by DhanoSuzuki » Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:56 pm
Well, I know I posted this a while ago, but here is my update.
I've tried multiple power sources, cords, and guitars, both humbucker and single coil, also different amps. I took it to the shop last weekend and tried it out with a bunch of different gear, and it always makes the noise, and I would definitely say this is not a noise it probably should be making. Haven't heard anything similar to this noise in any AB-Synth demo I've watched, nor in any functional pedal. Guys at the shop agreed that its not a sound they think a pedal should be making, even a noisy pedal (though, they did think the pedal was extremely cool - how could they not?) I made sure to gush about you guys so they wouldn't get a bad opinion of you guys based on this one issue, but most of them actually seemed to be somewhat aware of Fuzzhugger and their sterling reputation. Anyway, I digress...
Here is the thing. The noise goes away when I turn the tone knob on the guitar all the way down. It pretty much completely disappears, on every guitar I've played it with, so I've made due that way.
With the odd noise minimalized, its such a fantastic pedal. Just, amazing. You know how cool it looks with those insane graphics? Well it sounds even cooler. The straight fuzz tone is great, "light sabery" is a good description indeed. Super saturated, but not muffled, and still maintains impressive note clarity.
But the oscillation mode just pushes it way over the top. Definitely the best oscillating fuzz I have (I'm working with a Wolf Comp and an Antichthon on the oscillatey side of things). The synth bass trick is just ridiculous, really easy to dial in, and stable (or not stable and arppeggiatey if you'd prefer to dial that in instead). Such a creative pedal. Running the Shroom in osc mode through a Wolf C and a Soda Meiser makes a crazy monster noise. And running the straight Shroom fuzz into my EHX Octavix fuzz makes one of the best octave up fuzz tone I've ever played with.
Anyway, I'm sure you all already know this, I just figured I'd explain why I havent really bothered to see if I could get this problem fixed: because I'm having too much fun with it, and I don't want to go without my new cool toy.
With that said, it was a brand new pedal with an odd issue right out of the box. Would getting this worked on be an option? I really do not want to waste Tom's time and possibly look like an idiot, so I wouldn't want to send it in if I wasn't pretty sure that there was an actual issue with it, and I am pretty convinced that this pedal has an issue. But still, should I just go ahead and get the guys at my local shop to take a look at it? I know that would void any possible warranty that it might have (though I am somewhat unclear whether this pedal has a warranty or not).
For anyone taking the time to read all of this and reply, thanks.