Crimson King Fuzz: A full & comprehensive review.

[9520575]

FUCK YES!

[sylnau]

Demo plz!!!

[9520575]

Demo very shortly.
I'm still post move. I got to find my mic, and various cables and cords, but demo, defiantly

[JuJo]

Lol, I get to pick mine up this weekend, I'm pretty excited.

[sylnau]

Is this near distortion (a la Muff) or it's more of a fuzzy and hairy beast?

Hey 9520575, it's been a while, it's great to have you back on the forum.

[amnesiac305]

Hey Charlie, that was superbly comprehensive. Thanks!

[9520575]

Is this near distortion (a la Muff) or it's more of a fuzzy and hairy beast?

Hey 9520575, it's been a while, it's great to have you back on the forum.

it feels good to be back

But to answer your question its a buzzaround clone. Which, to my ears, is in the tonebender & fuzz face spectrum of fuzz. Raspy, yet full. Really nice on cords. Really big and expressive. It sounds like a couple settings on my fuzz factory, but way way quieter.

[Holy Schnikes]

Yeah, the Crimson King is tops, LOVE mine! I don't own much to compare it to but 9520575's description is right on imo. I was a little timid as it doesn't have a master volume but the timbre and balance controls are very interactive and can be used to adjust output accordingly, not an issue. Def a HUGE gain range, gets totally raspy and nasty and trebley like an old school 60's-style fuzz or you can thicken it up to a more modern, meaty, aggressive sound, all with tons of clarity. Voiced perfectly.

[bugzaney]

is it called the crimson king because it sounds like king crimson tones or something?

[hollowhero]

is it called the crimson king because it sounds like king crimson tones or something?

Yeah, I think robert fripp of king crimson used a buzzaround on an album or two...I don't know the full story though

I love that it can do the spitty, tone bender type sounds and a modern sounding fuzz-face-on-steroids distortion sound

[V_____]

Yeah Robert Fripp used Buzzarounds for leads a lot. FWIW the Robert is also a King Crimson reference cause after I made the first one i thought it sounded kinda like a buzzaround out of random coincidence.

Oh and i have the older Arc Buzzaround clone with no power jack. Thing does sound awesome. I do think it can get into muffish territory, actually, but its not really related to the circuit.

[univalve]

i never used a buzzaround that sucks. it is kind of the big muff for people that hate big muffs.
And if you want an even more badass pedal, ghost dizzy tone!

Best pedal description ever for the Dizzy: sounds like a rusty chainsaw slowly eating away at your face

[sylnau]

it is kind of the big muff for people that hate big muffs.

That's a good description of myself.
I always feel like Big Muff sound like distortion... not my type.

[AC128]

I always feel like Big Muff sound like distortion... not my type.

this.

[9520575]

Yeah, its got the zippy "velcro"-ish sound I like with the Fuzz Factory, but a little less treble...
I mean, I suppose its muffish, like all fuzzes are fuzz, but I mean, I kinda don't see the muff...
Its like a 60's fuzz tone surf, shit, for hepcats dig?

yeah, I'mma gonna record some fuzz tones for y'all. in the mean time dig these demo sounds:

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