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Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine

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Are we in agreement that a true bypass pedal will not ruin the sound of a following fuzzbox as long as it’s not on?

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JObeast wrote:

Are we in agreement that a true bypass pedal will not ruin the sound of a following fuzzbox as long as it’s not on?

That is my understanding. Some simple fuzz circuits (the Fuzz Face is a perfect example) have a low impedance input and work best when fed a high impedance signal, i.e. straight from your guitar. Any active effect placed before such a fuzz pedal will output a low impedance signal -- and in the case of a Boss-style buffered bypass pedal, even when it's off. This will cause the fuzz to sound quite different. Now a true bypass pedal, when bypassed, is essentially a short length of wire, i.e. it doesn't alter the signal's impedance, so it won't "ruin" the sound of your fuzz.

All fuzz circuits aren't designed equal. Some will be dramatically affected by a low impedance signal, some moderately, and for some the input signal's impedance won't make any audible difference. And then of course tone is a subjective matter, and some people will prefer the treble boost they get from a mismatched input impedance.

Here is a very interesting article by FX guru Jack Orman about this phenomenon, and a schematic for a very clever (yet simple) DIY device he calls a Guitar Pickup Simulator to unbuffer your low impedance signal before a touchy fuzz.

Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers.

Ok. Here goes. This is what I have used on MOST of our recordings. Things get changed out, sold, traded or whatever...

Overdrive/Distortion:
Joyo American Sound
EHX Soul Food
Boss DS-1
Boss Blues Driver
Tube Screamer

Modulation:
Boss CH-1
EHX Small Clone
Joyo Classic Chorus
DOD FX25 Stereo Chorus
Boss BF-1 Flanger
MXR Micro Chorus
MXR Phase 90
Biyang Tremolo
Boss Tremolo

Delay:
Boss DD-2 Digital Delay
Boss DM-2 Delay
Joyo Digital Delay
Caline Blue Ocean Delay

Compression:
DOD Milk Box

Reverb:
EHX Holy Grail
Behringer Digital Reverb

I think that's it.

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I am playing theough the different backlines. Most are 4x12 stacks into clean channels.that's why I use overdrives as always on for some grit and tone shaping.
As for BED, it's a nice pedal. It has more clarity in preamp and more "in your face" repeats, the regular belle epoch.
I like regular setting and setting with rotary for some dreamy sounds. Also, I tuned second knob not for oscillations, but just for long long trails.
Is it worth $330? I do not know. If you need just nice delay for occasions or nice slapback, I think regular Belle Epoch is enough. But BED is nice pedal.

I figured with all the great info here rather than start a new thread I would ask for some guidance on some pedals.

Since I'm only an advanced beginner-intermediate player and don't play "out" I only have two pedals, a Danelectro FAB Chorus and a Danelectro FAB Echo (3 if you count a Death Metal Distortion pedal which I never use that was included in an amp purchase) but am looking for a budget "Fuzz" pedal to use when playing Lenny Kravitz's version of "American Woman" and Smashmouth's "Walkin' On The Sun". Will the Danelectro FAB Fuzz get me close? My amps are a Hartke G15R and a Crate GT80-DSP (12" speaker) which has fantastic (at least to me) reverb.

Last edited: Feb 08, 2018 19:06:13

Chippertheripper wrote:

For $20 new, I don’t think you can go wrong.
I wouldn’t even be shy about rattle canning it if the purple bothered you at that price.

Thanks, the purple doesn't bother me. What I have seen while looking online for reviews is a cottage industry or sub-culture of Danelectro FAB Series pedal modifiers, it seems they are quite popular and with a minimum of tweaking can be made to produce some superb tones at a budget price. Sadly a majority of my playing is done with either a Vox AC30 or Monoprice Tube input-headphone amp.

Last edited: Feb 08, 2018 21:17:33

Surf_Skater wrote:

blackheartsfan,
IMO the Joyo octave fuzz is a great bang for the buck pedal. I paid 28 bucks including shipping for mine. Metal enclosure, switch feels pretty solid and you can get a a good variety of fuzz tones from it.

Thanks for the info, I was looking at the Joyo, it's price is attractive.

Merlin wrote:

Korg Pitchblack+ tuner (2 inputs, perfect for switching guitars)
Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Boss TR-2 tremolo
Boss FRV-1 Reverb

2019 update:

TC Electronic Polytune
BigFoot FX Spaghetti Western Fuzz
Joyo American Sound (always on)
Digitech Polara Reverb
Source Audio Vertigo Tremolo

SinNombre wrote:

Samurai wrote:

Seem to be a nice combo, what do you think?)

I replaced my FRV-1 with an Oceans 11 recently and I'm pretty happy with it. I use the spring mode for surf and the plate mode for everything else.

It’s really good! Gonna use it as a backup for Surfy Bear

Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine

New Single is out!

https://waikikimakaki.bandcamp.com/album/rhino-blues-full-contact-surf-single

Waikiki Makaki

https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki

Lost Diver

https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin