Thanks Klas and badash for straightening me out there. Never had a chance to play with a Maestro or even hear one, great to know the FZ5 works properly. I'll turn up the Boost and see if it sounds better.
Dane your Morley Power Fuzz Wah sounds pretty similar. You can blend in just the right amount of fuzz as you play.
I heard a great tune on a surf video called Shelter, can't recall off hand the band or name of tune (That narrows it down a bit! I'll have a look tonight), but it's an instrumental with a great fuzz guitar sound and organ. I'd love to know what gear they are using in it.
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Klas. - dig that fuzzbuzz on 'Sickle Girl' - what gear are you using? It's the perfect fuzzpop confection, whatever it is!

I sold my Fuzz Factory last year and now own a Monsterpiece clone ofa Colorsound MkII Pro, which is great for Beck/Page snarlitones but does not do the bright fuzzbuzz as well as some setting on the ZVex. In retrospect, the latter is very versatile, tho many players can't get the hang of it. I got some good garage Cheesetone out of my Jag with that pedal that I cannot with the MkII pro clone. I will probably end up with a collection of Fuzz pedals someday but for now I am looking for the best made clone of a Maestro (I think). Lay it on me big daddy, what is the secret to your wild tone?
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Klas wrote:

diceophonic
I'm talking about Fuzz that sounds like it's from 1965 through 1969 from the hardcore era of garage.

The 60s garage era had more or less ended by 1967 but if you're looking for the typical '66 teen garage sound, I would recommend something like a Maestro Fuzz-Tone over a Fuzzrite/Fuzzbrite.

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Would love to find a Maestro Fuzztone reissue. I know there's clones but I gotta have the look too

Nedo,
Heard about Bigfoot FX Spaghetti Western Fuzz? Their website appears to down. I will hunt for the Guyatone - excellent brand. Fuzz should cost like it sounds: CHEAP!
nedorama wrote:

I had a Super Fuzz as a kid and stupidly sold it in the mid 80's... if only I'd known. The Guyatone TZ-2 nails it pretty well for under $100, and the Black Cat Super Fuzz is a dead copy for less than $200, since vintage Super Fuzzes regularly fetch $400 or more.

I now use a Keeley Fuzz Head. Silicon or germanium, and unlike a lot of fuzzes, it plays very well with other pedals.

Bought a Jordan Creator for a friend at work, and that pedal was trippy - thick 60's fuzz, yet you could play chords on it. Shaped like a Wah pedal, and it was $600 (his money, not mine), but definitely a great fuzz pedal.

Hope this helps.

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If you can't buy that 1968 Fuzzrite, you can always call Bob Shade of Hallmark Guitars and buy one of Ed Sanner's brand new NU-FUZZ pedals. Someday I'd like to hear a side-by-side comparison between it and Ed's original Fuzzrite, but Ed builds these new ones to exactly recreate the sound of his originals. Mine sounds nasty terrific in any case.

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I've done a side by side comparison of the Ashbass and an original 1969 Fuzzrite, and they sound virtualy identical. The Fuzzrite is just a little more "spitty" in an unpredictable way but overall they sound the same.

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JObeast wrote:

Nedo,
Heard about Bigfoot FX Spaghetti Western Fuzz? Their website appears to down. I will hunt for the Guyatone - excellent brand. Fuzz should cost like it sounds: CHEAP!
nedorama wrote:

I had a Super Fuzz as a kid and stupidly sold it in the mid 80's... if only I'd known. The Guyatone TZ-2 nails it pretty well for under $100, and the Black Cat Super Fuzz is a dead copy for less than $200, since vintage Super Fuzzes regularly fetch $400 or more.

I now use a Keeley Fuzz Head. Silicon or germanium, and unlike a lot of fuzzes, it plays very well with other pedals.

Bought a Jordan Creator for a friend at work, and that pedal was trippy - thick 60's fuzz, yet you could play chords on it. Shaped like a Wah pedal, and it was $600 (his money, not mine), but definitely a great fuzz pedal.

Hope this helps.

Haven't heard of that one, but on the name alone it sounds worth trying out. Fuzzes are so subjective that different pedals from the same manufacturer let alone different brands can sound great to one and not to another person. Only way to know is to try them out for yourself with your rig.

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This Nocturne line is interesting – talk about you narrowcast marketing> The builder's Psychobilly aesthetic makes it very clear that he is aiming for specific sound/look/feel/mojo. I suppose his prices are about average (you gotta pay for those pin stripes but they help you 'get there'). His copy is saying they are voiced for Gretsch Filtertrons, again a good marketing gesture to help quell doubt about his sonic goals.
Probably fuzz is the single most subjectively-evaluated effect out there. THe market is flooded with a million designs and some mfrs, like Earthquaker, make a whole range of just fuzzes.
ParkRowe wrote:

I like this one!
Had this one for just over a year now and i love it

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You are absolutely right about how subjective Fuzz can be. My friend here locally is launching his Thunderhead line of pedals in a few short months. Over the past nine months he has handed me no fewer than four different Fuzz prototypes, all of which were completely different beasts, and all with their own merrit. In the end, I believe he will be launching with three different Fuzz pedals, while he will have one each of his Transparant Overdrive and Tremolo. (FYI, the Overdrive is OUTSTANDING)

JObeast wrote:

This Nocturne line is interesting – talk about you narrowcast marketing> The builder's Psychobilly aesthetic makes it very clear that he is aiming for specific sound/look/feel/mojo. I suppose his prices are about average (you gotta pay for those pin stripes but they help you 'get there'). His copy is saying they are voiced for Gretsch Filtertrons, again a good marketing gesture to help quell doubt about his sonic goals.
Probably fuzz is the single most subjectively-evaluated effect out there. THe market is flooded with a million designs and some mfrs, like Earthquaker, make a whole range of just fuzzes.
ParkRowe wrote:

I like this one!
Had this one for just over a year now and i love it

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In case anyone wants to hear it, and I'm especially interested in those of you who've used a Fuzzrite, I brought Ed's latest creation, the new NU-FUZZ, to the Instro Summit and you can demo it here.

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