In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob



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In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby MechaGodzilla » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:44 am

starve: lowers the supply voltage for non-linear tone changes which include gating, decreased headroom and clarity and decreased frequency bandwidth. clockwise is full 9V.


Well, my dumb caveman brain had stuck the idea that "more voltage = better" so I've tended to leave the starve knob full aside from trying to make mad noises.

That is, until recently when I've found that different settings for the starve control can add really interesting and varied textures to the sound, especially combined with all the other tone options.

Every time I think I need a new fuzz (this week it's been a super tonebender clone), I play the Buzzz, find a new sound, and suddenly I don't want a new fuzz any more.

Here's to the Buzzz, the most versatile box I've ever trodden on :thumb:
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby smallsnd/bigsnd » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:04 pm

MechaGodzilla wrote:
starve: lowers the supply voltage for non-linear tone changes which include gating, decreased headroom and clarity and decreased frequency bandwidth. clockwise is full 9V.


Well, my dumb caveman brain had stuck the idea that "more voltage = better" so I've tended to leave the starve knob full aside from trying to make mad noises.

That is, until recently when I've found that different settings for the starve control can add really interesting and varied textures to the sound, especially combined with all the other tone options.

Every time I think I need a new fuzz (this week it's been a super tonebender clone), I play the Buzzz, find a new sound, and suddenly I don't want a new fuzz any more.

Here's to the Buzzz, the most versatile box I've ever trodden on :thumb:


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dude. yes. so happy you got into it and explored a bit!
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby Inconuucl » Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:23 pm

I've been so tempted to go from my mini to a buzzz, but am always afraid of making the jump. Fuck it. I want. :animal:
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby neonblack » Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:29 pm

No! Don't do it!

You need the Mini to push the Buzzz into gnarly painful noise territory. Or just give it a nice boost

For real, you need both.
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby scienceman » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:08 pm

Everyone should own a buzzz but no one should ever get rid of a mini.
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby neonblack » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:34 am

This guy speaks the truth.

Seriously, the Mini->Buzzz combo is so great. So many tones out of two pedals.

Right now I have the Mini set to a pretty low gain overdrive and Buzzz at moderately high gain.

So with three stomps, I have:
low gain OD (Mini)
Med/High gain kinda vintage kinda modern deep buzzy fuzz (Buzzz)
Sort of buzzy subby cutting octave fuzz (Buzzz octave)
High gain balls to the wall fuzztortion that maintains surprising clarity (Mini->Buzzz)
Eardrum shredding nasty broken sounding octave fuzz (Mini->Buzzz octave)

And you could put your thing down, flip it, and reverse it, and run low gain Buzzz and hi gain Mini. Equally versatile. Equally awesome.

Seriously. Both.


That being said, I can get in the ballpark of some of Mini's sounds with low gain Buzzz, but not exactly.
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby Dandolin » Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:59 pm

And then, there's the two, in parallel with phase issues chewing out secchsy random holes in the texture. :excellent:
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby neonblack » Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:00 pm

Doublebuzzz?
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby Dandolin » Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:11 pm

I wish--I'm only fixed for Buzzz/Mini (why do I suddenly want two Buzzzez?)....
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby neonblack » Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:12 pm

My bad. Didn't mean to do that to you.
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby Dandolin » Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:42 pm

Haha--I'll survive. I think.
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Re: In praise of the Buzzz's starve knob

Postby MechaGodzilla » Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:50 pm

This thread has backfired on me, now I am lusting for a Mini more than ever before.

I have to furnish a new home in a month, I can't afford wonderful pedals now!
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