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50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:50 am
by jrmy
Just found this link on Facebook, to an article in The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... oll/71959/"Fifty years ago, a faulty connection in a mixing board gave birth to fuzz, which is a term of art. Although it came to define the sound of rock guitar, fuzz appeared first in neither guitar nor rock, but in the bass solo of country singer Marty Robbins on "Don't Worry." The band and producers debated whether to keep the weird sound or record another take. It stayed, and the song entered the Top 40 in February of 1961 and remained for 12 weeks. In an otherwise sweet and mostly acoustic tune, those incongruous 19 seconds of buzzing presaged decades of distorted guitar to come..."
Happy birthday fuzz! Here's to 50,000 more!
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:50 pm
by theactionindex
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:11 pm
by univalve
thaks for sharing! great story!
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:33 pm
by nad
Sweet, awesome link!
Here's another re: Don't Worry (Fuuzzzzzzzzzzzz That Shit):
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/c ... zz-sp.html
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:46 pm
by theavondon
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:06 pm
by snipelfritz
theavondon wrote:YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:17 pm
by Mudfuzz
jrmy wrote:Just found this link on Facebook, to an article in The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... oll/71959/"Fifty years ago, a faulty connection in a mixing board gave birth to fuzz, which is a term of art. Although it came to define the sound of rock guitar, fuzz appeared first in neither guitar nor rock, but in the bass solo of country singer Marty Robbins on "Don't Worry." The band and producers debated whether to keep the weird sound or record another take. It stayed, and the song entered the Top 40 in February of 1961 and remained for 12 weeks. In an otherwise sweet and mostly acoustic tune, those incongruous 19 seconds of buzzing presaged decades of distorted guitar to come..."
Happy birthday fuzz! Here's to 50,000 more!
See! fuzz is older then fucking roundwounds, SS bass amps and extended range basses therefore is more traditional and practical then all the new fangled shit... wait... that sort'a sucks in a way
or does it?
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:31 pm
by snipelfritz
Mudfuzz wrote:jrmy wrote:Just found this link on Facebook, to an article in The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... oll/71959/"Fifty years ago, a faulty connection in a mixing board gave birth to fuzz, which is a term of art. Although it came to define the sound of rock guitar, fuzz appeared first in neither guitar nor rock, but in the bass solo of country singer Marty Robbins on "Don't Worry." The band and producers debated whether to keep the weird sound or record another take. It stayed, and the song entered the Top 40 in February of 1961 and remained for 12 weeks. In an otherwise sweet and mostly acoustic tune, those incongruous 19 seconds of buzzing presaged decades of distorted guitar to come..."
Happy birthday fuzz! Here's to 50,000 more!
See! fuzz is older then fucking roundwounds, SS bass amps and extended range basses therefore is more traditional and practical then all the new fangled shit... wait... that sort'a sucks in a way
or does it?
Guitar/bass gear is probably the only area where things actually were better in "the good old days." Now, it's just so much more profitable to cater to the 13 year old kids who'll make their parents buy a beginner guitar because it looks bad ass, take 3 months of lessons and then give it up forever.
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:41 pm
by metalmariachi
Great minds think alike.
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=15694MM
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:24 pm
by jrmy
Re: 50 years of fuzz!
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:15 pm
by Noise...
I'm glad to be a part of it.
I think I speak for us all when I say "I <3 Fuzz."
I don't know where I heard the term, but it's catchy.