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Hello Brock,
Is Dunlop Fuzzfase sutable for surf sound like Davie Allan?
Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 8:19:36 PM, you wrote:
BFTG> A Big Muff is not a good fuzz pedal unless you're looking to sound like
Blue
BFTG> Cheer or The Stooges. Don't get me wrong- I love them (as well as the
BFTG> Superfuzz) and they do have their uses, but they're not good for that 60s
BFTG> sound. I have 18 different fuzz boxes and can assure you that's not one to
BFTG> use of you're looking for a Davie Allan style fuzz. (Davie Allan used a
BFTG> Mosrite Fuzzrite by the way). They have been reissued but they don't sound
BFTG> right. They apparently didn't use the original schematics which are in the
BFTG> hands of someone in Nashville who I've been bugging to make them again
under
BFTG> a different name (he doesn't believe me that there's a market for them).
The
BFTG> reissue Maestro is ok but it doesn't sound nearly as good as the original.
BFTG> The best fuzz pedals out there are boutique pedals. The guys that make
those
BFTG> things are in love with fuzz and they make them sound right. Out of the
ones
BFTG> I own, my favourite is a Verbatone Verbafuzz that's made in San Diego.
It's
BFTG> got a good range of fuzz and it sounds great on the Davie Allan and
Ventures
BFTG> fuzzy stuff, as well as Music Machine, Seeds, Yardbirds, Outsiders and
BFTG> Aussie 60s punk stuff. It's based on the schematics of the Fuzzrite but
also
BFTG> has some of the bite of the Maestro. It also sounds a little like the
BFTG> Gretsch Contra Fuzz. It's cheap ($80 including shipping), dependable,
BFTG> durable and batteries last forever! After playing garage, surf and punk
BFTG> since 1980, I think that this pedal is one of my faves ever.
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