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What kind of fuzz would be good with chords, near an overdrive but with lots of characters (not an open diodes type... kind of grrrr or buzzzzz sounding) with some sustain and lots of low ends. I have that sound in my head, but don’t know what kind of fuzz to look for.

I tried Muff and Fuzzface and that's not what I'm looking for.

Got a video that gets the kind of tone you're looking for?

Noise... wrote:Got a video that gets the kind of tone you're looking for?

I'll try to find one when I'll be home tonight.

Did you try a good germanium fuzz face?
The Sam Ash/Astrotone type fuzz is good for that kind of thing, almost an overdrive. Ronsound and Analogman both do good clones.
Vintage Technologies/Bad Cat Orange Sunshine is also a good one.
Other than that, I'd talk to John Lyons and see what he can build for you.

Arc Flash?

devnulljp wrote:Did you try a good germanium fuzz face?
The Sam Ash/Astrotone type fuzz is good for that kind of thing, almost an overdrive. Ronsound and Analogman both do good clones.
Vintage Technologies/Bad Cat Orange Sunshine is also a good one.
Other than that, I'd talk to John Lyons and see what he can build for you.

Germanium Fuzz Face... I have the Plum Crazy FX Fuzzy Lady (I like it a lot... but that's not the sound I'm looking for)
John Lyons have the Squarewave Deluxe that's almost what I'm looking for in some seeting.
Thanks... I'll Youtube your recommendation tonight.

I want more characters not an overdrive... maybe I should also check Buzzaround?

futuresailors wrote:Arc Flash?

No, that's not it. (thanks for your recommendation).

Try the Algal Bloom or maybe a Sound Shank.

Have you checked out OD's that go into Fuzz territory? I have a Mountainking Ruckus that I love dearly and it does have low end, character and gnarlyness.

Here's a crappy video I did:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNuBjQERLw[/youtube]

SS/BS FuckOD might be another contestant.

Noise... wrote:Got a video that gets the kind of tone you're looking for?

This is a demo of the Basic Audio Squarewave Deluxe: http://www.basicaudio.net/Squarewave-deluxe.mp3
The sound that interest me is around there:

The rest of this demo sound similar to my vintage overdrive (Liquid Gain Hydra).

A fuzz with lots of texture... I don't have any bands or songs in mind at the moment.

Maybe a J Everman Fuzz Drive G2

sylnau wrote: maybe I should also check Buzzaround?

Buzzaround's a lot like a muff, pretty soupy high gain.
Very cool, but doesn't sound like that's what you want.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzzdw5doRdA[/youtube]

Something like this perhaps?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vmLCkLMLQc[/youtube]

StopReferencing wrote:Something like this perhaps?

I sent an email to the builder two or three week ago... never had a reply.
But t sound interesting... I think I prefer the Basic Audio stuff.

checked out Red Llama clones? I have one called the Ben Adrian Bunnydrive that is much like what you describe. Can go from boost to fuzzy and doesn't fall into the trap of being a "pretty" OD. Also, RAT.

Colorsound Overdriver clone?