DEFINE FUZZ

htsamurai · Post by **htsamurai** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:46 pm

seriously, when someone asks you what fuzz is and they dont play guitar.....or maybe they do but are either teh brootz or teh noobz (or just plain dumb) what do you tell em?

Mudfuzz · Post by **Mudfuzz** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:03 pm

Fuzz is the sound of rock music.

Also
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww22eEiubb0[/youtube]

01010111 · Post by **01010111** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:15 pm

I tell them its like distortion, but it makes your guitar sound good.

Yesterday I went in to my local guitarshop to pick up the big muff I ordered last week and the guy behind the counter said: "What's a big moof?"
:picard:

veteransdaypoppy · Post by **veteransdaypoppy** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:34 pm

I normally say something along the lines of, "it's what set jimi hendrix apart from all those blues guys that most people forgot about."

Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D. · Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:19 pm

fuzz is

jrmy · Post by **jrmy** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:34 pm

Precisely! Fuzz = love.

sev · Post by **sev** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:41 am

Fuzz is like distortion, but the clipping produces something closer to a square wave, which gives it that 'buzzy' sound.

metalmariachi · Post by **metalmariachi** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:07 am

Just say it’s when the guitars and bass go like this and make buzzy fuzzy noises.

MM

Bassus Sanguinis · Post by **Bassus Sanguinis** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:29 am

Simply, it is a form of musical distortion. I point to the waveshape form, which is usually broader sawtooth closing even a squarewave, producing quite different harmonics to the original signal compared to a distortion pedal.

Not that samurai would have been after links but here's a brief primer on something interesting http://www.geofex.com/effxfaq/distn101.htm :wow what a fantastic idea you have there:

magiclawnchair · Post by **magiclawnchair** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:40 pm

well it is quite simple actually, fuzz pedals make my guitar sound fuzzy. not smooth and glassy, not hot and twangy, not scooped and crunchy, but fuzzy! sort of like wool socks for my guitar....

if they dont get it i would play frank zappa's song apostrophe and tell them to listen to jack bruce's bass tone.....

if that still did not work, i would tell them it sounds like i am trying to electrocute some bacon.....

cool link bassus!!!

elbandito · Post by **elbandito** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:25 am

you know, that's a very good question... i suppose i'd probably describe it as "something sort of like a distorted bumblebee".
...but that'd only make sense to my stoner friends.

to the more lucid people I know, I'd probably describe it as "some serious shit".

firesgt911 · Post by **firesgt911** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:29 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5XKKbYADcM[/youtube]

Here you go!

sev · Post by **sev** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:36 am

A good reference point that most people can understand is The Stones "I Can't Get No Satisfaction".....one of the first and most famous fuzz tones in the public consciousness.

$.01 · Post by **$.01** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:42 pm

I usually tell people that don't understand the term fuzz ... " If I have to explain it , you wouldn't understand anyways" and then see what their reply is.

devnulljp · Post by **devnulljp** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:04 pm

Don't you just kinda purse your lips and go: PHFZZGZGHZHZHZZZZZZZZFZFZFZZZZZZZZZZGZHZHZZZZZZ!

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