Team Awesome vs Grey Stache vs Eau Claire Thunder

[PanicProne]

So I've got a Dwarfcraft Eau Claire thunder that I've had for a good few years now and really LOVE on bass and like on baritone (especially for heavy slow sludgy stuff, but feel it gets a bit floppy(?) for faster things. However, so far I haven't quite been able to set it the way I like with guitar. I've always been intrigued by the stuff coming out of SS/BS and understand a lot of ppl seem to dig the TAFM. Also, I've couple of Fuzzrocious pedals and love them all, on both bass and guitar, and have been liking the demos I've heard of the grey stache through the years. My question is, how do these three different ones compare? Would it be worth getting one of the others or do ppl think I've got most bases covered with the ECT and the differences aren't that big? Anyone own/owned all of them? Opinions please.

[UglyCasanova]

ECT is muff-based and TAFM is fuzz face-based (unless my memory is jogged), so you'll get a very different EQ with a TAFM. I have four dirt pedals on my bass board (TAFM, Barbershop, Frazz V2 and Fuzz-E-Cat) and the TAFM is my go to, especially for fast playing. Just hit that secondary gate+fuzz to the max switch and go ham. I'm not a muff fan though, so IDK what you're looking for. The TAFM is super versatile in terms of textures and how subtle or balls to the walls it can be. Which again is why I find myself using it a lot.

This track is all TAFM on bass (except for some dirty BitQuest expression action trem to ring mod added every now and then): https://irerror.bandcamp.com/track/pew-pew

[PanicProne]

Oh allright, I always thought TAFM was a Muff based one too, haha! Big difference then. =D
But yeah, the questions might be between the ECT and GS then as I feel I've most of my fuzz face based things covered already.

[JonnyAngle]

The feedback switch was cool on the ect.

With the fuzzro you get a mids knob to add mids, while the ect has a tone bypass. Fuzzrocious offers more mods and stuff but it’s basically those two differences.

[neonblack]

Oh allright, I always thought TAFM was a Muff based one too, haha! Big difference then. =D
But yeah, the questions might be between the ECT and GS then as I feel I've most of my fuzz face based things covered already.

I will say, I've never thought the TAFM sounded like a fuzz face. It's kind of it's own thing.

[qersty]

Oh allright, I always thought TAFM was a Muff based one too, haha! Big difference then. =D
But yeah, the questions might be between the ECT and GS then as I feel I've most of my fuzz face based things covered already.

I will say, I've never thought the TAFM sounded like a fuzz face. It's kind of it's own thing.

It can sometimes sound kinda fuzz face esque, it is totally more fuzz face than muff but as you say it is not really fuzz face sound. I would take the TAFM any day over any Big Muff just because it is so versatile, I mean the grey stache is too but I have never used one. For faster stuff though I don't really like fuzz at all so I dont use the TAFM for that much but it has pretty tight low end and goes into sweet low-gain od at lower gain and fuzz settings so i guess it pulls that. It would compliment the ECT very well though, i use a TAFM in tandem with a russian reissue sometimes and they are not alike

Funnily enough big muff is the fuzz sound i actually really like for faster stuff to get that kinda troy sanders vibe

[PanicProne]

Besides the TAFM apparently being awesome and versatile and it's own thing, do people think I'd get more/different options with a grey stache over just having the ECT or would you say they are "different enough" to have both? If money wasn't a problem I'd get obviously get all three, but yeah...

[JonnyAngle]

Besides the TAFM apparently being awesome and versatile and it's own thing, do people think I'd get more/different options with a grey stache over just having the ECT or would you say they are "different enough" to have both? If money wasn't a problem I'd get obviously get all three, but yeah...

I used both on bass.

It would be easy to justify both

[UglyCasanova]

Just get the TAFM. You can thank us later.

[qersty]

Besides the TAFM apparently being awesome and versatile and it's own thing, do people think I'd get more/different options with a grey stache over just having the ECT or would you say they are "different enough" to have both? If money wasn't a problem I'd get obviously get all three, but yeah...

I used both on bass.

It would be easy to justify both

Yeah both do different things, ect doesnt do the mid boost the grey stache does and grey stache has the option to get switchable clipping and switchable sustain, it would be very easy to have them do different things

Just get the TAFM. You can thank us later.

^^^

[amnesiac305]

If compare the schematics of the TAFM and NPN fuzz face, the TAFM looks like a well dressed FF.