Vintage Fuzz Lounge

[hazelwould]

I don't have any vintage fuzz right now, but I've had a few that have come and gone. What are you fav's? Post anything and everything related to the topic. I know we've got some pretty educated fuzz heads around here.

Mine was an '85 Whiteface Rat. I'd love to get that one again. I got it for like $65 at a pawnshop.

I'd like to try a MK I (obviously a clone).

[Mudfuzz]

Superfuzzes!

I has a old Elk Fuzz Wau that is basically a superfuzz, it rocks, I also just love superfuzz variants in general. My main fuzz is a modded clone or a superfuzz markIII by Katana Sound

[bob the r0bot]

I had a nice green muff that I still regret selling. I also regret selling the frazz dazzler I sold to get it.

[devnulljp]

Superfuzzes!

I has a old Elk Fuzz Wau that is basically a superfuzz, it rocks, I also just love superfuzz variants in general.

Pretty sure that's an Ibanez Standard Fuzz, not a SuperFuzz (although they're related).

[Gunner Recall]

I've got a few "vintage correct" fuzzies (a few pigdogs and a handful of jerms) but I this is the only true vintage junk I've got right now:

[hazelwould]

I had a nice green muff that I still regret selling. I also regret selling the frazz dazzler I sold to get it.

That's a LOT of regret.

[hazelwould]

I've got a few "vintage correct" fuzzies (a few pigdogs and a handful of jerms) but I this is the only true vintage junk I've got right now:

What's the Buzz like?

[devnulljp]

A few Super-Fuzzes

[Gunner Recall]

What's the Buzz like?

It's like a different flavor pissed off fz-1a, it also runs on 1 AA like the maestro.
It's a pain in the ass to use though, there's no input jack...the plug is built in.

[devnulljp]

67 Tone Bender (SFT337 & SFT363E) & 69 Fuzz Face (BC183L)



and a later (68ish?) black Tone Bender

[devnulljp]

Here's the guts of the Buzz -- I added a bigger output cap to make it a bit fatter sounding.
it goes in a TB looper, same as my Bosstone

[devnulljp]

Roland BeeBaa and Fuzz Master FM2
Pissed off Japanese fuzz

[Mudfuzz]

Superfuzzes!

I has a old Elk Fuzz Wau that is basically a superfuzz, it rocks, I also just love superfuzz variants in general.

Pretty sure that's an Ibanez Standard Fuzz, not a SuperFuzz (although they're related).

Ok In: Elk Wau Fuzz.
Initial thoughts: holy cunking frap! This thing is sick! Sick I say!

Ok first what does it sound like? This is a question I have been wondering about for a few years and why I finally just got up and got one.
It sounds like a supperfuzz.
...
The down side for picky, whiny prima donnas that miss out on great tones due to them being whiny prima donnas:
Battery only [hey it's from the 70's]
It is big [hey it's from the 70's]
It is not true-bypass [hey it's from the 70's]
The treadle doesn't stay where you leave it [I'm going to fix this]

The fuzz in those is very similar to a Superfuzz, only somehting like a diode or two out of place between the two. They sound great. The wah, not so much -- I never did like those 70s Japanese transformer wahs.
But, stock, it should be true bypass -- all the old Ibanez stuff was. Check the switch again. Way ahead of their time. The treadle's a pretty easy fix -- I thnk there's a strap under there and a screw -- tighten that and you're golden.

[devnulljp]

Foxey Ladies

[hazelwould]

Those foxy ladies look great.

The buzz sounds cool