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How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:50 pm
by Ro_S
Just did a count and realised I now have over thirty fuzz pedals.
How many fuzz pedals is too many?
And if I have over 30, which fuzz pedals 'should' I definitely have, do people think? What are the 'essential' fuzz pedals so to speak?
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:53 pm
by Deltaphoenix
All of them.
What is essential is what you like.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:56 pm
by sylnau
That's a personal question... how many can you afford?
I had to sell a few lately, but if I can, I would keep them all.
Fuzz pedal are like condoms, you never know when you'll need them.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:03 pm
by Holy Schnikes
sylnau speaks truth. Nobody can give you a definitive answer to this inquiry because there isn't one.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:04 pm
by Achtane
sylnau wrote:Fuzz pedal are like condoms, ALWAYS ON, ALWAYS READY.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:34 pm
by MEC
sylnau wrote:Fuzz pedal are like condoms, HARD TO GET YOUR DICK IN AND FULL OF GOOP.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:45 pm
by kbit
MEC wrote:sylnau wrote:Fuzz pedal are like condoms, HARD TO GET YOUR DICK IN AND FULL OF GOOP.
Like others have said, it depends on your tastes.
I'd like to have a couple different flavors:
1. big / thick / lots of lows
2. trashy / dis-harmonic - octave up is a plus here
3. something in between the above / something biting and definitive without being too over the top
4. gated / textural / weird
If you've never tried a Tone Machine, do it.
It can cover 2 & 3 above quite well.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:54 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
sylnau wrote:I had to sell a few lately, but if I can, I would keep them all.
For me this is the definitive answer. If I could afford it I'd still have every fuzz I've ever owned because they all have something unique going on!
As it is, I pretty much have categories that need to be filled:
1. "classic" not-that-high-gain fuzz, like a FF or something
2. distortion-y, like muff/rat/something that works well enough for metal soundz
3. Gated is fun but non-essential
4. OCTAVES.
5. Oscillation
I like to keep more than that around when I can afford it and these days a feedback loop paired with anything takes the place of a fuzz that oscillates itself, but these are the basic flavours I like to have available.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:59 pm
by friendship
sylnau wrote:Fuzz pedal are like condoms, THEY ARE A SIN AND AN AFFRONT TO CHRIST.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:27 pm
by univalve
friendship wrote:sylnau wrote:Fuzz pedal are like condoms, THEY ARE A SIN AND AN AFFRONT TO CHRIST.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:27 pm
by ryan summit
if theres ones you dont like
and dont get used
but are collectors items
getem to someone thatll fall in love
you could change someones life
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:41 pm
by zRobertez
I only have one actual fuzz pedal...
I only keep what's on the board though and can't really have extra "money" lying around. But I do love that one!
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:46 pm
by Jero
kbithecrowing wrote:1. big / thick / lots of lows
2. trashy / dis-harmonic - octave up is a plus here
3. something in between the above / something biting and definitive without being too over the top
4. gated / textural / weird
If you've never tried a Tone Machine, do it.
It can cover 2 & 3 above quite well.
I think it can cover the first
three pretty well. The octave also works pretty well up the entire fretboard.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:53 pm
by theavondon
univalve wrote:friendship wrote:sylnau wrote:Fuzz pedal are like condoms, I TYPICALLY HAVE THREE OR FOUR ON AT THE SAME TIME.
Re: How many fuzz pedals is too many? / & 'essential' fuzzes
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 9:43 pm
by hbombgraphics
too many doesn't exist
as far as essentials I guess it depends on preference
but I think you need
Muff
Face
Bender
Something glitchy
something that oscillates
I guess what you can afford without going into debt and what you need to make the music that you can hear in your head