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What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 3:22 pm
by richiedaggers
I always loved his tone on the GI album. He never had a steady rig during the Germs, but the Lexicon Devil book makes reference to him being particular about his guitar sound in the studio and a troublesome "distortion unit" he owned - figured this might be it. Any ideas? Pic is from 1977. A maestro or something?
Re: What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 3:26 pm
by Chankgeez
Yeah, Maestro. Looks like a Fuzztain.
Re: What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:41 pm
by terminator
Chankgeez wrote:Yeah, Maestro. Looks like a Fuzztain.
and they can be troublesome. the whole body of the pedal is the footswitch.
Re: What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:43 pm
by Ugly Nora
Germs rule. Just remember a lot of his tone was in his fingers.
Re: What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 5:01 pm
by Chankgeez
terminator wrote:Chankgeez wrote:Yeah, Maestro. Looks like a Fuzztain.
and they can be troublesome. the whole body of the pedal is the footswitch.
I'm pretty sure it uses a normal switch, just in an abnormal way. The switch is inside the body of the pedal and mounted up side down. So, when you step on the pedal the switch presses against the bottom of it. I think it's cool, but, yeah, not a simple application.
Re: What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:39 pm
by Blackened Soul
Ugly Nora wrote: Just remember a lot of his tone was in his fingers.
the problem with that is it isn't very easy to tape severed fingers to your fingers.
Re: What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:41 pm
by Chankgeez
Yeah, that's why Tony Levin uses these:
Re: What fuzz is Pat Smear using in this Germs era pic?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:53 pm
by Ugly Nora
Actually, I think you'd be surprised how easy it is.