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I'll vouch for the VerbaFuzz, great buzzsaw fuzz. You can't beat it,
especially for the price!!
-Paul
--- In , "Brock From The Grave"
<count_brockula@y...> wrote:
> A Big Muff is not a good fuzz pedal unless you're looking to sound
like Blue
> Cheer or The Stooges. Don't get me wrong- I love them (as well as the
> Superfuzz) and they do have their uses, but they're not good for
that 60s
> sound. I have 18 different fuzz boxes and can assure you that's not
one to
> use of you're looking for a Davie Allan style fuzz. (Davie Allan used a
> Mosrite Fuzzrite by the way). They have been reissued but they don't
sound
> right. They apparently didn't use the original schematics which are
in the
> hands of someone in Nashville who I've been bugging to make them
again under
> a different name (he doesn't believe me that there's a market for
them). The
> reissue Maestro is ok but it doesn't sound nearly as good as the
original.
> The best fuzz pedals out there are boutique pedals. The guys that
make those
> things are in love with fuzz and they make them sound right. Out of
the ones
> I own, my favourite is a Verbatone Verbafuzz that's made in San
Diego. It's
> got a good range of fuzz and it sounds great on the Davie Allan and
Ventures
> fuzzy stuff, as well as Music Machine, Seeds, Yardbirds, Outsiders and
> Aussie 60s punk stuff. It's based on the schematics of the Fuzzrite
but also
> has some of the bite of the Maestro. It also sounds a little like the
> Gretsch Contra Fuzz. It's cheap ($80 including shipping), dependable,
> durable and batteries last forever! After playing garage, surf and punk
> since 1980, I think that this pedal is one of my faves ever.
