Help me pick my next fuzz

[sepherus]

So I'm mostly a lurker. Sorry. I'd spend too much money otherwise

I'm after some new textures and sounds, in a new fuzz pedal.

Of the seemingly endless possible selections I've narrowed it down to a short list of 3 hardly related possibilities. Those 3 pedals are the EQD Terminal, EQD/Park Fuzz Sound, and the Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler. The only one I have the option to play in person is Terminal, and I really dug it. The other 2 I've listened to clips and videos and loved them but that's not quite the same. I'd like to get them all eventually, but I need a starting point.

For an fyi, I play doom, stoner flavored stuff, some acid rock and general noise with my fuzzies with a variety of guitars and amps.

[KaosCill8r]

Meathead dark or clone. They are easy if you are into diy.

[Gone Fission]

Doom, stoner, and acid would have me looking for an Orpheum clone, at least from the germanium model clone I've heard demos of. It's electronically very close to a Fuzzrite with a bit of a mid scoop. To my ear, it should be a real hot ticket in those circles, though I don't think its caught fire yet.

[sepherus]

Kaos, I can't do the diy thing. I can't solder with a darn. The DAM doesn't sound too far off from what my Creepyface will do anyway.

Gone, it sounds pretty nasty, but a touch thinner than I was hoping to go with. I like mids, a lot. I've been known to swallow other guitarists in the mix entirely when they scoop out.

[KaosCill8r]

Maybe a Jordan Bosstone clone might be more your thing.

[sepherus]

So no one thinks any of the 3 I mentioned in the op would be worth getting? I'd already narrowed it down to those 3... I already have a super fuzz cone, Boss FZ2, Creepyface, numerous Muffs, Hovercraft Ionostrofear, Greenhouse Sludgehammer, etc.

Park Fuzz
Frazz Dazzler
EQD Terminal

[KaosCill8r]

Frazz Dazzler would be my pick out of those three, would be more versatile than the other two. Also Dr Scientist is a member of this forum. Check the ILF hosted pedal builders forum and get in contact with him. He is Canadian so you know he's friendly

[D.o.S.]

Yeah I vote for the Frazz 'cause Ryan Scientist is a great dude.

[BoatRich]

Frazz Dazzler or something weird, oscillating, and/or gated would also be really cool to have. (TAFM?)

[Ghost Hip]

I would choose the Frazz Dazzler, as it seems to be the most versatile of the three. The Terminal has its own thing going on though, if you play more lead than rhythm I would go with that.

[goroth]

The frazz can get really brutal, or be pretty low gain. It has stacks of output of you are the "slam the front end of an amp" kinda dude, and a bass trimpot internally so you can go from fairly thin to insanely bassy. The low control is post gain so it doesn't change the fundamental sound of the pedal. It stacks like a champ, particularly with the clean blend. I'm a huge fan and I think it is criminally underrated. Hit up Ryan on his subforum and see if he has a blem somewhere

I have two bosstones and love them, but their eq is very special, kinda honky, and unless you get a modded one the input cap is going to cut too much bass for the sound (I think) you're after.

The other two you mention are very 60s sounding, and I don't think they'll do anything for your sound that you can't get out of the creepy sound and the superfuZz. Not that they're the same at all, but yeah. Frazz.

If the demos on YouTube don't cover what you want let me know what you want to hear and I'll do a demo for ya.

[guitarslinger21]

If you want stonery but 60's, check out the Basic Audio Wildcat.

That thing is nasty and raucous, but very musical. With the gain up, it's JUST zippery enough without getting into biker territory. With the gain down, it does this fabulous anti-sustain that fades into a subtle river of noise. It's my most interesting fuzz ATM that isn't a "noise" pedal per se. It just rocks. It's $160 list price, but you can usually get it discounted when retailers have coupons. I think I got mine for $130 new.

[Gone Fission]

Gone, it [the Orpheum] sounds pretty nasty, but a touch thinner than I was hoping to go with. I like mids, a lot. I've been known to swallow other guitarists in the mix entirely when they scoop out.

Yeah, I'm not big on the mid scoop, but people love Big Muffs so what do I know? Fuzzrite is worth a look, then, though the lack of mid scoop may not make up for the vintage fuzz thinness, though that may be adequately tweakable by the builder. If someone has a well dialed-in build of the germanium version of the Shin-Ei Companion, that circuit has a lot of potential to be something like the big, mean, angry version of a Fuzzrite.

But, yeah, the others are right--look into the sounds people are getting out of the Frazz Dazzler. The clips give me the impression it an do a lot and very well.

[sepherus]

The Frazz is super cool from what I've seen. I love the clean blend and the 2 gain/gate options. I'll have to see if he can put the Bass trim as an external pot. Goroth, could you possibly do something down tuned around c# with singles?

The Basic Audio Wildcat is pretty cool. Idk how I've managed to have the brand allude me. I really like their Zonk. Lol, this is why I lurk, not actively participate. I've felt the strong desire for the new versions of the Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl and Wombtone too. I've never felt inclined to buy a phaser beyond my small stone, and I've never found a chorus I've liked outside professional recordings.

As for Muffs, all mine have mids controls, or tone bypass options except for my of sovtek.

I still have to go check the Team Awesome out, and the Bosstone and Fuzzrite out again. It's been a while. Iirc, I liked the Si Fuzzrite as much or more than the Ge model, which usually isn't the case in traditional fuzziess. I do like the Solid Gold Rosie too though, now that I think about it... That's on the list too, just further down.

[sepherus]

Gone, the EQD Terminal is based on the Companion/Jax fuzz iirc. I think it's Si though. Still a really cool sounding fuzz.