Need a replacement for a Fire Red Fuzz

[sylnau]

Hello, I’m new to this forum and I need your help.
At the moment, I have two fuzz on my board… Plum Crazy FX “Fuzzy Lady” and Mad Professor “Fire Red Fuzz”. I love the tone of the Fuzzy Lady, but I’m a bit disappoint with the Fire Red Fuzz (not sure why, but I think it is too compressed and to me it does not do much for its very high price). I want to replace the FRF, I need something huge muff type… In that range (I was looking at FuzzHugger “Great Wall” and 3Xfx “Fatman”. I’m also interest in FuzzHugger “Algal Bloom” and “AB-Synth”, Secret Season “Snowdrift”, Mid-Fi “Peace Gun”. Any suggestions to replace that Fire Red Fuzz… something as big but more tweakable and more open sounding.

Thanks!
SylNau

[sylnau]

Hi,
Any of you tried the FuzzHugger "Great Wall" or the 3Xfx "Fatman"?
Or any suggestions?
Thanks,
SylNau

[fuzzfarmer]

If you need an open, uncompressed fuzz. I suggest the Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh fuzz. It has a switch for diodes out..open, organic, uncompressed fuzzy goodness. See the thread about them here.
viewtopic.php?f=149&t=13436

[sylnau]

I read the topic on the Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh fuzz yesterday, so I went on his website.
I wasn't very impressed by the sound clip... I'll do a search on youtube tonight.

[Gunner Recall]

If you want a big fuzz that isn't ultra compressed you might dig the algal bloom.
The great wall will be more muffy, but also more compressed (at least in theory...I have an algal bloom, haven't tried a great wall).

The algal bloom can sound pretty huge but also has an amazing amount of clarity, and it can be dialed back to sorta fuzzy overdrive tones.

[sylnau]

I forgot to mention... the PCfx Fuzzy Lady cover all my needs for the classic fuzz tone... so I'm looking for something unconventional (not 60', 70' LedZep type of tone). Anyboy has tried the 3Xfx Fatman or Fatman 2? I don't want a Metal or Doom pedal, but I don't want it to be nice. As big as the Fire Red Fuzz, but less polite.

[sylnau]

And what would you think of the Dwarfcraft Eau Claire Thunder?
Would it be a good replacement if I decide to sale my Fire Red Fuzz?

[phantasmagorovich]

What about glitchy stuff? Mellowtone Wolf Computer or Smallsound/Bigsound Year 4545 ?

[sylnau]

I prefer to create my own noise than having a device making noise for me.