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Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:50 pm
by casecandy
waltdogg wrote:
They removed the clean boost. WTF.
Yeah, I don't know where they got off with that! A lot of players love that mode.
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:16 pm
by Iommic Pope
casecandy wrote:D.o.S. wrote:It's electric wizard in a box.
What D.o.S. said.
I love it and it never leaves my board.
Cheap, too.
Basically if you're looking for sonic oblivion it's a great.
If you don't like it, it's usually because it was too much for your sound.
Chords do not play nice, they just come out like giant distorted bass blobs.
For very simple powerchords it's Electric Wizard in a box, yeah.
Like listen to "Funeralopolis" and that's what you're gonna get.
Dude I turned on the radio yesterday, Sabb's Into the Void was finishing, the Wizard was straight after it. Reminded me that if you fuzz and do so heavily, you need one.
waltdogg wrote:
They removed the clean boost. WTF.
Yeah what?
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:18 pm
by fcknoise
This thread confirms that this is the year I'll get an FZ-2
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:25 pm
by Faldoe
I haven't had tones of fuzz pedals but I've had my fair share and its one of the few I found that sounds good both at home at lower volumes but also with a loud amp. I often found fuzzes to sound great at home and then not be as good loud. FZ-2 sounds really good through a cranked amp.
The boost is harass and I was doing a lot of A/B of my clean channel with the fz-2 boost versus my gain channels. Fz-2 push an amp beautifully.
Fuzz Mode 1 is my favorite
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:59 pm
by Jero
But guys it has clean blend! And foot switchable 1/2 mode!
No, I thought it was odd too :shrug:
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:10 pm
by ThurberMingus
I know a lot of people who are really into Abominal, but when they referred to germ diodes (assuming 1N34As) as "Klon Diodes" they completely lost me.
The kicker is that they are using Klon in comparison to a Hyper Fuzz. What the fuck.
2016 is the year my ILF-elitism hits full effect.
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:41 am
by Iommic Pope
It's not elitism dude, it's just being informed.
That's a stupid thing to say and a stupid comparison to make.
I would bank my house on the fact that the overlap between the demographics "klon" lovers and "FZ2 lovers" is probably just Chank.
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:40 am
by Jero
Iommic Pope wrote:It's not elitism dude, it's just being informed.
That's a stupid thing to say and a stupid comparison to make.
I would bank my house on the fact that the overlap between the demographics "klon" lovers and "FZ2 lovers" is probably just Chank.
Agreed
And that last bit

Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:27 am
by ThurberMingus
I like the FZ-2 and I've been using my DIY Klone since I boxed it up. I mean I but I for kicks, and wound up loving it. That buffer is actually awesome. I am the person that they might be trying to appeal to, and now I just hate that company. I mean what's wrong with just saying "selectable silicon or germanium diodes". I mean, that sounds cool, more features, more options, yeah! Vs "insane murder fuzz mode or Klon mode". It's the strangest use of a buzzword I've seen in a pedal description.
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:26 am
by casecandy
If you were a real fuckboy you could sell a bunch of Klones to blues lawyers but secretly replace the guts with FZ-2 guts before you ship them
"Well, this isn't dynamic and transparent at all! Hm... HONEY, I THINK I'VE GONE STONER!"
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:34 am
by braaandooon
I just joined the klon club, picked up an ARC Klone. Needed somthing to push my Rat. Also own two FZ-2's that I love. I'm digging the klone with bass boost into some of my nastier fuzzes. Can also add me to the few and the proud Klon+FZ-2 abuser list, although I don't necessarily like stacking the two.
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:08 am
by ThurberMingus
Don't you wish you could change your FZ-2's diodes to make it sound like a Klon?
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:29 am
by pelliott
casecandy wrote:If you were a real fuckboy you could sell a bunch of Klones to blues lawyers but secretly replace the guts with FZ-2 guts before you ship them
"Well, this isn't dynamic and transparent at all! Hm... HONEY, I THINK I'VE GONE STONER!"
"I didn't have time before my gig to test it out so when I got to church I just set the knobs and once I turned it on the first time there wasn't a dry vagina in the house"
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:29 pm
by Faldoe
An FZ-2 thread turning into a Klon thread.
Re: Educate me on the Boss FZ-2
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:04 pm
by Pepe
ThurberMingus wrote:Don't you wish you could change your FZ-2's diodes to make it sound like a Klon?
Heaven forbid!
