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Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:13 pm
by hazelwould
I don't have any vintage fuzz right now, but I've had a few that have come and gone. What are you fav's? Post anything and everything related to the topic. I know we've got some pretty educated fuzz heads around here.
Mine was an '85 Whiteface Rat.
I'd love to get that one again. I got it for like $65 at a pawnshop.
I'd like to try a MK I (obviously a clone).
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:47 pm
by Mudfuzz
Superfuzzes!
I has a old Elk Fuzz Wau that is basically a superfuzz, it rocks, I also just love superfuzz variants in general. My main fuzz is a modded clone or a superfuzz markIII by Katana Sound
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:18 pm
by bob the r0bot
I had a nice green muff that I still regret selling. I also regret selling the frazz dazzler I sold to get it.
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:00 am
by devnulljp
Mudfuzz wrote:Superfuzzes!
I has a old Elk Fuzz Wau that is basically a superfuzz, it rocks, I also just love superfuzz variants in general.
Pretty sure that's an Ibanez Standard Fuzz, not a SuperFuzz (although they're related).
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:02 am
by Gunner Recall
I've got a few "vintage correct" fuzzies (a few pigdogs and a handful of jerms) but I this is the only true vintage junk I've got right now:
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:53 am
by hazelwould
bob the r0bot wrote:I had a nice green muff that I still regret selling. I also regret selling the frazz dazzler I sold to get it.
That's a LOT of regret.
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:53 am
by hazelwould
Gunner Recall wrote:I've got a few "vintage correct" fuzzies (a few pigdogs and a handful of jerms) but I this is the only true vintage junk I've got right now:
What's the Buzz like?
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:57 am
by devnulljp
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:02 am
by Gunner Recall
hazelwould wrote:What's the Buzz like?
It's like a different flavor pissed off fz-1a, it also runs on 1 AA like the maestro.
It's a pain in the ass to use though, there's no input jack...the plug is built in.
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:02 am
by devnulljp
67 Tone Bender (SFT337 & SFT363E) & 69 Fuzz Face (BC183L)
and a later (68ish?) black Tone Bender
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:06 am
by devnulljp
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:08 am
by devnulljp
Roland BeeBaa and Fuzz Master FM2
Pissed off Japanese fuzz
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:09 am
by Mudfuzz
devnulljp wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:Superfuzzes!
I has a old Elk Fuzz Wau that is basically a superfuzz, it rocks, I also just love superfuzz variants in general.
Pretty sure that's an Ibanez Standard Fuzz, not a SuperFuzz (although they're related).
devnulljp wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:Ok In: Elk Wau Fuzz.
Initial thoughts: holy cunking frap! This thing is sick! Sick I say!
Ok first what does it sound like? This is a question I have been wondering about for a few years and why I finally just got up and got one.
It sounds like a supperfuzz.
...
The down side for picky, whiny prima donnas that miss out on great tones due to them being whiny prima donnas:
Battery only [hey it's from the 70's]
It is big [hey it's from the 70's]
It is not true-bypass [hey it's from the 70's]
The treadle doesn't stay where you leave it [I'm going to fix this]
The fuzz in those is very similar to a Superfuzz, only somehting like a diode or two out of place between the two. They sound great. The wah, not so much -- I never did like those 70s Japanese transformer wahs.
But, stock, it should be true bypass -- all the old Ibanez stuff was. Check the switch again. Way ahead of their time. The treadle's a pretty easy fix -- I thnk there's a strap under there and a screw -- tighten that and you're golden.
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:10 am
by devnulljp
Foxey Ladies
Re: Vintage Fuzz Lounge
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:20 am
by hazelwould
Those foxy ladies look great.
The buzz sounds cool
