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  • Опубликовано: 17 апр 2020
  • If you want just to hear the playing skip straight to minute 5:16
    In this episode I try to find an alternative to my beloved ZVex Fuzz Factory.
    I have one in my main pedalboard and I need that sound out my second pedalboard, but I don't like to have twice the same pedal.
    So I was looking for something similar but different.
    In this video I run through a ZVex Fuzzolo, an Analogman Pepermint Fuzz and an MVO Custom Buddaphant. All great pedals and great velcro Fuzzs.
    I also play them paired with a Tube Screamer to figure out if that makes me cut better through the mix.
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  • @drewpennell8362
    @drewpennell8362 4 года назад +2

    I have the wooly mammoth and I love it-this has me wanting both. It has this lay of grit the mammoth doesn’t -such a great tone. Your tones and videos are awesome, really cant get enough of it-one f my instant favorites on RUclips. Since there are no gigs-you should do a walk through of your rig, show off your favorite setup for live gigs. It’d be great. Thanks man-keep up the great work and ill be watching cloesly
    Thanks man
    Andrew

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +1

      Hey great to read your kind words. Thanks a lot! It’s a great idea for an episode. I already did that but I’ll make an updated one.

  • @pablo.l
    @pablo.l 4 года назад +6

    Just recently started loving this kind of fuzz. You have to imagine it sitting in the mix... needs some imagination but it creates an incredible effect in context... man that sound like it's going to explode

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      I just love it. Listen to my tracks I mention in the video. It’s just pure magic

  • @musicabera
    @musicabera 4 года назад +3

    just a joy to hear you play

  • @jayseb
    @jayseb Год назад +1

    Love your approach and the video feel. Great sound. Damn fuzz is so sweet! Cheers.

  • @drewpennell8362
    @drewpennell8362 4 года назад +1

    Get the wooly mammoth also from zvex-GREAT fuzz, extremely similar but a ever so slightly different flavor. But staying in the same ballpark. But I’m over here on the other side now I want a fuzz factory and the wooly mammoth! Haha great demos -keep em comin!

  • @CoenBijpost
    @CoenBijpost 4 года назад +2

    Really love that Buddaphant! Cool pedal. Sounds great!

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      I love it too!!

    • @obibontobi
      @obibontobi Год назад +1

      @@BuddaGuedes me too. How do I buy one?????!

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  Год назад +1

      It’s not for sale this time

  • @snowyowl1717
    @snowyowl1717 3 года назад +1

    Awesome demo, just what is was looking for. Gotta love that Velcro! Turn up the fart! Lol

  • @karimouellet1372
    @karimouellet1372 3 года назад

    Cool video and pedals :)

  • @xcomadrejax
    @xcomadrejax 2 года назад +1

    Budda youre the coolest guy man!

  • @ZX-6R
    @ZX-6R 3 года назад

    great review!

  • @chicotada7078
    @chicotada7078 3 года назад

    Grande video! lets go!

  • @KalJoao
    @KalJoao 4 года назад +1

    Beetronics WhoctaHell Low Octave Fuzz might be up your alley. I have that one and love it, though the newer Swarm from them is more versatile. Of the 4 you test though the Factory definitely was my favorite with the bass being most present. The Fuzzalo of course, makes sense it would have a good similar sounds being from the same company. How about trying their Fat Fuzz Factory as it's the same + a bit more? Cheers!

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +1

      The fat fuzz is way too bass heavy. I’m looking for cut through the mix.
      I have the whocta hell but it’s a very different beast.
      Thanks

  • @Mustelphia
    @Mustelphia 3 года назад

    Hi Budda, thanks for this video! I have a dilema on buying the peppermint or the fuzz factory so I found it very helpful, but I am considering the Keeley Fuzz Bender too because of its bias knob and EQ, have you tried it? If so, what do you think about it?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      I’m not very inclined to it but never played it.

  • @agusb1988
    @agusb1988 3 года назад +1

    Cool video! Thinking of getting a fuzz factory for all the tones it can get, but does it go too wild/noisy live or in rehearsals?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      No! It’s the most controlled fuzz out there.

  • @AdADglgmutShevanel
    @AdADglgmutShevanel 4 месяца назад +1

    Now I have a Fat Fuzz Factory and Fuzzolo. Both are really cool, but I think I like the FFF better.

  • @AbogJohnnyWi
    @AbogJohnnyWi 3 года назад +1

    Hi Mr. Budda, what about of the fuzz tones in the line 6 m5? Or this pedal don’t have Velcro tones? Sorry for my English is work in progress

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      I don’t really like the distortions and fuzz on the m series.

  • @KENNA25
    @KENNA25 Год назад +1

    I finally got this pedal, 😲😲 wow

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  Год назад +1

      It just incredible?

    • @KENNA25
      @KENNA25 Год назад +1

      @@BuddaGuedes I got it after I watched u, I was tired of buying fuzz pedals that only go so far, this thing does it all .

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  Год назад

      It’s an incredible machine. Try the Carcosa fuzz too. It’s a great tool

  • @PhillipMoita
    @PhillipMoita 4 года назад +1

    Boas Budda. Que fonte usas para alimentar o Zvex? Usas buffer na Boss? Obrigado

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +1

      Just True Tone CS12 e não isso buffer quando uso o zvex . A Boss dá para o programar isso por preset!

  • @eanroad
    @eanroad 3 года назад

    I just bought a fuzz factory? Any experience putting after a always on compressor, like the Bogner Lyndhurst? I use the Lyndhurst more as a boost rather than a compressor.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад +1

      I don’t have any experience with that, but it might not work great, because the pedal is already super compressed

  • @christopherrusch
    @christopherrusch Год назад +1

    fuzzolo is like… perfect

  • @luizaro
    @luizaro 4 года назад +1

    Excelente tópico! Budda, você ja testou o BOG da Deep Trip? Acho que você vai curtir. Abraco

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      Não. Nunca tive acesso a essa marca aqui em Portugal

    • @luizaro
      @luizaro 4 года назад

      Budda Guedes ah sim. Acho que você consegue comprar pelo perfil deles no Reverb. Vale muito a pena. Ele cobre desde drive até um fuzz gateado. Super versatil

  • @voided76
    @voided76 3 года назад

    What a demo intro.
    ToeJam & Earl for daaaaaaaaays
    Maybe get a new paintjob factory! I've seen some really neat ones

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      I have got a great solution. The reuss effects Muzzbox. It’s an octave fuzz but acts like the zvex on the gated fuzz settings.

  • @matttorres8921
    @matttorres8921 2 года назад +1

    Subbed!

  • @dio1304
    @dio1304 3 года назад +1

    But why you cant just crank mids on amp instead of using a tubescreamer?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      It’s not the same thing, because the tubescreamer also compress the sound and shaves the bass. If you see the amp with mids when you turn off the fuzz it will be terrible (at least to me)

  • @DarrenDoo
    @DarrenDoo 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Budda! Where can I get my hands on the MVO fuzz?!

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 месяца назад +1

      You might call him on instagram

  • @OrchestreStarlight
    @OrchestreStarlight 2 года назад +1

    Awesome 🤩 what kind of power supply for the fuzz factory please ?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  2 года назад

      Any kind will work! I think

    • @OrchestreStarlight
      @OrchestreStarlight 2 года назад +1

      @@BuddaGuedes yes I think so. But I don't understand some troubles with my ZVex : When I use it with others pedals (just after the noise gate for example, my sound fuzz sound is good but my volume button don't have any incedence...(I'm French sorry for my English...). I don't understand this mistake. I wanted to share it with you if you have any suggestion. Thanks for your videos 🤘

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  2 года назад

      Try it with a battery! It has to work

  • @hoboroadie
    @hoboroadie 4 года назад +1

    It is all sort of new to me, but it seems that there is a good reason for the spectacular prices that fuzz pedals can go for. No substitute for the real thing. I am not a working musician so I can run five amps to get the sound I want, and two of my channels are running separate Jext Telez White Pedals, because they work for me. I do the duplication thing in my many tool buckets, each one has mostly the same bunch of tools because I don't want to have to sort through for every little job. Also I have them scattered around all over ten acres, to save some walking.
    As you noted, good handmade fuzz pedals don't go down much in price, if ever, and the good ones never get re-sold. Get it while you still can!

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      Eh! Eh! I just like to have some variety while having the same Kind of tones. But sometimes there’s nothing like that one pedal!!!

  • @lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121
    @lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121 3 года назад

    Maybe the Silicon Fuzz Factory. Not the same pedal and actually more stable in all conditions so controls and presets r more reliable. Plus you can stack Fuzz Factories and see what happens

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      That world be a good idea!!!

  • @CoenBijpost
    @CoenBijpost 4 года назад +8

    Buy a handpainted fuzz factory for your main board. They’re collectible, and you won’t have two exactly the same pedals 😃

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +2

      Yeah!! But there have painted is too expensive!!!

    • @CoenBijpost
      @CoenBijpost 4 года назад +1

      Budda Guedes I know. They’re hella cool, though 😎

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +1

      I love them

    • @marcio_souza007
      @marcio_souza007 3 года назад +2

      I prefer to paint mine by myself --- it's gonna become much more rarer.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад +1

      Eh! Eh!

  • @Lennoxandjon
    @Lennoxandjon 8 месяцев назад +1

    How can we get an MVO bootephant?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  7 месяцев назад

      It’s actually called Buddaphant. You can get it with me or MVO

  • @johnmossey
    @johnmossey 2 года назад +1

    How does taking pedals on and off your board ruin them?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  2 года назад

      Not at all . Just be gentle and don’t use hammers or other aggressive tools. I do it all the time

  • @ashrafimaduddin8162
    @ashrafimaduddin8162 4 года назад +3

    I’d say go for Mastotron

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +1

      It’s too bass heavy for me. Then it doesn’t cut through the mix

  • @thenewmedic
    @thenewmedic 4 года назад +1

    Out of curiosity, what speaker is in the DR?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +1

      It’s a neodymium one. It’s the tone master deluxe reverb

    • @thenewmedic
      @thenewmedic 4 года назад

      @@BuddaGuedes interesting! Love the tone!

  • @gitarboi6760
    @gitarboi6760 3 года назад +1

    Dude, buy it, it’s the shit!
    Get one with a different paint job then they’ll be different and the same
    Great playing
    Peace ✌️

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      Eh! Eh!. It’s a cool sounding pedal indeed

  • @toddgibson6817
    @toddgibson6817 3 года назад

    Just so people know. this is a wild wild pedal capable of many crazy sounds et al. However, it should be said that if you just turn the stab (stability) control all the way up, then it becomes and behaves just like any other fuzz

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      It’s never just like any other fuzz. It’s incredible in a lot of ways. Eh! Eh!

  • @derekhuntingtonmarti
    @derekhuntingtonmarti Год назад +1

    Have you tried Zander Siclone? I am curious about that pedal. It has a few more options than a Fuzz Factory, which it is based on, and it is Si instead of Ge.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  Год назад

      I haven’t. I’ve found the Dogitech Carcosa Fuzz, and although it’s not the same it’s very interesting and versatile too

  • @radocool1
    @radocool1 4 года назад +2

    Sounds like blocking distortion of a preamp tube. Funny as hell if you want to troll the sound engineers!

  • @bradruhfel4883
    @bradruhfel4883 4 года назад +2

    Check out the Unpleasant Surprise

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      Such brand is it?
      Thanks

    • @bradruhfel4883
      @bradruhfel4883 4 года назад +1

      Budda Guedes Fairfield Circuitry. It’s a gated fuzz that can get crazy. Seems like you should try it out. Sounds better than the three you tried, to me anyway!

  • @JayEdom
    @JayEdom 2 года назад +1

    Buddah is the best one imp plus more options and made for you specially but nothing compares to fuzz factory maybe a fuzzfacrory clone

  • @druwk
    @druwk 3 года назад

    Get the Blackout Vertical Zvex. NOTHING really sounds like a Fuzz Factory? Its individual character, and that it can make so many DIFFERENT sounds make it unique. Great setting by the way!
    If you know what you want, and what works...2 is 1. Insurance that you have at least one that’s working.
    The other pedals “work”, but their EQ, and character are different? They react differently as well.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      That’s right

    • @druwk
      @druwk 3 года назад

      @@BuddaGuedes Do you also run a Fuzzface type pedal? If so, where do you put it in the chain? Switcher? I feel like I want a couple of different Fuzz tones available that are only happening with specific pedals.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      I’m using the boss es8 switcher for that. I use the Hudson broadcast as a fuzz

  • @aleverkuhn
    @aleverkuhn 4 года назад +2

    I bought and built a Fuzz factory clone kit from Musikding.de
    It´s really inexpensive and easy to mount (I had no previous experience with the solder iron).

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      Great to know that. I just bought my soldering iron!!!

    • @stefanodallolmo7335
      @stefanodallolmo7335 3 года назад +1

      How does it work then?! I'm thinking to buy it too!

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      What are you referring to?

  • @jciturr
    @jciturr 4 года назад +1

    Earthquaker Devices Terminal Destructive Fuzz. Hands down best Fuzz I have tried... Also if you like the Fuzz Factory get the "Fat Fuzz Factory" even better than the original!

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +1

      But I’m afraid it’s too bassy, thanks

    • @markferguson3745
      @markferguson3745 3 года назад +3

      The Fat offers a whole huge range of added sounds ,and you can EQ it with another pedal into useable territory.
      The Terminal is distinctive and stands out in a mix, but is very much a one trick pony.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад +1

      Ok great Z I’ll have to check it

  • @emirarnas
    @emirarnas 2 года назад +1

    braga ??
    bandung ??

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  2 года назад +1

      Braga, Portugal

    • @emirarnas
      @emirarnas 2 года назад +1

      @@BuddaGuedes ahh I see
      are u the owner of budda amps & pedals ?

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  2 года назад +1

      Eh! Eh! No I’m not! I wish

  • @weatherreport8779
    @weatherreport8779 3 года назад +2

    Just buy Fuzz Factory Reverse

  • @aleverkuhn
    @aleverkuhn 4 года назад +1

    Or you can check these people:
    www.guitarristas.info/anuncios/sonicstage-pedals-reparacion-construcion-modificacion-restauracion-pedales-analogicos/874267
    I have a couple of great pedals by them (King Of Tone and Klon clones, great sounding pedals, although I´ve never played with the original ones) .

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      Thanks a lot for the tip!! Will check them out

  • @aintnothinbutdablues
    @aintnothinbutdablues 4 года назад +1

    Peppermint fuzz all the way...

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад

      Thanks

    • @markferguson3745
      @markferguson3745 3 года назад +1

      TBH, I've used and traded / sold both.I thought most of the sounds that I actually liked on both didn't cut the mix very well; better results out of the Fat FF , eqed with a treble booster, - but very temperature sensitive.Kind of looking more at low gain Silicon types , these days, or using the simpler Germaniums ( 1 or 2 knob) mixed with other ( drive) clipping to get truly SHATTERED sounds.Germanium is great for studio & home, always.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  3 года назад

      Thanks for the input

  • @78tag
    @78tag 4 года назад

    That intro was a minute of my life I'll never get back. I'm disappointed.

    • @BuddaGuedes
      @BuddaGuedes  4 года назад +3

      Which minute of your life do you get back?! I really can’t understand your comment!