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A bit of a twist on an old thread i found sifting through old posts, "your first fuzz?"

Anyway

I started out with this



Then i got this



and now i'm getting this



I claim no ownership of the images above. They were all stolen.

Let's see if I can remember..

I started out with a Russian big muff, then got a fuzz factory, then a torns peaker, then a hoof, then a sound shank, then a pedal called the logic fuzz built by culturejam, then a foxx tone machine clone, then a skreddy supa tone, and now I'm building an IC muff and I just bought a Hyperion.

Sooo nothing compared to some of the freaks here but I couldn't handle much more.

1- Blackout Effectors, Fix'd Fuzz (sold it)
2- Plum Crazy FX, Fuzzy Lady
3- Mad Professor, Fire Red Fuzz (sold it)
4- Blackout Effectors, Musket V2 (sold it)
5- 3Xfx, V1 Buzz Bomb (traded it)
6- Fairfield Circuitry, Four Eyes
7- FuzzHugger(fx), AB-Synth 5k

At the moment I have 2, 6 and 7.

Oh god lets see how good my memory is. Ones with a * are the ones I currently have.

Devi Ever: Godzilla, Shoegazer, Aenima, Torns Peaker, TBD, Test Pattern 3*, TBGD (this had ND, 33, DB, VFM, and GZ separate), War Horse, Ruiner
Dr. Scientist: Frazz Dazzler (original and current version*)
Dwarfcraft Devices: Shiva*, Baby Thundaa*, TGD, Hax
SS/BS: Blargg-o-tron-o-tron*, Year 4545*
McSpunkle Effects: Original Gnomeratron, Midpoint Gnomeratron*, Current Mini Gnomeratron*
Zvex: Fuzz Factory x2
Fuzzhugger: Algal Bloom (twice), Velcroscliator, Snowdrift
Mellowtone: Melx2*, Wolf Computer
Deep Trip: BOG
Blackout Effectors: Twosome
Skreddy: Screwdriver DLX

I think that's it...there may be more I dunno

I think this is all of the dirt I have owned in chronological order. * = the ones I still have.

Hardwire OD
Aenima*
Dark Boost
Dark Ruby (Would like one of these again)
Hoof
Disaster Fuzz
Legend of Fuzz*
Dirt Transmitter
Eau Claire Thunder*
Pharaoh
Fuck*

Oh I didn't include dirt just fuzz :__

Oh man, this is going to be absurdly long, and hard to remember the exact order:

Dano French Toast
USA Big Muff
Little Big Muff
Black Russian Big Muff
Proco Turbo Rat
Devi Ever Bit, Devi Ever Aenima, etc (every single Devi artifact that existed in 2008-09)
Mid-Fi Glitch Computer
EHX Germanium OD
Fuzzhugger AB-Synth
Mellowtone Wolf Computer, Mellowtone Melx2
Devi Improbability Drive, Devi dual customer Hype/Ae
TheSyle Umiom, Landmine LD-1, Boss MZ-2 (my metal distortion phase)
SS/BS TAFM (on loan)
Blackout Musket, Devi Ever Bass Fuzz (my lineup for a solid year)
Copilot Orbit, Tone Machine clone, IC Muff clone (current lineup)

I know I'm forgetting a bunch

Ownership in relative order:
-Bass BMP
-Mid-Fi Clarinot
-Mountainking Electronics FreqLSD (w/extra EXP controls)
-Melx Fuzz 2
-Effector 13 Improbability Drive
-Rockness Monster Flash Fuzz
-Earthquaker Devices Dream Crusher


Things I've tried in tourboxes:
-Fuzzhugger Velcrossilator
-Fuzzhugger Chalice
-Fuzzhugger Phantom Octave
-Fuzzhugger Arc Flash Oscillator
-Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine
-Smallsound/Bigsound Year 4545
-Mellowtone Wolf Computer
-Mid-Fi Glitch Computer
-Proco RAT (not sure which model)

I know I'm missing a few probably, but shit, I've tried a decent number of fuzz boxes, and I've barely scratched the surface of all the fuzz out there. It's a fuzzy world out there.

Sheesh-yeah,challenging. BUT here goes:
1. OG IC Big Muff
2. Green Russian Muff
3.Dano French Toast
4. MXR Blue Box
5. NYC Muff
6. Guyatone TZ2
7. Little Big Muff
8. Blue Box again
9. Vexter Fuzz Factory
10. Foxx Tone Machine reissue
11. Fuzz Face again
12. Blue Box again
13. Devi Disaster Fuzz
14. Devi US
15. Devi SM
16. Devi Bit
17. Fuzzhugger Phantom Octave
18. Fuzzhugger Velcroar
19. Mellowtone Mini Wolf CPU
20. Devi SM again
21. Devi US again
23. Devi OK
24. Devi Ruiner
25. Devi NFGZ
26. Devi Bit Mangler modded by my pal Stanimal
27. Fuzzhugger Velcroar Oscillator,now owned by MLC
28. Fuzzhugger Phantom Arcade(quasi-proto)
29. Devi SM(AGAIN)
30. Modded DE Bit
31. DE NFGZ once more
32. E13 GZ
33. Fuzzhugger Velcroar
34.Fuzzhugger Absynth
35. Fuzzhugger Phantom Octave again
36. Fuzzhugger Pipe Amp
37. Dunlop Fuzz Face yet again
38. 3xFx Buzz bomb
lol,I think that covers it

Let's see if I can do this off the top of my head...

Fuzzhugger Arc Flash
Dwarfcraft Shiva
Devi Ever Shoegazer
Tr(EYE)angle Muff
EQD Tone Reaper V1
Mellowtone Melx2
EQD Dream Crusher*
DBA Interstellar Overdriver Supreme
EQD Tone Reaper V2
Fuzzhugger Phantom Octave
Devi Ever SM
Fuzzhugger AB-Synth*
EQD Hoof Reaper
EQD Sound Shank
Fuzzhugger Algal Bloom*

I'll have to double check with old pedalboard photos and things, but I think this is the comprehensive chronological list.

Devi Shoe Gazer
Bass Big Muff
uhh...shit..
Verellen Big Spider
Fuzzhugger Arc Flash
GGG Big Muff
TAFM
Devi Ruiner

I KNOW I'm missing a few. Right now I just have the TAFM, Ruiner and Arc Flash. Working on getting a Big Spider again.

Just fuzz:

Dunlop's Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face

Russian Big Muff (black)

Earthbound Supercollider

Fuzzrocious Grey 'Stache.

HOKAY.

Tried to get it as accurate as possible.

-DOD Flashback Fuzz
-NYC BMP
-Dwafcraft TGD
-FuzzHugger AB-Synth
-FuzzHugger Phantom Octave
-SS/BS TAFM
-DBA Fuzz War
-Blackarts Pharaoh
-Earthbound Audio SuperCollider
-SS/BS Year 4545
-SS/BS Blargg-O-Tron-O-Tron
-McSpunkle Gnomeratron VTF
-Dwarfcraft Shiva
-Effector 13 SM
-Dwarfcraft Hair of the Dog
-Devi Ever White Spider
-EQD Dirt Transmitter
-Mid-Fi Glitch Computer
-Blackout Effectors Fix'd Fuzz
-Dwarfcraft HAX (It has some fuzzy tendencies )

I keep a google docs spreadsheet to keep track of things.
Italics for things I no longer have.

Boss OS-2 - got in high school and was my only gain pedal for many years.
Then, I discovered forums...
Marshall Jackhammer - 2005
Spencer Amps Subzombie - 2007
Electro Harmonix Double Muff - 2007
Experimentalists Anonymous Parallel Universe - 2008
Way Huge Fat Sandwich - 2009
Devi Ever Twin - GZ Noise Floor into a Hyperion - 2009
Crowther Prunes and Custard - 2010
Dwarfcraft Secret Destroyer - 2010
Mellowtone Singing Tree 3-knob - 2010
Mellowtone Melx2 - 2010
Fuzzhugger Ab-Synth Dream - 2010
Frederic Electronics Harmonic Percolator - 2010
Lovepedal Eternity Burst - 2010
Secret Seasons Snowdrift - 2010
Clone - Big Cheese - 2010
Blackout Musket - 2010
Clone - Red Llama - 2010
Smallsound/Bigsound Blargg-o-tron-o-tron - 2011
Dwarfcraft Shiva/Thundaa - 2011
Smallsound/Bigsound Fuck OD - 2011
Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine - 2011
Devi Ever OK - 2011

Lots...but I'll give you something different.
The (incomplete) history of the tonebender, as told by last weeks fuzz haul.
I went on something of a bender (:rimshot:)

MKI Tone Bender:
(CLICK TO ENLARGE)
(THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID)



The big daddy. A nasty with a very odd/unpredictable sustain/decay.
Poor picture, the gold looks all washed out...but it looks cool up close with the retro folded enclosure.



Fuzz Face (si):




...but wait, why is a fuzz face in here? Well in 1966 a slimmed down 2 transistor circuit now referred to as the "Tone Bender MK1.5" began to appear.
That same year, Arbiter mysteriously came out with nearly the same exact pedal, which they dubbed the Fuzz Face. After a short time using pnp ge bits, these new fangled more reliable silicon transistors began to catch on, and ge transistors were dropped in favor of silicon...which brings us to the silicon fuzz face shown here. So yeah.



Professional MKII Tone Bender:




You know what this is. Get the led out.
According to one Steve Williams, this particular fuzz is as close a replica of a long board proMKII as he's ever been able to produce.



Tone Bender MKIII:



The 3 stands for the addition of a 3rd knob. Well not really...but they did add a tone control to the TB for this version.
Not as unruly as it's forefathers, they kinda smoothed things out. You can start to hear the beginnings of a muff as far as saturation goes.



Dizzy Tone:




The distant cousin who wants to get down and dirty. Never mind that she looks just like your mom.
The Elka Dizzy Tone. Cousin to the buzzaround....which happens to be cousin to the Tone Bender MKIII ( )
Like the buzzaround, these babies have the most gain you'll ever pump out of a germanium fuzz. It can go from paper thin razor fuzz to full on muffy. Yum.