Best amp for my fuzz, not best fuzz for my amp.

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pothole wrote:
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Buy my mode four. :lol: :grumpy:


May I have a Wrong Side/Uranus >>Mode Four on Eleven clip please? :evil:


I may be able to do that... :p
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I like a little amp breakup with Fuzz Face and Tone Bender types, and a big loud clean amp for Muffs.
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I have a Fender Hot Rod and it takes all my fuzzes well. The lunar module it tits through it, as well as, the tone reaper. A Hot Rod may not be the best amp but is is pretty versatile and most pedals sound great through it,not just fuzz. YMMV.
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htsamurai wrote:oh no, this smells of thisthreadsgonnaturnintoatgpstylefavoriteampfiasco


Irregardless. If your looking for TONE then the only logical choice is a Dumble. Just ask Tag. Tag KNOWS TOAN!
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htsamurai wrote:oh no, this smells of thisthreadsgonnaturnintoatgpstylefavoriteampfiasco


Irregardless. If your looking for TONE then the only logical choice is a Dumble. Just ask Tag. Tag KNOWS TOAN!


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NewarkWilder wrote:never really cared for muff style fuzz going into a dirty amp.



Thts because it sounds like utter shit. I almost always want a clean ass amp, unless Im going for noise only. Then a small amp to overdrive can be kind of fun. The sort of middle ground that is cool sometimes is a fender bassman. But an AC30 is a modified bassman...
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aen wrote:
NewarkWilder wrote:never really cared for muff style fuzz going into a dirty amp.



Thts because it sounds like utter shit. I almost always want a clean ass amp, unless Im going for noise only. Then a small amp to overdrive can be kind of fun. The sort of middle ground that is cool sometimes is a fender bassman. But an AC30 is a modified bassman...


Interesting. I was messing around last night with my AC30...it's a Custom Classic one with the mastervol, tone cut, combined channel options, power/bias options etc. Now I've had quite a few Bassman amps over the years, mostly vintage ones, so I have pretty good handle on their tone and feel..and they did take fuzz pretty well. With that sound in mind..I was able to get that AC30 setup nearly identical to a Bassman. By really messing with the eq and channel volumes, along with the tone cut, I dialed out all that top end sparkle..that whilst very good on it's own adds too much high end when it's hit with a MKI or similar 'Bender. I was surprised at how interactive the eq is on that thing..and it's not a normal eq..it's more of a T pot like the Nature knob on my Pink Purple Fuzz in that it doesn't act like a linear pot at all. So, it's working out very well now...I think the nature of EL84 tubes lends itself to these raspy fuzzes a little more than say a 6L6 based amp..they seem to absorb more of the high end and mellow things out a touch. So, so far so good..AC30 stays..although an AC15 with an EF86 tube would be fun.
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aen wrote:
Thts because it sounds like utter shit.Then a small amp to overdrive can be kind of fun.


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NewarkWilder wrote:
pothole wrote:I think the nature of EL84 tubes lends itself to these raspy fuzzes a little more than say a 6L6 based amp..they seem to absorb more of the high end and mellow things out a touch. So, so far so good..AC30 stays..although an AC15 with an EF86 tube would be fun.


yep! el-34s too. I love 6L6s but they can be pretty brittle/spikey sometimes and when you add a raspy fuzz to that it can get way too sharp and icepicky.

ps--i traded my Vox, I just didn't bond with it like I expected to. But that EF86 in the heritage combo I had was easily the best thing about the amp. beeeeeeeeautiful harmonics :love:


wtf what'd you trade it for?
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