BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

General Gear Discussion - effects, synths, etc.

Moderator: Ghost Hip

User avatar
fungalattack
FAMOUS
FAMOUS
Posts: 1623
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:20 pm
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by fungalattack »

madmax1012 wrote:
WeHuntKings wrote:So the guitarist in the shoegaze band I'm in used the algal bloom a lot today, and it sounded perfect for everything we were doing. Whether it was a hazy crunch or a piercing howl for solos, it just made sense for all of the weird open tuning jangly stuff and the scrambled power chord riffs.



The Algal Bloom is such a great pedal. Everyone I've let play mine is blown away by how versatile it is, and how awesome it is at so many different settings.


I didn't realize just how versatile it was until I started twisting the knobs because for so long I just plugged it in and was like wow I dont need to change this setting!!! I had some distant and sickly crunchy punk tones today. It is just so fuzzy while retaining the note definition when you are digging into a chord. :)*
Fuzz, reverb, delay.

http://dridge.bandcamp.com/
User avatar
Grrface
FAMOUS
FAMOUS
Posts: 1946
Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:20 pm
Location: Baltimore, MD

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by Grrface »

fungalattack wrote:
madmax1012 wrote:
WeHuntKings wrote:So the guitarist in the shoegaze band I'm in used the algal bloom a lot today, and it sounded perfect for everything we were doing. Whether it was a hazy crunch or a piercing howl for solos, it just made sense for all of the weird open tuning jangly stuff and the scrambled power chord riffs.



The Algal Bloom is such a great pedal. Everyone I've let play mine is blown away by how versatile it is, and how awesome it is at so many different settings.


I didn't realize just how versatile it was until I started twisting the knobs because for so long I just plugged it in and was like wow I dont need to change this setting!!! I had some distant and sickly crunchy punk tones today. It is just so fuzzy while retaining the note definition when you are digging into a chord. :)*


Ughhhhh. You guys are making me want a bass bloom. I really liked what the Algal Bloom did when I had one, but it was missing something on bass. And then Tom went and fixed that.
GardenoftheDead
IAMILF
IAMILF
Posts: 2950
Joined: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:26 pm

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by GardenoftheDead »

Open tunings, big muffs and something to make it warble and whoosh.
User avatar
Ghost Hip
moderator
moderator
Posts: 7469
Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:11 am
Location: Detroit

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by Ghost Hip »

theavondon wrote:
PumpkinPieces wrote:I use my Umiom->TAFM. DON'T EVEN NEED WARBLES. JUST BEND DEM STRINGS.


THIS IS WHY THERE ARE TREM ARMS ON JAZZMASTERS, PEOPLE


JUST BEND IT, BEND EM REAL GOOD.

On a serious note, since I don't have a trem arm, I've been playing the intended chord a half step down and bending up. It's pretty fantastic.
Youtube Channel?
mr. sound boy king wrote: Organic apples are not normal, they are special, like analog, whereas normal apples, like digital, taste sterile and lack warmth.
friendship wrote: y u h8 swoosh woosh
User avatar
skullservant
IAMILFFAMOUS
IAMILFFAMOUS
Posts: 16575
Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:55 am

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by skullservant »

Yeah I bend instead of trem arm. I've just got this really big paranoid fear of trem arming and then everything going out of tune
User avatar
futuresailors
IAMILFFAMOUS
IAMILFFAMOUS
Posts: 8075
Joined: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:31 pm

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by futuresailors »

BRO YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON TREM AREM SQUEAKZ.
Is it weird I like that?
Tom Dalton wrote:You're a dumbass for making this thread to begin with. :hello:
magiclawnchair wrote:fuck that bitter old man
smile_man wrote:
ifeellikeatourist wrote: Pedals aren't everything, yada, yada, yeah I know.
fuck you.
McSpunckle wrote:I ctrl+f'd mountain goats and decided we aren't friends anymore.
User avatar
skullservant
IAMILFFAMOUS
IAMILFFAMOUS
Posts: 16575
Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:55 am

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by skullservant »

Nah dude, totally legit. I like all the squeaks and tiny noises that guitars make when you aren't playing notes
User avatar
Big Mon
IAMILFFAMOUS
IAMILFFAMOUS
Posts: 7920
Joined: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:07 am
Location: SE US

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by Big Mon »

futuresailors wrote:BRO YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON TREM AREM SQUEAKZ.
Is it weird I like that?

I once looped some trem arm squeaks and it turned out awesome :thumb:
User avatar
ryan summit
Supporter
Supporter
Posts: 6197
Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:11 am
Location: charlton hestons cold dead hands,exit 21,NY

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by ryan summit »

i want all the noise
if i could get my shit to sound like an old subway car
on bad clunky tracks
with a crying homeless man
a jesus freak
some dude singin along with his ipod
and a loose door sliding open and closed
id be in heaven
that for me is "the tone"
User avatar
fungalattack
FAMOUS
FAMOUS
Posts: 1623
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:20 pm
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by fungalattack »

ryan summit wrote:i want all the noise
if i could get my shit to sound like an old subway car
on bad clunky tracks
with a crying homeless man
a jesus freak
some dude singin along with his ipod
and a loose door sliding open and closed
id be in heaven
that for me is "the tone"



Best poem of the year!
Fuzz, reverb, delay.

http://dridge.bandcamp.com/
User avatar
WeHuntKings
IAMILF
IAMILF
Posts: 2356
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:46 pm
Location: Atlanta, GA

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by WeHuntKings »

fungalattack wrote:
ryan summit wrote:i want all the noise
if i could get my shit to sound like an old subway car
on bad clunky tracks
with a crying homeless man
a jesus freak
some dude singin along with his ipod
and a loose door sliding open and closed
id be in heaven
that for me is "the tone"



Best poem of the year!
User avatar
Gearmond
IAMILFFAMOUS
IAMILFFAMOUS
Posts: 3040
Joined: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:59 am
Location: Cleveland, OH
Contact:

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by Gearmond »

Grrface wrote:
fungalattack wrote:
madmax1012 wrote:
WeHuntKings wrote:So the guitarist in the shoegaze band I'm in used the algal bloom a lot today, and it sounded perfect for everything we were doing. Whether it was a hazy crunch or a piercing howl for solos, it just made sense for all of the weird open tuning jangly stuff and the scrambled power chord riffs.



The Algal Bloom is such a great pedal. Everyone I've let play mine is blown away by how versatile it is, and how awesome it is at so many different settings.


I didn't realize just how versatile it was until I started twisting the knobs because for so long I just plugged it in and was like wow I dont need to change this setting!!! I had some distant and sickly crunchy punk tones today. It is just so fuzzy while retaining the note definition when you are digging into a chord. :)*


Ughhhhh. You guys are making me want a bass bloom. I really liked what the Algal Bloom did when I had one, but it was missing something on bass. And then Tom went and fixed that.


just gonna add some AB love and say that its so versatile i don't really have any gas for other fuzzes besides the superfuzz. which i now have. so gas satiated.

i also love how frippy/synthy it gets
,':{I> ... your move, Trebek.

http://gearmond.bandcamp.com/

my music for you to put in your earholes :joy:
User avatar
ryan summit
Supporter
Supporter
Posts: 6197
Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:11 am
Location: charlton hestons cold dead hands,exit 21,NY

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by ryan summit »

im blushing
i just poke my hand like a chicken
punctuation is on a different screen so i hit retun alot
thats all
User avatar
dubkitty
Supporter
Supporter
Posts: 14799
Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:03 pm
Location: somewhere between Never-Never Land and Wonderland, in a place called Never Wonder Land

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by dubkitty »

I really want to hear a demo of the new reworking of the AB-Synth. :poke:
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni

FIFTY YEARS OF SCARING THE CHILDREN 1970-2020--and i'm not done yet

DUBZ LOOPZ 2: THE NEXT GENERATION OUT NOW: https://on.soundcloud.com/9HKgc5xbaaYz6FNL7

DUBZ ÄLTER LOOPZ (2012-14): https://soundcloud.com/dubkitteh-1/sets ... ks-2012-14
User avatar
kbit
IAMILFFAMOUS
IAMILFFAMOUS
Posts: 11509
Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:16 pm
Location: Philadelphia

Re: BEST FUZZ FOR SHOEGAZE?????

Post by kbit »

PumpkinPieces wrote:On a serious note, since I don't have a trem arm, I've been playing the intended chord a half step down and bending up. It's pretty fantastic.


Holy shit what a cool idea.
D.o.S. wrote:I'm fucking stupid and no one should operate under any other premise.
Post Reply