I've been recently chasing the Superfuzz dream and with no hope of owning the big orange and blue pedal of dreams I'm looking to clones and rebranded vintage pedals as options.
My safety net if all else fails is to get a Fredric Effect Super Unfriendly Companion
But I did some research (and please correct me if I'm wrong) but the Ibanez Wau Wau fuzz is a Superfuzz clone which is the same as the Ibanez standard fuzz which the Verellon Big Spider is a clone of?
So I'm wondering if the above is true because Wau Wau Fuzzs can be had quite cheap over here and I'd rather have vintage than boutique clone
I have the Fredric Effects clone. It's awesome if you want a Superfuzz. Can't really go wrong with it, plus it has the option of using the Shin Ei Companion circuit too. All win.
shin-ei designed the circuit and licensed it to alot of other companies as you see aware. the cheapest route is to find a wah/superfuzz combo as they are cheaper than just getting the superfuzz. i own the shin-ei fy-6, original superfuzz and it sounds better than anything else i've tried superfuzz wise. check effectsdatabase for shin-ei fy-6 and you'll find every licensed model that they have in the database...a lot. i know the alex wah/fuzz pops up alot.
i THINK that the wau wau is actually the ibanez standard fuzz in a wah/fuzz package.
I've got the Ibanez Standard Fuzz and it sounds pretty different to the Superfuzz to me, although the circuit is the same except for the JFET I think.
The old Shin-ei 8TR fuzz wah is an FY6 superfuzz plus a uniwah and from what I've read, heard and having owned 5 of them, it's the same circuit as the Superfuzz.
I have an 8TR fuzz wah for sale. If you're interested PM me.
My superfuzz clone has been my one only fuzz for years now... I really need to start thinking about a replacement/plan b for the day when it inevitably fails. Anyway opening the thing up I see 5 transistors, that makes it an Ibanez Standard Fuzz clone correct?
Fuzz_Pi wrote:My superfuzz clone has been my one only fuzz for years now... I really need to start thinking about a replacement/plan b for the day when it inevitably fails. Anyway opening the thing up I see 5 transistors, that makes it an Ibanez Standard Fuzz clone correct?
That depends on what the transistors are. Why would it "fail"? I could see mechanical failure (pedal hardware or wiring), electro caps going south (after 20 years or so), or maybe even a solder joint or two needing to be retouched. At the end of the day, nothing there that can't be kept in check to keep your fav fuzz front and center.
Personally, I built myself one using transistor arrays, and I love it. I think a Superfuzz should be a pedalboard staple.
digi2t wrote:
Personally, I built myself one using transistor arrays, and I love it. I think a Superfuzz should be a pedalboard staple.
I've thought of doing an array Super Fuzz but transistors are so much cheaper than an array. Any payoff to using the array? Is the matching for the octave section tons easier?
D.o.S. wrote:Broadly speaking, if we at ILF are dropping 300 bucks on a pedal it probably sounds like an SNES holocaust.
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UglyCasanova wrote:brb gonna slap my dick on my stomp boxes
digi2t wrote:
Personally, I built myself one using transistor arrays, and I love it. I think a Superfuzz should be a pedalboard staple.
I've thought of doing an array Super Fuzz but transistors are so much cheaper than an array. Any payoff to using the array? Is the matching for the octave section tons easier?
Payoffs? None that proper transistor matching can't deliver. I did find that insofar as the octave section is concerned, having matched transistors, in the same substrate, gives the octave a slightly cleaner quality. Using a trimmer as well, I found that on a scope I could really fine tune the section. We're not talking Foxx Tone Machine here, but better than even some original units that I've listened to. Besides, with a trimmer, you can adjust the octave to your taste. The array is a bit more expensive (I can get them for $2.29 a piece), but I hadn't seen it done before, that's why I tried it. In the end, I'm very satisfied with the result.
