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So i know we have lots of Bass Fuzz dudes on this forum, and thats great, because i need some of that.

So as far as bass fuzz in metal i've got it.

The Fuzz face Just won't do. The Big Muff Is too much.

I need a really creamy, thick fuzz, with nasty low end, that does not have a bite like the muff does. It needs to sit well in the mix of my shoegaze band. I've tried all of my fuzz pedals, and they just don't cut it. I'm thinking a tube amp cranked plus a nice fuzzy wall. sort of thing, not super abrasive but thick and loud and yeh.

CAN YOU HELP ME PLZ?!

i wish i had my brothers super huge bass fuzz

Supercollider~ mid switch off, tone at 0, depth and volume dimed, gain at 4.

try a bright fuzz into a dark low-gain. the nex combo Im going to try out is hype or TP into SFT

Wizard wrote:So i know we have lots of Bass Fuzz dudes on this forum, and thats great, because i need some of that.

So as far as bass fuzz in metal i've got it.

The Fuzz face Just won't do. The Big Muff Is too much.

I need a really creamy, thick fuzz, with nasty low end, that does not have a bite like the muff does. It needs to sit well in the mix of my shoegaze band. I've tried all of my fuzz pedals, and they just don't cut it. I'm thinking a tube amp cranked plus a nice fuzzy wall. sort of thing, not super abrasive but thick and loud and yeh.

CAN YOU HELP ME PLZ?!

i wish i had my brothers super huge bass fuzz

One thing you could try is testing all of the pedals you've tried already, but run your bass through an EQ first and then into the fuzzes. I've noticed that a lot of fuzzes like to latch on to the treble ranges on bass (fret noise, anything more than jazz plucking) and end up sounding like hollow and overly dirty crap. Find a fuzz that already has very little high end and then cut as much treble and upper mids as you can, even to the point of switching out the input caps on the fuzz.

I have a little Bazz Fuss that has 2 cascaded stages, with the 2 input caps being 1uF, and the output cap a .47uF (both are sub-mini electros). With the gain set at 12-2 o' clock, it sounds pretty nice and creamy. Maxed out, though, it still sounds like a trebly mess, even with caps that big.

I'd just start with major treble cuts and see what happens from there.

Try out a Malekko B:Ass Master. Really nice. The germanium one fucking rules!

B:assmaster and Ch-ch-ch-cherry Pop are my two main bass fuzzes. If I had to choose my desert island gear, they would be IT in terms of fuzz. They can both have tons of low end, and lots of character. I think that for shoegaze, I would opt for the Cherry Pop over the B:assmaster, but only by a slight margin. The CP fuzz is just so sweet, and the lows can get so amazingly gooey. If you can find one, grab it! That said, the B:assmaster has lots of tonal options, so you can definitely dial in some amazing sounds with it.

EDIT: also, while I haven't played one (YET...) a lot of people love the Dark Boost, and say that it works wonders on bass-deficient fuzzes... so maybe that's the way to go. Or you could stack two DBs and get the fabled (but not yet produced ) Brass Fuzz... which just HAS to be cool.

Cranked tube amp plus Cherry Pop will probably give you what you need.

Tube Amp and a Great Wall.

Big, smooth and creamy. Works well with chords and mixes beautifully.

What more can I say.
The B-Assmaster will give you more of a dirty, brass, horn tone, which is a beautiful thing but probably not what you’re after.

MM

Thank you all so much!

in fact, the B:assmaster is my end all be all of bass fuzz, but i can't quite afford one... The germanium one RIPS. For the stoner metal stuff i play there's NOTHING i've ever used i've liked better. BUT, for this stuff it just doesn't fit the tone. I've got a '68 Fender Bassman that gets pretty dirty when cranked, and that's definitely one of the components... it just needs some more.... maybe that Dark Boost or Cherry Pop.. i'll have to get some money

Besides the CP,

SFT!
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I want one bad...but for my guitar. Still, sounds badass on bass.

morningstaru wrote:I want one bad...but for my guitar. Still, sounds badass on bass.

THIS

Wizard wrote:Thank you all so much!

in fact, the B:assmaster is my end all be all of bass fuzz, but i can't quite afford one... The germanium one RIPS. For the stoner metal stuff i play there's NOTHING i've ever used i've liked better. BUT, for this stuff it just doesn't fit the tone. I've got a '68 Fender Bassman that gets pretty dirty when cranked, and that's definitely one of the components... it just needs some more.... maybe that Dark Boost or Cherry Pop.. i'll have to get some money

I'm looking for a fuzz trade if you have something to trade for my Cherry Pop

HOLY SHIT

SFT you are amazing.

SFT may require aquisition. sounds good.

which muff you try, wizard? think you might be able to dial in a fuzz to suit your taste from a bass big muff...

Supercollider into SFT