The Story of the Fuzz Factory

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
  • Today I’m sharing the story on the origin of the fuzz factory for no discernible reason whatsoever.
    In unrelated news, you might want to check out reverb.com/thepedalmovieshop at 10am CST on Tuesday 11/10.
    #BlissFactory
    Animation by Molly Little (linktr.ee/moll...)
    Music by Brett Hansen
    Narrated by Zachary Vex

Комментарии • 73

  • @ianwedegartner3920
    @ianwedegartner3920 3 года назад +16

    I have a Fuzz Factory I got as a birthday present in 1998. the s/n is "Z-028" .

  • @JohannesLabusch
    @JohannesLabusch 3 года назад +19

    Man, Molly Little did an AMAZING job. More of this kind of gear video!

  • @brakfx
    @brakfx 3 года назад +7

    The story telling brilliance of Zachary Vex! I could listen to that guy reading IKEA assembly manuals! :)

  • @jaimelaverc2475
    @jaimelaverc2475 2 года назад +5

    This pedal is a masterpiece in tone and versatility.

  • @Baghdadbatterymusic
    @Baghdadbatterymusic Год назад +4

    My favorite fuzz of all time, maybe even my favorite pedal ever. I've owned one and used it for years, and while I know how to control it pretty well now, I still stumble upon new sounds with it all the time. Super responsive to your pedal chain and amp settings. It can be 10 fuzz pedals in 1 if you know what you're doing with it

  • @SmashSquatch30
    @SmashSquatch30 4 года назад +13

    I love these sorts of animated documentaries (kudos Molly Little). Excited for the 10th!

  • @liamramsesromandiaz5397
    @liamramsesromandiaz5397 3 года назад +7

    The pedal of Matt Bellamy

  • @75YBA
    @75YBA 8 месяцев назад

    I first saw the FF in an Elderly Instruments catalog in ‘98. Had to have one. Love my Vexter Fat FF, so much. I totally get it and have hours of fun with it. The best Germanium Fuzz Face ever made. Just turn down the Gate and Comp, turn up the Stab and set the Vol and Gain to taste! Many thanks Zack!

  • @ChrisBuonoGuitar
    @ChrisBuonoGuitar Год назад +1

    Mine is late 90s hand painted greeny. I got it at Rudy’s on 48th. There was nothing like it back then. People thought I was nuts by just looking at it. Forget when I turned it on. One of the most valuable pieces gear I’ve ever owned.

  • @JimFeeley
    @JimFeeley 3 года назад +5

    Great story, really well told. Fantastic work by director/animator Molly Little! I don't usually say this in response to marketing effort, but thanks!

  • @pclindholm
    @pclindholm 3 года назад +4

    Wow, that was great. Thank you for the history!

  • @LittleManRockin
    @LittleManRockin 3 года назад +3

    This is so super good!! Love the animation! Zack!

  • @zackvex7111
    @zackvex7111 3 года назад +3

    Thanks, Joel!

  • @MrBeauChat
    @MrBeauChat Год назад

    Ty so much!!! I purchased one in ‘99 (hand painted from ‘97) from a store in dallas and its been downhill since. love this petal so much and ZVEX is so awesome that they even repaired it for me a few years back for free! ❤❤❤

  • @leptyga
    @leptyga 4 года назад +8

    WOW! Who did this?! This is so good Joel! Fav bit since your Thermae video. HURRAH! More of this!

    • @JohannesLabusch
      @JohannesLabusch 3 года назад

      HInt: They were nice enough to include the answer to your question at the end, in that write-y bit.

  • @malcolmbliss777
    @malcolmbliss777 2 года назад

    Bought the FF when I first heard it, at Cowtown Guitars in Las Vegas, 1999. Blew me away. That was when Mark Chatfield (of The Godz) still owned CT guitars. From the moment I walked in and heard him playing it, till the time he rang me up, was about 4 minutes.

  • @MatoMisik
    @MatoMisik 4 года назад +1

    Zachary is the legend!

  • @yummyklown9226
    @yummyklown9226 2 года назад

    That radio sound at 2:35 really messed with me wearing earphones. That was trippy.

  • @druwk
    @druwk 3 года назад

    Just bought the 25th Anniversary Reissue! Have watched people use, listened to, and admired this pedal for a long time, and I personally couldn’t get down with it? Two, three years ago I started being able to get into Fuzz! I now have several, and totally appreciate this amazing pedal!
    Thanks for the post!

  • @mrthingamabob8117
    @mrthingamabob8117 3 года назад +1

    Awesome ! Now I'm waiting for the 5 hours long animated documentary on the story of the Warped Vinyl !

  • @adrianurrusuno2607
    @adrianurrusuno2607 4 года назад +33

    PLEASE GOD: NOT A LIMITED EDITION. PLEASE.

  • @michaelfowler3187
    @michaelfowler3187 3 года назад +1

    Loving the smashing pumpkins Mellon collie and infinite sadness poster @0:49

  • @danymeeuwissen5973
    @danymeeuwissen5973 4 года назад +2

    One of my favorite pedals ever!

  • @cansuturgut3724
    @cansuturgut3724 3 года назад

    this channel has the best content I've seen in any industry/genre, hands down!

  • @SeanPierceJohnson
    @SeanPierceJohnson 4 года назад

    Man....i'm SO here for this!

  • @johnb4024
    @johnb4024 3 года назад

    This needs to be 15 minutes longer! Awesome!

  • @patrickmcmanus5373
    @patrickmcmanus5373 5 месяцев назад

    Wow. Exactly what I I thought of when building fuzz pedals

  • @nocuh
    @nocuh 4 года назад +4

    Shoutout Joe Gore, I can hear Fuzz Factory inspiration in his own pedals

  • @nomnom112
    @nomnom112 Год назад

    brilliant animation

  • @hoyerd
    @hoyerd 3 года назад +1

    this video is great! fun animation

  • @bluesonkel
    @bluesonkel 9 месяцев назад

    XD nice story!!!! cool animations! ♥

  • @Kohntarkosz
    @Kohntarkosz Год назад

    After 25 years of wanting one, I finally got myself one for my birthday last week. I actually want of the "vertical" models, ya know the sort of normal effects pedal case, and it's pretty cool. One thing that I find interesting is that when it starts squawking, adjust the volume and tone control, and sometimes the pickup switch, changes the sound that's coming out of the pedal. I need to try with it a couple of my otehr guitars, see if different pickups cause different tones to come out.

  • @cicchettimulti-mediainc.1082
    @cicchettimulti-mediainc.1082 2 года назад

    Wild to see how the Fuzz Factory came to be, and how influential it’s been on fuzz ever since.

  • @djtomoy
    @djtomoy 2 года назад

    Fantastic

  • @filipemecenas
    @filipemecenas 2 года назад

    Thats sooooo beautifull , i have a clone, i didnt know about thia history , but for sure i got it because you can customise your own tone and the texture , i Love It , thanks

  • @redsunstudiomixrec5017
    @redsunstudiomixrec5017 3 года назад

    Amazing story

  • @legatomodi3522
    @legatomodi3522 3 года назад +1

    I hope the pedal movie has stuff like this in it

  • @palodine1
    @palodine1 3 года назад +2

    PJ Harvey's "To Bring You My Love" is one of my favs.Joe Gore contributed to this record and its a masterpiece.

    • @palodine1
      @palodine1 3 года назад +2

      ps. Check out Joe"s line of pedals as well, they are really good.Thanks for this vid, I didn't know the Gore/Z Vex connection. Thanks!!

  • @thewatersofdream
    @thewatersofdream 4 года назад

    Great Video, really enjoyed that.

  • @theteafox9675
    @theteafox9675 4 года назад

    So good. Love the fuzz factory

  • @delivrance3961
    @delivrance3961 3 года назад

    awesome stuff!

  • @Lanearndt
    @Lanearndt 2 года назад

    I have an old Fuzz Probe, think it should get more attention!!

  • @jebmcgovern3744
    @jebmcgovern3744 3 года назад

    great vid

  • @Bolation
    @Bolation 3 года назад

    Bravo!

  • @maxmatson1578
    @maxmatson1578 3 года назад +1

    At the 2:39 minute Mark that face kinda looks like Trent Reznor?

  • @VictorRochaGaming
    @VictorRochaGaming 3 года назад

    I bought my Fuzz Factory after hearing Doug Pettibone. His solo on Essence sounds like he ripped down a high power line and plugged it into his guitar.

  • @alejandrorivara5963
    @alejandrorivara5963 4 года назад

    This is awesome

  • @acrossmymind6423
    @acrossmymind6423 4 года назад +1

    Happy. Little. Accidents. - bob ross

  • @palodine1
    @palodine1 3 года назад +6

    What are they building in there?

  • @winstonsmith8236
    @winstonsmith8236 4 года назад

    Sooo....CBA x Zvex Fuzz Factory is incoming- sweet

  • @arcrane11
    @arcrane11 4 года назад +3

    Is this a teaser for the new pedal on Tuesday?!!? 🤔

  • @Jasonweckard
    @Jasonweckard 4 года назад

    Love it!

  • @pd4165
    @pd4165 4 года назад

    I love for no discernible reasons stuff.

  • @vibearato
    @vibearato 4 года назад

    Octavia on one side, fuzz factory on the other? ramp stab and such?

  • @joseislanio8910
    @joseislanio8910 3 года назад +5

    By looking at the schematic, I can tell that the oscillation we probably a byproduct of having a fuzz face arrangement that used standart negative ground with PNP transistors. That normally already generates noise (it's commonly called motorboat), but the preamp stage he put just before the circuit created much more oscillation.
    The stab control is basically a voltage control. It limits how much power the circuit receives.

    • @eldude123456789
      @eldude123456789 3 года назад +1

      Is it called stability because the other effects become less stable with less power?

    • @joseislanio8910
      @joseislanio8910 3 года назад

      @@eldude123456789 maybe. The limitation in the input current and voltage affects the oscillations.

  • @egasGarage
    @egasGarage 11 месяцев назад

    Plug in Baby

  • @keiranbradley3238
    @keiranbradley3238 4 месяца назад

    Joe Gore has a lot to answer for.

  • @thechronicnoizeco.6675
    @thechronicnoizeco.6675 4 года назад

    I have 2 of them.

  • @HunterAnton
    @HunterAnton 4 года назад

    Knew it!

  • @jimmumford4733
    @jimmumford4733 3 года назад

    ✌🤘😎👍🏻🖖

  • @PageandPlant4Life
    @PageandPlant4Life 3 года назад

    The only thing to make this better would be the ability to save presets.. have all the different sounds this pedal can make saved and able to cycle through them mid gig.. but i suppose that because it interacts differently thru different guitar and amps it wouldn't be consistent.. great pedal tho

    • @ChaseBlissAudio
      @ChaseBlissAudio  3 года назад

      That’s why we made the bliss factory :)

    • @PageandPlant4Life
      @PageandPlant4Life 3 года назад +1

      @@ChaseBlissAudio How dare you make exactly what i want.. now to acquire funds 🤠

  • @zazenbo
    @zazenbo 3 года назад +1

    I miss my wife