History of Fuzz

[manymanyhaha]

WHY WOULD YOU TRIM THE BASS! TREBLE HEADS, THE LOT OF YOU!

[Thylacine Dream]

^yes indeed

[BetterOffShred]

I don't see the LWA addition...

[Mark of the Beast]

jfc, that thing is confusing to read.

Also, why does the the development of PH-1R branch off from John Lennon's death? Did he die trying to prevent it from being made? Who was Chapman working for?

[qersty]

I really love how all music related land marks are guys dying except for the black album and some radiohead album

[chuckjaywalk]

jfc, that thing is confusing to read.

Also, why does the the development of PH-1R branch off from John Lennon's death? Did he die trying to prevent it from being made? Who was Chapman working for?

John Lennon woke up knowing he would die this day, for it was foretold. His passing would allow the PH-1R to draw its first breath and, from there, we would be gifted something pure and spectacular. He took the bullet as a living sacrifice, birthing the swirling madness of the PH-1R into this plane. This pedal would languish in used pedal counters for over a decade, until it achieved its true purpose: the birth of the band Incubus. His death allowed water to turn into wine and guys with pickup trucks to convince girls they were sensitive. A generation was conceived after high school sporting events all because John Lennon gave his life for the PH-1R.

[Mark of the Beast]

John Lennon woke up knowing he would die this day, for it was foretold. His passing would allow the PH-1R to draw its first breath and, from there, we would be gifted something pure and spectacular. He took the bullet as a living sacrifice, birthing the swirling madness of the PH-1R into this plane. This pedal would languish in used pedal counters for over a decade, until it achieved its true purpose: the birth of the band Incubus. His death allowed water to turn into wine and guys with pickup trucks to convince girls they were sensitive. A generation was conceived after high school sporting events all because John Lennon gave his life for the PH-1R.

The Beatles made him famous. But this is what made him a Icon

[nightraven]

tbf i think kitrae has done a cracking job of chronicling the earliest days of fuzz evolution

The overall 'gist' of KitRae's website is OK, but there are quite a few mistakes with regards to dates and claims of artists' connections to specific pedals. There's a lot of conjecture there, which is annoying to see reposted by pseudo-journalists on clickbait guitar articles, as if it comes from an authoritative source - it's how myths get started. What's particularly irritating is that KitRae also photoshopped some Jimmy Page pictures, as well as catalogue scans, for his website, that present a misleading narrative.
I've tried to reach out to him both privately and publicly in good faith, but he never responds. Fuck that website.

[MechaGodzilla]

oh man, didn't know that. i think they get the technical aspects more or less right (eg big muff versions)? even if there is too much mythologising

[Sentient Twig]

I feel that the renaissance of Fuzz started with ZVex in the 90s, and then later Devi (if we're being honest). In my mind, that's what caused the Fuzz boom we have now.

[Dandolin]

Well, the world timeline did end in 2013 and we are "living" in a refractory shutdown fugue state limbo as the energy drains from the cooling universe with complete oblivion currently scheduled for November 1, 2020. So it got that part right.

[chuckjaywalk]

I bought my first guitar in 1997. The Musician's Friend catalog at the time had the Sovtek Big Muff, Dunlop Fuzzface reissue, Voodoo Labs Super Fuzz, and, I believe, some flavor of DOD and Boss fuzz. The Fuzz Factory was insanely expensive and felt unattainable. That was really it for fuzz options as a rural guitarist in the mid-90s. A decade later, I was in Kansas City and ordering vintage stuff off eBay. I think it was 2010 before I was aware of Devi Ever and the whole boutique pedal thing.

[Blackened Soul]

I started playing in 92 and because both my parents were professional musicians and ran a home studio the Musician's friend, Music emporium, Many's and AMS catalogs were around the house.. I remember: The Dunlap fuzz face / Hendrix stuff, Rats, Boss stuff like the hyper fuzz, Marshall BB, DM & SM, some DOD.. Sovtek... not much else till like 95.. The first the the boutique stuff I remember reading about in guitar mags was Prescription Electronics.. Vzex, Black Cat and the Centaur started to show up in reviews again 95-97... I never saw any of it in a actual store until maybe 96 at Univibe in Berkley CA and when we moved to Seattle in 98 Trading musician had most of the names of the time.. and lots of vintage stuff.. I think I became aware of the wilder stuff around 04-05 like LAL, DBA, Effector 13 [Devi] so I can say I remember ILF when it was the Effector 13 forum [it was dark green and black...] and really I want to say everything sploded in 07 and peaked in 2013... and has been going up and down since... or something..

[Schlatte]

and really I want to say everything sploded in 07 and peaked in 2013... and has been going up and down since... or something..

This is also my feeling. Back in 12/13 there was so much activity on here that you almost couldn't keep track of all the stuff going on without dedicating a lot of time to it. BST was like an oriental bazar where things were changing owner by the hour. Everyone who had some free time started building pedals (including me) and the bond of the fuzz Brotherhood grew stronger. Now it's all modular synths and delay/modulation.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I definitely miss old BST