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Here is a recording with these both fuzzes! I also thought of the bass guys and played the bass through the Santa Muerte.


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Monolith Kings Head and Santa Muerte Fuzz Demo. Right Channel Santa Muerte, Left Channel Kings Head
Guitar: Jazzmaster with Lollar Pickups. All guitar sounds are only the neck pickup.
Amp: 3 Monkeys Sock Monkey with 12" Greenback
Mic: 121
At 0:30 starting picking (low gain setting ~9 o'clock) and Solo Lines (gain dimed) with the Santa Muerte.
At 1:06 starting picking (low gain setting ~9 o'clock) and Solo Lines (gain dimed) with the Kings Head.
Bass: Mustang w/TV Jones into Santa Muerte (low gain setting ~9 o'clock) into Meatsmoke Preamp direct into Preamp.

Sounds good man!

hazelwould wrote:Sounds good man!

It's the 121 makin it sound so good... You could fart into those it would sound incredible...

Wow, nice sounds... nice song!

Thanks guys.
The idea was inspired by the Santa Muerte.
121: to me that mic sounds recorded like i hear it in the room / live. Shit still Sounds like shit with it though.

Awesome! Cool song, the pedals sound really great.

SWEET SOUNDING

I love those aesthetics.

Also, this is a tasty jam. Univalve, you make the tasty.

Sounds great univalve! I keep hearing about the 121, must check it out!

I'm TOTALLY digging the King's Head, finally got some time to dig into it a bit. Santa Muerte should be here today, Oracle later this week. Good times lay ahead along with a devastated gear budget.


EDIT: OUCH, just looked up that mic. Royer-121 is it? Almost $1300......

Holy Schnikes wrote:EDIT: OUCH, just looked up that mic. Royer-121 is it? Almost $1300......

^this


apart from that - awesome sounds, buddy.
Did you try the peds I sent you?

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hiorgos wrote:Amazing! Thanks for the clip.

They sound pretty similar, don't they? How do you like the King's Head? Tempted on that one...

They do sound similar in uni's clip but they sound totally different side by side, sorta like opposites of one another. Think I may prefer the Santa Muerte which surprised me, figured I'd be all about the King's Head. Don't get me wrong, both are incredible, just liking the the SM a bit more outta the gates.

The King's Head is super thick and smooth with TONS of midrange in the voicing. At lower gain settings it's fantastic for rhythm playing or beefing up single leads lines. As gain increases, it tends to get even thicker and offer up tons of sustain while maintaining that midrange voice, nothing over the top in terms of highs or lows. Stays nice and tight tho, no flab, sounds fantastic. The hi-cut switch is useless with my amps/guitars, sounds far better on the normal setting.

The Santa Muerte is a unique sounding beast, far more focused and present with obvious lows and highs as opposed to the all midrange voice. At the lowest gain settings, it gets raspy and sputtery, sorta like the broken speaker sound on a standard Fuck OD, really cool and useable sounds. As you go increasing gain, it gets more focused, has more low end, and gives you a great sustaining lead tone with fantastic decay. It sounds really punchy with my setup, very dynamic and clear cutting right through the heaviness it's dishing out. It can excel at rhythm or searing lead lines, just voiced really, really well.

Both are incredible and the way Mike at Monolith describes them as "sister fuzzes" is pretty much right on. They compliment one another so well and both excel at completely different things, sonically speaking. As for finish, WOW, they're both GORGEOUS and the guts are something to see. Old school component goodness just crammed in that little enclosure, don't own many fuzzes myself that utilize the whole NOS component thing. I like it.

those sound rad!

Thanks for The comments, gents. Schnikes Summed it up Perfect. I still encourage to use The left/right side Balance pf the demo. That's why i did it that Way... They do sound very different - but it is still me playing The same guitar and amp (and Riff in this Case). The kh sucks in my Track with The Chord picking. I left it like this. This is an outcome on The downside of The usage.
I prefered The sm over The kh by The descriptions. But kh Works in most of The applications perfect. More character --> sm; more Smart --> kh.

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