How do you use your fuzz? Noise? Chord progressions? Lead/melody work?
I know its an odd question but i have a beautiful fuzz on my board but can very rarely find good use for it unless i want to make some noisy leads. It doesnt sound super great with open chords, at least compared to an overdrive pedal. Just curious how others utilize such a thing.
Birds in Hell wrote:I'm at work right now, so can't do the topic justice, but I'll get back to you later (I just bought a new one today, so this is timely).
Has anybody here had any experience with Zoom portable recorders?
At the moment I have to cart a desktop PC back and forth from my room to a room I can record in, plug in and set up microphone/s and audio interface, etc and it's a bit of a hassle. Was thinking of just getting the H2N for everything other than serious recording.
Birds in Hell wrote:I'm at work right now, so can't do the topic justice, but I'll get back to you later (I just bought a new one today, so this is timely).
Fuzz is everything.
Wonderful
OK - so I use fuzz for everything: chords, things that aren't, whatever.
The thing about a good fuzz is that it can become an extension of your instrument in a way other pedals rarely do; the subtle variations of texture available by varying the volume, tone and pickups on your guitar are something unique to a traditional fuzz circuit.
My main fuzz squeeze of late has been the Ghost Effects Dizzy Tone, a recreation of the obscure Elka Dizzy Tone, a 60s Italian derivative of the famed Burns Buzzaround fuzz. It's a pretty bitey, aggressive fuzz but capable of really lovely, spiky, low gain, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere-type tones in its lower ranges.
This is a pretty great demo (in fact, that whole channel is a great resource of fantastic fuzz tones):
Newest purchase (still on its way) is something I've long lusted after, an Analogman Sun Face with CV7005 transistors. If you want a bit of Fuzz Face crash course with discussion of different transistor types, Analogman's page is a not bad place to start: http://analogman.com/fuzzface.htm
This video shows a Sun Face with NKT275 transistors, but the CVs are meant to sound virtually identical (another great YT channel too):
One final resource of deep and meaningful fuzz tones I'd recommend digging into is Basic Audio - John makes awesome pedals and has a range of amazing YT videos showcasing them, some of which (like these) feature the mind-melting playing of David Torn:
I'll also add that the usual caveats are, in my experience, to be adhered to wherever possible: put them first in chain before any other pedals and use a carbon zinc battery (no alkalines, no power supplies).
ABNorman wrote:Has anybody here had any experience with Zoom portable recorders?
At the moment I have to cart a desktop PC back and forth from my room to a room I can record in, plug in and set up microphone/s and audio interface, etc and it's a bit of a hassle. Was thinking of just getting the H2N for everything other than serious recording.
for just getting ideas onto tape, we use an older Zoom H1. The sound isn't spectacular (a full volume metal band really overwhelms it) but it's decent enough that you can still hear every instrument. I would imagine that newer units would be even better. The trick is finding a good placement in the room and perhaps something to dampen the sound -- a carefully placed pillow or jacket works well.
I don't know if i've ever shared this before but here is my collection of guitfiddles n such, with the exception of my two live rigs that stay at their respective jam spots (an Orange TH100 + Randall 212/115 cab & a Mesa Dual Rec + Randall 412).
