I am sure we have all had that one effect or style of fuzz that we avoided because we had the wrong impression of how it sounded. or you didn't want to be "one of those guys that plays Pedal A or Pedal B." ....Until you tried that pedal and were like "whoooooahhhhhh I love this." Well, here is a thread to share you stories and possibly OPEN SOME MINDS.
Today I received a package from good ole chuckjaywalk that had three pedals in it, one of them being an old germanium Tone Reaper in a larger enclosure. For the past few years I have avoided Tone Bender circuits... I didn't really dig any demos or recordings I had heard of Tone Benders. I just associated it with like Jimmy Page and people that don't like fuzz, but they needed one on their board for that one song their band does. But this tone reaper is in a bigger box, and it is all germanium so I was like, yeah lets try it. Bigger Box = More Fun.
I WAS A FOOL.
Tone Benders, or at least this particular bender rules hard. Super fuzzy, yet overdrivey, and it has chord clarity... so good. For my gigging board I was switching between my Acid Pig and Holowon Furr Fuzz for a soft and hazy distortion sound. Furr Fuzz was too fuzzy, and the Acid Pig didn't have enough thump for when I needed to palm mute. The Tone Reaper just nails it. Complex chords, palm muting, general riffage, it just fits. ESPECIALLY through the Monarch.
So what pedals have carried you over to the dark side?
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:18 pm
by 12XU2A3X3
non-muff silicon fuzzes.
i didn't understand. I DIDNT. then i found japanese circuits.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:25 pm
by skullservant
I was apprehensive about the MK1 circuit. But then I built one and jammed it and it ruled. Which is funny cause I adore the Tone Reaper.
I avoided flange for the longest time until I realized you could do other stuff with it. I still don't think I'll use it much, but its nice to know it can do other things.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:33 pm
by friendship
When I was a Teen Guitarist I though all the classic 60's fuzz circuits were just for baby boomer music, like you couldn't get heavy sounds with them. Imagine the revelation when I discovered how thoroughly and absolutely wrong I was.
Oh also I never understood the appeal of Phase 90s ("just one knob?!") until I played one.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:52 pm
by 12XU2A3X3
skullservant wrote:I avoided flange for the longest time until I realized you could do other stuff with it. I still don't think I'll use it much, but its nice to know it can do other things.
yuuuup:
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Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:30 pm
by chuckjaywalk
The Goodbye 24 and Fuck Overdrive were so heavily hyped on here that I thought there was no way I could love them as much as everyone else does. I was wrong.
The Fuck is monstrous. It is unyielding and cruel. It is devastating. I didn't know overdrive could be this evil. It is menacing.
The Goodbye 24 with an expression pedal is super delicious.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:38 pm
by Fuzz_Pi
12XU2A3X3 wrote:
skullservant wrote:I avoided flange for the longest time until I realized you could do other stuff with it. I still don't think I'll use it much, but its nice to know it can do other things.
yuuuup:
[youtube][/youtube]
Well thats awesome, what can do that tone?
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:39 pm
by Jwar
Ring mods.
Oh wait. No. I still hate them.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:46 pm
by 12XU2A3X3
Fuzz_Pi wrote:
12XU2A3X3 wrote:
skullservant wrote:I avoided flange for the longest time until I realized you could do other stuff with it. I still don't think I'll use it much, but its nice to know it can do other things.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:08 pm
by TweedBassman
compression.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:26 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
TweedBassman wrote:compression.
Yep. Thought they were dumb and for blooz lawyers to get john mayer toanz. Got one because why not and fuck if it isn't the best clean tone ever.
So I wasn't exactly wrong, I just didn't realise I'm an attorney of toan who loves sparkly cleans.
Also reverbs. I didn't get it, I thought I could do all those things with delay, amps and big rooms. Now I have 3 reverb pedals and want more, because it's the best non-fuzz effect.
Re: I WAS A FOOL: Pedals you avoided but then loved.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:32 pm
by neonblack
12XU2A3X3 wrote:
Fuzz_Pi wrote:
12XU2A3X3 wrote:
skullservant wrote:I avoided flange for the longest time until I realized you could do other stuff with it. I still don't think I'll use it much, but its nice to know it can do other things.
yeah lets try it. Bigger Box = More Fun. 
