Recommendations for fuzz with mids?

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Re: Recommendations for fuzz with mids?

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catfuzz wrote:Any Fuzzhugger in particular? Our other guitarist uses an algal bloom, so I wouldn't want to be fighting over the same frequencies. I have had the Sonic Shroom or Bloom on my want list for a long time now though.
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Sonic shroom is rad, so I'd imagine the sonic bloom would be too. Doom bloom is fantastic and y'all would cover different frequencies.
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I tend to prefer adding a mid boost/mid-boosted drive pre-fuzz and leaving the fuzz as flat as I can get it, myself.
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Re: Recommendations for fuzz with mids?

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Not really a fuzz recommendation, but I recently got a Fuzzrocious Feed Me EQ and it is amazing for dialing in the tone of my fuzz's I've mainly been using it as an EQ shift for a rat, but it works really well after a fuzz to help push it through the mix. If you like the sound of the Fuzz you have but just want to be heard in a mix I highly recommend it. Also it doesn't have the hum of most graphic EQ's which is nice.
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DRodriguez wrote:Sonic shroom is rad, so I'd imagine the sonic shroom would be too.
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Pete wrote:
DRodriguez wrote:Sonic shroom is rad, so I'd imagine the sonic bloom would be too.
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:lol: Better?

I just really love the sonic shroom I guess.
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Re: Recommendations for fuzz with mids?

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I know you are looking for a fuzz but Earthbound Audio Throat Locust.

I personally stopped trying to coax the mids I want out of fuzz and use fuzz for what it is best at. Not saying there is not an option out there, but its so much easier to get a scuzzy/fuzzy mids boosted sound out of a distortion box than a fuzz box.
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DRodriguez wrote:
Pete wrote:
DRodriguez wrote:Sonic shroom is rad, so I'd imagine the sonic bloom would be too.
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:lol: Better?

I just really love the sonic shroom I guess.
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Hmmm shit tons to consider. Guess I'll just have to try as many of these options as I can eventually. :snax:

I really do like the idea of using a heavy distortion with a full range EQ like the Throat Locust as a "fuzz" though. I can't remember if the first distortion I used was an HM-2 or Turbo Rat, but I really loved them both. Going back to an HM-2 but with more everything definitely couldn't hurt.

I definitely know a few people who use the Feed Me as well, but as much as I like the Pelitaur I've just got an itch to try new things and experiment until I find something that is just right. Also I'm clumsy as all hell and don't want to have to step on two switches when I could just do one. :p

I'll also definitely get a sonic shroom someday... or maybe even a sonic shroom. I just can't resist anything with a second switch to mangle the signal. Also the art on it (and really every current fuzzhugger pedal) is incredible.
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catfuzz wrote:I'll also definitely get a sonic shroom someday... or maybe even a sonic shroom.
Wait... Was that intentional? :lol:
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catfuzz wrote:Never really considered a fuzzface probably due to its odd shape, but you people have
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^ not saying this is what you want by the way. If your bandmate is using an Algal Bloom, that's also based on a silicon fuzz face. They're not the same thing, obvs, but there might be more overlap that you want.
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Sonically the algal is very different to a silicon fuzz face. I wouldn't worry about that.
Check out the Frazz though...
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Re: Recommendations for fuzz with mids?

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Tonebender MKIII/IV/Dizzy Tone/Buzzaround have good midrange. My favorite family of fuzz.
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