Dying Tube/Dying Battery/Shitty Fuzz Pedals? Let's name 'em!

[Blood_mountain]

There is probably a term for this sound, but I don't know what it is. I really like the sound of lo-fi, shitty, blown speaker, dying battery, dying tube, voltage starved, low bias/gated/shitty shitty shit in pedal format. I got this from the Fuck Overdrive, can get it from the Mini, am looking at an NG3-ish pedal from Make Sounds Loudly, but wonder what other tubs of garbage are out there for me to run sounds through? Help me out with naming some similar pedals!

[adamajah]

The Demedash 112+ (with pre-gain trimpot dimed) replaced Fuck for me.

TAFM is super flexible for running things through, and can get real gated.

SSBS Hawk is super gnarly but obviously hard to catch.

Maybe also look at Mattoverse Air Trash?

EAE Dude Incredible (aka Electrofoods Kerria Lacca, aka Fuzzrocious Wicked Jawn) can get pretty crazy too.

[Blood_mountain]

The Demedash 112+ (with pre-gain trimpot dimed) replaced Fuck for me.

TAFM is super flexible for running things through, and can get real gated.

SSBS Hawk is super gnarly but obviously hard to catch.

Maybe also look at Mattoverse Air Trash?

EAE Dude Incredible (aka Electrofoods Kerria Lacca, aka Fuzzrocious Wicked Jawn) can get pretty crazy too.

I had a TAFM at one point, but just wasn't using it enough. Same with the Fuck. Kept the mini, and love dialing down the bias for some broken speaker-ish sounds.

Alchemy Audio also makes the Dead Bat dying battery simulator, which I think basically starves any pedal of voltage.

I got some cool sputtery tones out of the DOD Carcosa too.

[adamajah]

Got it. So you're mostly looking for starved sputtery gated fuzz sounds, which I'd consider different than broken signal cutting out sounds like the Fuck. The Mini vs the Fuck is probably the best example of one vs the other.

The White Atom fuzz is great for sputtery stuff and super easy to dial in.

My Carcosa has been lent out for so long I can barely remember what it sounds like lol...

The Stomping Stone Virus sounds real crazy and I want one.

[Blood_mountain]

Got it. So you're mostly looking for starved sputtery gated fuzz sounds, which I'd consider different than broken signal cutting out sounds like the Fuck. The Mini vs the Fuck is probably the best example of one vs the other.

The White Atom fuzz is great for sputtery stuff and super easy to dial in.

My Carcosa has been lent out for so long I can barely remember what it sounds like lol...

The Stomping Stone Virus sounds real crazy and I want one.

I’m interested in any and all of those sounds. I wasn’t sure how to categorize them. I think maybe I’m most fond of that broken cable/blown speaker kind of sound, but as far as things like fuzzes go i’ve Only ever really like shitty, gated, sputtery sounds.

[adamajah]

Hell yeah. What are you running? Guitar, synths?

[sylnau]

Stomping Stoned - Virus is the best of them all.

[Blood_mountain]

Hell yeah. What are you running? Guitar, synths?

Guitar, bass, Microgranny sampler, Teenage engineering drum machine, cell phone, vocals, etc. Basically anything.
Mostly guitar.

[Blood_mountain]

Stomping Stoned - Virus is the best of them all.

Cool, I’ll check it out!

[3205]

No lie, Zoom MS-50G updated can do this in a hundred different flavors. 'Dirty Gate' in front of any dirt model (I like the tonebender) and you're golden.


I also recommend checking out videos for the Rockett WTF Fuzz. I just happen to be selling one in B/S/T.

[adamajah]

No lie, Zoom MS-50G updated can do this in a hundred different flavors. 'Dirty Gate' in front of any dirt model (I like the tonebender) and you're golden.


I also recommend checking out videos for the Rockett WTF Fuzz. I just happen to be selling one in B/S/T.

Lol, shameless plug, but I agree that's one beast of a fuzz that everyone should try if they can't get their hands on a Trombetta.

What about the WMD Geiger Counter?

[JonnyAngle]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kSQ7Yu2fMc[/youtube]

Shameless self plug here! Dropping the voltage is going to get you the dying sound. Mode four is perfect for synth.

[Gone Fission]

I’ll add Zoom Ultra Fuzz. Lots of excellent brokenness in there. The HEQ-1 can do broken, too, but I’m not specifically vibing that for the initial post, but maybe?

[Blood_mountain]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kSQ7Yu2fMc[/youtube]

Shameless self plug here! Dropping the voltage is going to get you the dying sound. Mode four is perfect for synth.

That’s awesome! Looks great too!

[ck3]

The Zvex Machine can make most gain sources fit this description to some extent. A combo of the abovementioned Alchemy Audio Dead Bat and DOD Boneshaker works, too.

Also:

Lovetone Big Cheese in gated mode
Yellowcake Furry Burrito
Holowon Static Egg
Fuzzhugger Algal Bloom V2, Suneater, or Velcrobot
Option 5 Destination Square Tone
Noisereap Asstone
LAL Rattle Crow
Many germanium fuzzes with a buffer earlier in the chain