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So I play in a "avant-rock" kind of band, instrumental while trying to avoid GSYBE/Mogwai cliches, and we usually play LOUD - our drummer is insane, you see. Anyway, the guys in my band were complaining (or were they??) when I was playing w/ fuzz pedals I literally disappeared into the mix, when I'm playing without I can hear myself and when when a fuzz comes into the mix it's just gone...... I'm playing a SG into a dyna comp clone into a Op Amp Muff and a homemade Fuzz face clone, then going into modulation into a JCM 900 100w half stack. My compressor is always on, and is before the fuzz. Plus I can usually hear my bass player who uses a smaller amp and our other dude who plays whatever he brings with him into the PA - so the drummer and I are usually packing the most power behind us......

Anyway, I usually have the EQ on the amp pretty much at noon except the mids and treble backed off a little bit, the guitar volume pretty low and when we're not playing as a group and I use a fuzz it sounds way louder than without..... just wondering if there are any that I'm not picking up on.......

I also occasionally use an old MXR Distortion+ and that seems to have a lot more clarity and I'm thinking maybe OD is more my speed......

I used to get lost in the mix all the time, especially with muff types - Mayo, Zero, Blackout Dual, etc. Tonebender Mk1.5 would get lost as well. In all cases, kicking in a boost or EQ after the fuzz helped a LOT.

If I didn't want to add an extra pedal, I'd use a Buzzaround instead of a muff - similar boom (sort of), did not disappear.

StopReferencing wrote: In all cases, kicking in a boost or EQ after the fuzz helped a LOT.

This is my solution too. I use a Cleanness (boost/3 band eq) or some sort of OD (Monarch or Fuck) after most fuzz to boost/eq the shit out of it if things start getting lost. I find it gives me way more control and available volume than running it pre-fuzz/dirt.

Yeah, it seems like already-lowered mids + muff= no mids...

Achtane wrote:Yeah, it seems like already-lowered mids + muff= no mids...

Thissssss.

I'm gonna have to jump on the bandwagon and suggest an EQ or perhaps an boost/od post-muff to rectify the situation.

If you dig on the muffs, maybe try the Blackout Effectors Musket? Seems like the mids & focus control could really do wonders for cutting through the proverbial mix.

might need to turn your mids and treble up a bit

Ironbird13 wrote:might need to turn your mids and treble up a bit

simplest fix, suprised nobody/OP didn't think of that first

IC Muff is now famously the Siamese Dream fuzz sound and as famously didn't work on stage because of scooped mids.

Definitely want to build a Buzzaround the more I hear about it.

Ironbird13 wrote:might need to turn your mids and treble up a bit

Seems like maybe this wouldn't fix the disparity between the clean and effected perceived-volumes.

StopReferencing wrote:

Ironbird13 wrote:might need to turn your mids and treble up a bit

Seems like maybe this wouldn't fix the disparity between the clean and effected perceived-volumes.

its surprising how much more "cut" you get with more mids (and im an oldskool Metalhead that likes scooped mids )

Mids are your friend. I use my Monarch OD mainly as a boost pedal for my Bluebeard.

I recommend if your looking at fuzzy distortion, to look at the Pro Co Rat's.

Crank those mids, get a rat.

generally speaking, the better the tone sounds on your own, the worse it sounds with the band.

D.o.S. wrote:generally speaking, the better the tone sounds on your own, the worse it sounds with the band.

I HATE HATE HATE how true this is at times.