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identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:55 am
by stripes
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi-S9lrnLZ8[/youtube]
the electric guitar starts at :37

Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:13 am
by coldbrightsunlight
Sounds like Neil Young's normal dirt sound, which is to say "who knows?". Could well just be a cranked tweed Deluxe/some other amp, could be that plus dirt pedals. Durham Electronics make the Crazy Horse which is intended to mimic his tone, but I've never tried one (crazy expensive to mimic someone else's sound!) so I dunno how well they actually manage it.
You might get there with something like a fuzz face/tonebender "vintage-y" fuzz with the gain turned down a bit.
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:28 am
by stripes
yeah i saw that crazy horse pedal.. crazy price. this also sounds like the delay is being run after the fuzz.
just found a schematic for the crazy horse... i think i'll put one together!
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:29 am
by coldbrightsunlight
Awesome! Let me know how it is, his tone is like my favourite sound evar but I can't justify the price and don't have the diy skillz to build one.
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:06 am
by yallerhon
I have owned both the Durham Crazy Horse (as well as a clone of it), and it definitely will get you the tone in that clip.
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:51 am
by zRobertez
Yeah, I was gonna say it sounds like some delay too. And I'm in the Neil Yound is awesome boat too

Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:11 pm
by univalve
Echoplex driving a 5E3
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:11 pm
by Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.
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Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:19 pm
by friendship
Basically he ran his guitar into a voltage-starved tweed with some analog delay (an old MXR I think) and a spring reverb tank.
I was obsessed with that soundtrack too a couple years ago, and bought a Crazy Horse to mimic it. It's the most I've ever spent on a pedal but I haven't regretted it a moment since. I've had it for about 5 years now and it's still my favorite dirt pedal; it's not for everyone, though. It definitely gets the Dead Man sound, and it can actually do a lot more than that.
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:25 pm
by stripes
awesome! i'll let ya'll know how it turns out, and make a demo video
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:12 pm
by rfurtkamp
On the relatively cheaps, something with buckers > MXR Blue Box about 3:00-4:00 on the mix into an analog-voiced echo did it for me, amp either a Jazz Chorus or a Fender Deluxe, reverb set to just be 'on' barely.
I got closer with the Space Echo than with my other stuff but it wasn't hard to nail.
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:23 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
I do my Neil Young impersonations with an Algal Bloom, DOD Octoplus, Upper and these days a RRR. Works pretty well for me because I don't care about getting the exact sound but the feel, but I'm still looking forward to the review because it could be cool to have the Crazy Horse
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:57 pm
by sylnau
I prefer the "Le Noise" area... and beleave it or not, I'm using an AB-Synth 5k for that sound.
SS/BS Hawk was near that sound too.
Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:14 pm
by hiorgos
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Re: identify this fuzz tone!
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:47 am
by Tristan
You guys have way more experience with it than I do (never tried any) but wouldn't the SS/BS Fuck OD or Mini get sounds in this ballpark as well (though it might net get as gainy)?
Great sound, love the Dead Man soundtrack and the film is cool too!
