Bought the Fuzz Mutant because of this thread. That in stereo with the Gamechanger Plasma has my distorted shit sounding the best ever. So smooth with so much character
gila_crisis wrote:For the Tour Box: Fuzz Mutant, Kay Fuzz, Duplex, Pirk, Marq Won.
Just making sure you realize the tourbox is only gonna be U.S. for right now. Don't wanna get your hopes up.
cbm wrote:I've got a lot of Basic Audio fuzz. The modernizing and refining John Lyons does to these old circuits is always really interesting and useful.
Thoroughly agree! Love what John does.
cbm wrote:This list is slightly odd, but I've played and/or own a lot of the likely candidates.
Low Volt
DOT
Kay Fuzz
COB
I think John may need a couple more three letter pedal names.
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
…...........................… Sweet dealin's: here "Now, of course, Strega is not a Minimoog… and I am not Sun Ra" - dude from MAKENOISE #GreenRinger
Basic Audio is great. John usually makes them a lot more versatile and accepting of different input levels. I've tried a few (thanks to Chankgeez), and they've all worked exceptionally well with guitar, keyboards, drum machines, etc.
Count me in on a tourbox too.
-Ring Mods!
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This thread got me interested in BA again... I've watched many vids and listened to many sound clips, displaying most pedals. Most demos are centered on the Neil Young/ Dave torn kind of fuzz. I mean melodic, wide sound, blurry chords into reverb etc... Beautiful sounds... Is it the genuine vibe of Basic Audio, or is it just the players using it a certain way? Can you achieve tighter sounds, single-note based riffs, more modern playing? To put it the other way: a fuzz war or something from Infanem can do massive/modern/ripping sounds, but maybe wouldn't be a top choice for Neil Young stuff...
See what I mean?
So, from your experience, which Basic Audio pedals stand out as totally modern fuzzes?
I'm interested in the variations. I still like variants on old pedals, even muffs. Since I've started playing a different instrument, everything has kind of changed in what I want for that instrument. hah.
If I had to absolutely choose which pedals I was interested in and it was ONLY 4, I'd go with these
Bi-Bias (this one sounds fucking killer to me and sounds like it would compliment my playing style)
Scarab Deluxe
Fuzz Mutant
Texsur
"I do not have the ability to think rationally 90% of the time and I also change my mind at the drop of a hat".