good at his age ? God, he is seriously talented. Soon as this stupid lockdown farce is finished I'm over that bridge !
that little touch harmonic thing you did at 8:57 was so cool..if I take one thing away its to able to throw in one of those buggers every so often..damn that sounds good..
Chris, thanks for that great breakdown of fuzz pedals. I have been fighting the battle for quite some time now and have been through a bucket load of fuzz pedals trying to find the right one for my board setup, my amplifier choice and even the guitar/pickups I choose. Fuzz is truly an untamed animal that needs much research to come to the best conclusion for your gear and style. I myself have planted firmly on the Tone Bender style (for germanium), whereas I tried desperately to make the Fuzz Face work, but it just keeps coming out behind for me. As for non-Ge, I have gone with an Op-Amp Muff which has (in my opinion) the widest range of tonality of all of the choices of BM. Your playing is so tasteful and well thought out that I put you in a Bonamassa class for originality and flavor. Keep up the good fight... Your knowledge and talent is well appreciated! Cheers!!!
IMO, the best sounds from a Fuzz are often found once you employ the volume knob of the guitar which, sadly, is oft overlooked by many who 'try fuzz' and aren't enamored with it. I have an inexpensive TC Electronics 'Rusty" fuzz that can run from hairy, spitting fuzz to really nice, controllable levels of distortion using the volume knob on the guitar. At first strum, it was a little untamed and lacked a whole lot of dynamic changes when working the knobs on the pedal - there was change, of course, but the best changes were found when married to changes of the guitar volume. I quickly went from liking fuzz to loving it.
Chris, don't know how yo put it, but we are an absolutely killer of a player! Btw, this video was highly informative to me. Thanks and keep on rocking!
When I spotted your first video (demo video of plasma pedal on Facebook), it struck me like "hey, something incredibly cool is happening here!" and the more videos I found later, the stronger the impression; truly amazing feel!
The year was 1986 a friend gave me a BIG MUFF the sound I got from it, confused me. Next day, handed it back to him and told him I couldn't use it. (Big muffin mistake!!!) :() because now I know how that pedal works so now I'm going to have to go out and buy one when I was given one for nothing😭! Chris Buck, thank you for the videos your time making these is greatly appreciated
Another great FF, the usual insight and different slant but always informative. Reminds me to drag out my '78 Big Muff, brought back from the US by a band mate's Dad who was in the Navy. £45 which was a fortune then. Ran it through a Sound City 120 on a 4 x 12 HH cab, beast!!
The Big Muff story illustrates how incestuous early fuzz design was. ☺️ Mike Matthews was initially contracted in 1968 to make a fuzz using the Mosrite Fuzzrite circuit. Mosrite had just gone bankrupt, and so Mike took over production. The Fuzzrite was a two-knobber based on…the Maestro Fuzz Tone! The first generation Guild Foxey Lady was simply a rebranded Fuzzrite. There are pics of Jimi Hendrix in the studio with a two-knob Foxey Lady sitting on the floor nearby. Matthews and Bob Myer soon decided to take their idea for a clean sustain pedal and combine it with fuzz-style clipping , and the Big Muff Pi was born. The three-knob Foxey Lady is really just a v1 Big Muff with Guild branding. Hendrix is supposed to have owned an early one, whether branded Big Muff or Foxey Lady, but there’s no photographic evidence of it.
This is funny. I was literally checking out fuzz boxes yesterday, and here I find you made this video. I've never been a huge fan of effects so, I know nothing about them. Well, no I know about fuzz lol
Playing aside, your production skills are phenomenal! The drum tracks were insanely good. Opening jam was positively stadium, with only the backdrop breaking the illusion.
Go back to 1961. Marty Robbins had a song "Don't Worry About Me." It had a bass solo that was played through an amp with a broken speaker. I own a bunch of fuzz pedals but my favorite is the Ibanez FZ-7 which has a speaker damage switch.( 0, 10%, 100%) I have two of them I got for $20 each but now they are like $100.
Francis Rossi famously has a green tele , he sprayed it on his mom's best table .The table still has the outline of a telecaster on it . I'd love to own that table let alone the Tele. ☺
Favorite fuzz of all time is the 70s Super Fuzz orange model. I've had it worked on once (early 90s), needs attention again. The covid cost our only amp doctor his business (67 miles away). Have considered shipping it for repairs, but seems kind of risky. Still haven't found the right replacement, going to look into JHS next.
I own a JHS Supreme Fuzz. Its the most versatile fuzz pedal I’ve ever heard. It can do boost, overdrive, “vintage” fuzz, modern fuzz and full blown nuclear meltdown. All with a turn of the volume pot on your guitar. It sound really, really good with a wah going into it too. The use of your volume pot to control fuzz needs to be spoken of a lot more. Nearly all of those classic fuzz recordings were NOT done on full blast.
I watch these vids, not because interested in the given topic, but just to get to hear Chris play. I think he may be one of the best guitar players going. Not a flashy showboat, but incredibly musical. I don't think I've been just gobsmacked by hearing someone since the first time hearing Mark Knopfler. Really fantastic stuff. And he's like 12 years old or something? ;-)
How you come up with these jams week after week is beyond me.
ikr his jams are incredible
Same
I legit think that Chris is the single best guitarist on RUclips. Your playing just hits in the right place. So inspiring. So tasteful. I'd love to see you play live sometime. Come to 🇨🇦!!
Dude! Ariel Posen is also on that list.
@@kalkidasofficial ariel is amazing, love him.
Julian Lage and Chris are the two, for me, that really do it.
Ariel Posen kicks butt too. Chris Bucks is just nuts
Posen has him in the guitar technicals but Buck just has that feel that makes your heart beat a little faster.
@@BeefNEggs057 Good catch! Agree on that. Different styles, Posen's slide is also something
if anyone was wondering and didn't know the last jam is I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
The best right hand in the business
Tim Pierce gave you some serious credos in his last vid. KUDOS
One of Hendrix’s main use of a fuzz was to set it fairly high, into a driven amp and then dial back the guitar volume to clean it up. Gives an amazing clean tone that is impossible to get straight to the amp.
yeah I always loved how you can hear the fuzzy low end in his clean tone when he digs into the strings!
that outro solo was the purest of golds
Your music channel is unique in that there is zero self-serving/self-congratulating/self-indulgent nonsense. You provide very complete, organized, and enjoyable material, and of course, you really bring it on your instrument. It’s a real pleasure. Congratulations.
A very tasteful display of the use of fuzz. Some of the magic occurs when you lower the volume knob on the guitar, especially with the Fuzz face. The jams are mesmerizing!
Exactly! I think most people just turn their guitar volume to ten and when it sounds bad, they say they hate fuzz.
Now that's a good sounding fuzz.
I never was capable to get a good sound out of this fuzz face.
The sound is in the fingers!
It IS in the fingers!
I'm not sure what Chris is playing normally, but he always has that specific dark sound, no matter what he plays. Chris Buck is not the only one with a 'signature sound', but his may be the most prominent. And I love it.
Keith Richards said in an interview that the fuzz track on "Satisfaction" was meant to be a placeholder for some horns that he wanted to be included, but the record company in a rush to get a single out, released it with the fuzz instead of horns. Keith only found out when he heard the song on the radio. So it was a lucky "accident" that changed guitar history.
I'm a big Hendrix fan, so I love the Fuzz Face (the blue silicon transistor one), but I also have a reissue Octavio, and have read that Jimi's tech would mod the Octavio fuzz circuit and put them in Fuzz Face enclosures. I recently did the same mod to my Octavio, and it sounds amazing, when it's just in fuzz mode (minus the octave effect). Both the Fuzz Face and modded Octavio do a great job of recreating a Jimi fuzz tone. Big Muff is a great pedal too, and always on my practice pedal board. One of these days I'll get a Tone Bender, then I'll have the "set".
P.S. The outro tune. "I Want You (she's so heavy)" was the perfect choice for this subject. :)
I’ve been saving for the Ramble FX Twin Bender V3, as it just has the options I want in a Tone Bender.
I’ve used a JHF1 from 2008ish, for my Fuzz Face, even after trying a myriad of others. I just can’t get the same cleanup and feel from others, not to mention how it stacks with the OD’s I use.
If I only had one dirt pedal to use, it would be the one. I’m just so used to it.
If I had the disposable income, I’d definitely try out the new Vemuram Myriad made with Josh Smith, but it’s a $500 pedal new, and I just don’t do a Wet/Dry setup that would justify it. I got to play a buddy’s basic version(the $300 one), and it sounded excellent, so maybe I’ll try it again one day. It has a Germanium and Silicon circuits, and it’s cleanup was sweet, with all the gain as well. But every Germanium transistor Fuzz pedal I’ve owned, even with a bias knob, still get weird depending on temperature. Sometimes the bias can get it back to normal, but then it will change again the longer it’s played.
Wonder if Chris will get one of those new ones from Benson?
Always thought that track was similar to horns, fuzz guitars always have that quality
@@ciarancooling3014 Cellos are a frequent point of comparison.
Every Friday I come to RUclips looking for Friday fretworks. Every Friday I open the description and skip to each “Jam!” section. Then, once I’ve repeated them enough, I watch the whole video.
Keep doing what you do
"Pirate metal band" 😂 That intro blew my socks off! And they were tightly on!
My Big Muff Pi is a dust collector--with my Fender '68 Delux Rev, it is just a mush of blathering sound even at low settings. I've had it for many years--used it--or tried to, twice. Your Tone on Everything is Exquisite. No need to comment on your playing--it is obviously Divine. Stay Well.
Holy shit. One of the best jams you’ve done that bend tapping was stupidly nice
you're style is beyond inspirational. amazing. Wales rocks
I don't like Fuzzes, I don't even own one. But when you, Chris, play one, it's like gold!
That’s she’s so heavy jam at the end.. crazy
This is excellent information, thank you. I actually purchased and returned a fuzz face in December because I couldn't get any usable tone out of it. I'm new to pedals and didn't even think of trying the things you mentioned. This is very helpful for us noobs. Thanks for that, and all the work on your videos. Your incredible playing and articulate hosting makes this one of the very best guitar channels on youtube.
new player here and before hearing elsewhere I came to using my fuzz with the guitar volume rolled back as I have a Deville 410 at home and have small kids, Its a special sound to my ear having that volume rolled back cleaning that sputter up and smoothing out the tone. I prefer it with my tele too over my Les Paul where I find it more difficult to deminish the wollyness. Cheers, see you again next Friday.
Bruh that intro... and the demos... and the outro... I’m gonna go practice
Without the Chris Buck module, I'm out! What a great intro/overview into the fun, crazy world of fuzz. I've dallied for nearly 40 years with them and only in the last 10 or so when I eschewed my 80s roots did I star to get it. Chris is spot on, its a deep hole and can get rather overwhelming but this was a great high level idea of the origin and tone possibilities that make fuzz so unique. Well done Chris!
So, you apologize for the intro jam... that I backed up and repeatedly listened to? LOL! I just discovered your channel and it's like a breath of fresh air.. ( after breathing through a mask for a year! ) 'nuff said!
Congratulations Chris, just seen a snatch of your vid on Tim Pierce vid . Praise indeed.
Killer opening jam! My mind is blown.
I always come back to this video just to listen to the insane beatles jam at the end
Unreal! Goosebumps listening to those solos!
Best episode so far. Love your videos man, cheers from Brazil
Oh man, the Beatles outro...so sweet
Hello Chris! I love watching you on Fridays. Always a great show. Cheers!
That opening jam was euphoric.
man... killler intro. the taps and strum behind the nut.. so cool
The most Attractive music video thumbnail ever is jimi hendrix i see him i click.
nice video Chris by the way 🎼👌
Rock on! You're lifting us up with those oh so tasty tones & smashing chords!!!
Ahh you started out with a 15w Peavey Rage too! The perfect amp to start with because then, once you upgrade, you have the perfect point of reference for why better amps are indeed better :')
Another great video and phenomenal playing!
this is absolutely mental! the tone in that song in the beginning is insane! great video!
Oh man, I love it when you rock out like that!
@Chris Buck "Pirate Metal" for the win!
I've loved guitars all my life. I've heard loads of great players but ..... Chris is right up there and how the hell can he be this good at his age ? God, he is seriously talented. Soon as this stupid lockdown farce is finished I'm over that bridge !
Nice Chris. Thanks and take care.. 👍🇦🇺
DUDE. That intro solo.... 🤯🔥
So a Jackson Audio commercial. Superb playing as always 🤯
that little touch harmonic thing you did at 8:57 was so cool..if I take one thing away its to able to throw in one of those buggers every so often..damn that sounds good..
Your phrasing is just impeccable. So so tasty I could listen to it all day.
All the best from Canada!
Dude your playing is always inspiring to me.. thanks!
That intro track was intense! Great playing 🤯
What a great solo! Big love from argentina :)
Chris, thanks for that great breakdown of fuzz pedals. I have been fighting the battle for quite some time now and have been through a bucket load of fuzz pedals trying to find the right one for my board setup, my amplifier choice and even the guitar/pickups I choose. Fuzz is truly an untamed animal that needs much research to come to the best conclusion for your gear and style. I myself have planted firmly on the Tone Bender style (for germanium), whereas I tried desperately to make the Fuzz Face work, but it just keeps coming out behind for me. As for non-Ge, I have gone with an Op-Amp Muff which has (in my opinion) the widest range of tonality of all of the choices of BM.
Your playing is so tasteful and well thought out that I put you in a Bonamassa class for originality and flavor.
Keep up the good fight... Your knowledge and talent is well appreciated!
Cheers!!!
Screw the content, CB just unleashes on that Tele intro jam. Fuck me...i love this kid! Keep on keeping on CB...one of a kind😁👍👍
For me was very comprehensive and more than a 101 class. Thanks.
Man, no apologies needed for turning gold into diamond.
IMO, the best sounds from a Fuzz are often found once you employ the volume knob of the guitar which, sadly, is oft overlooked by many who 'try fuzz' and aren't enamored with it. I have an inexpensive TC Electronics 'Rusty" fuzz that can run from hairy, spitting fuzz to really nice, controllable levels of distortion using the volume knob on the guitar. At first strum, it was a little untamed and lacked a whole lot of dynamic changes when working the knobs on the pedal - there was change, of course, but the best changes were found when married to changes of the guitar volume. I quickly went from liking fuzz to loving it.
Intro and outro sublime and informative, concise content in-between. What's not to like?
Great episode! Very succinct introduction into fuzz, really great advice for newcomers to fuzz. Awesome playing... as always! Cheers.
Awesome playing and informative points as always Chris! Going to have a ton of fun jamming along to your jams! :)
That intro jam is straight awesome
Chris, don't know how yo put it, but we are an absolutely killer of a player! Btw, this video was highly informative to me. Thanks and keep on rocking!
Terrific Chris, I must admit to not knowing much about the fuzz, I am now enlightened!-She's so heavy was a nice surprise
When I spotted your first video (demo video of plasma pedal on Facebook), it struck me like "hey, something incredibly cool is happening here!" and the more videos I found later, the stronger the impression; truly amazing feel!
Excellent playing and interesting history of one of the most famous pedal effect ever made.
Thanks Chris ⚓️
That feel, man. The feeeeeeeel!!!! 😳
That opening jam is insane buddy 👏
The year was 1986 a friend gave me a BIG MUFF the sound I got from it, confused
me. Next day, handed it back
to him and told him I couldn't use it. (Big muffin mistake!!!) :() because now I know how that pedal works so now I'm going to have to go out and buy one when I was given one for nothing😭! Chris Buck, thank you for the videos your time making these is greatly appreciated
absolutely lovely, mate.
Could listen to Chris reveal music history all day!
Jeeeeez louise that intro!
Damn best intro ever.
Thanks Chris. A really good video which gave me some pointers. Loved the Led Zep inspired segment.
Another great FF, the usual insight and different slant but always informative. Reminds me to drag out my '78 Big Muff, brought back from the US by a band mate's Dad who was in the Navy. £45 which was a fortune then. Ran it through a Sound City 120 on a 4 x 12 HH cab, beast!!
Sick Intro man!
mighty intro
The Big Muff story illustrates how incestuous early fuzz design was. ☺️ Mike Matthews was initially contracted in 1968 to make a fuzz using the Mosrite Fuzzrite circuit. Mosrite had just gone bankrupt, and so Mike took over production. The Fuzzrite was a two-knobber based on…the Maestro Fuzz Tone! The first generation Guild Foxey Lady was simply a rebranded Fuzzrite. There are pics of Jimi Hendrix in the studio with a two-knob Foxey Lady sitting on the floor nearby.
Matthews and Bob Myer soon decided to take their idea for a clean sustain pedal and combine it with fuzz-style clipping , and the Big Muff Pi was born. The three-knob Foxey Lady is really just a v1 Big Muff with Guild branding. Hendrix is supposed to have owned an early one, whether branded Big Muff or Foxey Lady, but there’s no photographic evidence of it.
This is funny. I was literally checking out fuzz boxes yesterday, and here I find you made this video. I've never been a huge fan of effects so, I know nothing about them. Well, no I know about fuzz lol
Freaking beast of a guitar player. Unreal 🤪
Pirate metal, my new favourite music genre.
A good Fuzz on a single coil neck pickup is hands down my favorite guitar sound
Killer playing! Srsly one of my favourite guitar players.. thank you Chris
Holy shit now THAT'S an Intro!
Amazing.
Let's buy a telly and a Fuzz pedal...
Awesome tone!!
Astonishing, I want the backing track of the first jam! 😊
Playing aside, your production skills are phenomenal! The drum tracks were insanely good. Opening jam was positively stadium, with only the backdrop breaking the illusion.
YES! The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair, an EXCELLENT Page fuzz example!
Go back to 1961. Marty Robbins had a song "Don't Worry About Me." It had a bass solo that was played through an amp with a broken speaker. I own a bunch of fuzz pedals but my favorite is the Ibanez FZ-7 which has a speaker damage switch.( 0, 10%, 100%) I have two of them I got for $20 each but now they are like $100.
That last solo belongs in a museum
Absolut insane! Great vid!
Wow speechless
Francis Rossi famously has a green tele , he sprayed it on his mom's best table .The table still has the outline of a telecaster on it . I'd love to own that table let alone the Tele. ☺
Favorite fuzz of all time is the 70s Super Fuzz orange model. I've had it worked on once (early 90s), needs attention again. The covid cost our only amp doctor his business (67 miles away). Have considered shipping it for repairs, but seems kind of risky. Still haven't found the right replacement, going to look into JHS next.
Amazing content as usual. Nice job👍🏻
I own a JHS Supreme Fuzz. Its the most versatile fuzz pedal I’ve ever heard. It can do boost, overdrive, “vintage” fuzz, modern fuzz and full blown nuclear meltdown. All with a turn of the volume pot on your guitar. It sound really, really good with a wah going into it too.
The use of your volume pot to control fuzz needs to be spoken of a lot more. Nearly all of those classic fuzz recordings were NOT done on full blast.
Mate !!! Wow 👍🏻🏴🤯
holy shit! that is some fantastic playing,
Much love from New Mexico Chris hope all is well.
You’ve definitely got the sauce
Lovin the outro jam in the style of I want you she so heavy
He did than in another video, he’s insanely talented
it reminded me there's an awesome version Juliette Valduriez did ruclips.net/video/QR8EQIusnnE/видео.html
Intro jam kinda reminded me of that Chris Cornell James Bond song, the one Casino Royale I think, noice 🙌
I watch these vids, not because interested in the given topic, but just to get to hear Chris play. I think he may be one of the best guitar players going. Not a flashy showboat, but incredibly musical. I don't think I've been just gobsmacked by hearing someone since the first time hearing Mark Knopfler. Really fantastic stuff. And he's like 12 years old or something? ;-)
Don't know about that Fuzz Face into a clean amp man. Mick makes it sound like a dream.