Zvex Fuzz Factory Demo

[squirrel1251]

gunna get 1 of these installed in my guitarr :D

[xyanide1986]

Get a better mic, SM57 or something.

[kwyt]

3:58 - favourite setting :)

[ramonesdude93]

Like it when u play the bends lol :)

[rssnowblind0]

i know this is old and not sure if you still have this on your board, but when you did where did you keep it in your chain of effects?

[huevozhuevoz]

get a girlfriend butttt good for play muse

[SLASHTHEGUITARIST123]

geordie ???? yay!!!!

[BiffyEllis]

Dude Killing In The Name was sick!

[Daavoid]

Is that Keith from the office?

[beaurycenga12]

another brit talking about fuzz pedals and playing muse...how often do we see this?

[rwnfrd]

@beaurycenga12 Everyone knows Brits are better then guitarists then the Yanks.With the exception of Hendrix,but he had to come here to become great!

[spacenoise5]

ooh jaguar, finally a player with good taste!

[dinoman89]

Ohh.... Not a fan of this demo :/ Not to sound like an ass, but the playing was pretty sloppy and he's playing the same version I see in all of the tabs.

[liamanddom]

i like his mic, its ded cute :'D

[smashedpumpkin320]

that was the worst demo i've ever seen

[BLACKBEARDSBOOMBOX]

killing in the name of

[yuntras]

what amp and of how many volt is? because kinda dislike muse and all the cover that i have hear suck because of the sound quality

[MarauderU]

implying Muse is a notable group that MUST be heard in a Zvex pedal demo

[XjohnfishX]

would this be a good pedal to play sludge/post metal through a solid state amp?

[bergaminivideos]

LOVE MUSE, LOVE THIS PEDAL.

ORGASM.

[chepeadan]

looks cool ..but nothing like the big muff pi

[ExclaimedMusic]

Love the pedal. Hate Muse.

[yuntras]

@ExclaimedMusic yay!

[Lelouch2311]

you suck

[smedta]

Muse!! :worship:

[jimzer]

i wish it had the fat bass and drums kick in haha

[lolzroflswaffles]

your a fucking fat fagggot

[DrFillLindell]

@lolzroflswaffles Get.A.Life.

[Ch1nGFuX2]

@lolzroflswaffles A fat faggot that plays the guitar better than you? You're the faggot now.

[lolzroflswaffles]

@Ch1nGFuX2 at least i don't fuck my dead father

[dickand2balls]

ughhh

[liptakinator]

then radiohead

[Muse95240]

Bad

[lexylooby]

it seems like hes dissing muse

[Brandon18valensi]

i can do those funny noises matt do at the beggining off plug in baby with this? i think the man of this video is using a killswitch at the beggining

[Muzikman127]

I had to sing :p at 2:18. What a sound

YEAHHHHHHHHHH.

[NickWeiland]

sounds like a big muff and a fuzzface combined at somepoints.

[Gundamwingex]

he looks like the actor from shaun of the dead/hot fuzz

[thrasher298]

@Gundamwingex nick frost?

[MoorelysRiff]

Plug in baby (Y)

[mindphlux]

and he starts playing muse...

[richardmorrison78]

@mindphlux how can you not? I mean that sound is muse haha

[trocker92]

nice plug in baby intro

i don't have a fzz factory so when i play this live i use a BOSS mega distortion and a DOD FX40B equalizer togeather and u get a very similar sound

[colashanacogh]

hey, i dont suppose you could do a vid of you playing the new born riff on this?

[ajatkinson2004]

Why does every video of this pedal have those retchid sounds? I know its a good pedal but does it always sound that way when adjusting it?

[gibsonman58]

because people don't know how to use the pedal or how to execute the oscillations correctly...

[jrflemo]

sigh

[ajatkinson2004]

I understand using it for a tom morello sound, but I am wondering if you can get a good Jimmi tone out of it?

[Geekernator21]

yes it does

[jamesstone123]

can you hear morello in this pedal? :S

[ajatkinson2004]

If you think those oscillation noises sound good you are crazy. In the correct manner sure, but in the beginning its like WTF. My zoom 505 used to sound like that before it broke...

[jrflemo]

mix it with a delay pedal and its gold

[ajatkinson2004]

Good idea!

Never thought of it!

[ryandunne123]

then i must be completely insane i love those sounds thinking of getting one

[sponboy]

@ajatkinson2004 Sometimes it sounds like that, depends what kind of settings you have it on, if you listen to new born by muse when they played glastonbury in '04 you will hear how bellamy incorporates it into the intro of the song and on the part before the guitar comes in. So those "retchid" sounds, I think, are quite a cool thing to do.

[yootoob975]

can this get a good QOTSA tone

[maxrutc09]

Can sound like anyone fuzzy

[aektzis91]

yeah man, sounds like it would :D

[absintheffect]

buy a turbo rat or a dirty rat for the QOTSA tone, listen to the demo on the official site!

[MUSEGuitarist]

Hahahaha I so wasn't expecting your voice to be a fellow Geordie. Good demo dude, gonna get one myself.

[mikelivesley]

Way to miss the point of this fantastically uselful demo, Douche.

[muse1are2sick]

couldn't agree with you more about plug in baby

[Haemorrhold]

awesome fuzz!! doesnt billy corgan use this?? ive heard he uses some ibanez thing as well... hmm

[RikMeister650]

lol say it ain't so solo fail.

[FingerLickinGravy67]

fuck smash mouth

[96thTear]

Greg Camp, Smash Mouth's original guitarist used it for "Walkin' on the Sun."

[danukenator123]

300$

[Cazaq]

Led Zeppelin , RATM , nice choice of music bro and nice vid , tough you should have stated what each preset was.

[tiddlywinks98712]

none of whom use fuzz tho...

[Denis543]

yes the do bud, maybe not "fuzz" but this fuzz can be a distortion pedal as well

[WhammyDown]

YES that's the first thing i played when i got my fuzz factory. ace.

[TheJakewilson]

does this thing work good for like a distortion purpose? it sounds like it?

[avant105]

notice how its called a FUZZ factory...if you want distortion then get a distortion pedal

[TheJakewilson]

Yeah, but its sounds alot like a distortion pedal.

[a7x1st]

how much you spend on this fuzz factory?

i want it

[mynameismrjohn]

wooo hooo, i like your jag, bro. what year is it?

[EDMOSI]

: D this demo is the best :D

[Michaelfender]

Best demo for this pedal, imo.

[theforsakenpiggies]

YES! MUSE :D

[bigman1225]

Can you mumble a little louder?

[Michaelfender]

Don't be a cunt.

[DisturbedlllTheBest]

yeah....a tiny terror pre-amp niiiice

[amarr1]

a tiny terror amp, not pre-amp.

[DisturbedlllTheBest]

yeah true... my thoughts were at the fuzz factory I bought that day :)

[Michaelfender]

It is a pre-amp.

[kohemmm]

it's sound seem like glitter MANSON....

[sexpistolio]

so you say it can do the stooges higher octave type of sound ala " I wanna be your dog" intro?

[Noirie93]

Yes, but a danelectro cool cat fuzz works even better for that sound.

[sexpistolio]

great demo, but plese, get some nice microphone when you speak. cheers!  :)

[thickskinnedband]

Yeh hey - Geordie boy - where ya from mate?

[UnAcceptable67]

Speaking of plug in baby, I learned the whole intro today! I am so glad! I am hoping to get a fuz fact. in the future, there so cool!

[mattgiller1]

YOu are right, a fuzz factory demo is not complete without Plug in Baby.

[dreamtorock]

hey thank you verry much, i'd liek to buy a fuzz factory too ;) ! now i'm sure i'll buy ! why, just a questionn does i work with a battery ?

[manuscriptreplica]

yes, battery life is supposed to be uncommonly long. Like, years I've heard.

[guitar4life9]

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!!!

[leemster]

what?

[guitar4life9]

he plays a song by rage against the machine at 3:59

[UnAcceptable67]

Killin in the name of ;-) very good song by RATM

[FWoord]

All songs by RATM are good ;)

[UnAcceptable67]

I know, but I am way more interested in muse.

[BCarey2293]

It was funny when you were messing with the oscillation because I immediately expected to hear Plug in Baby.

[OhNoPopIsDead]

2:09 is radiohead

[walkup15]

Baby's got the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeends!!!!!!!!!!

[BeatDemon08]

is it the camera that makes it sound sort of cutty-offy? or is it the pedal

[fullmetalfunk]

It's the pedal but you can dial it in so it dosen't do that as much. But thats kind of the charm of it. That it makes a very unique quirky fuzz.

[BeatDemon08]

yeah it sounds beautiful. it sounds like like wind blowing through my ears. but seriously i really want one of those, how much do they cost?

[fullmetalfunk]

That it does. I'm not totally sure how much it costs. I know that the standard is $70 more. But alot of people say that you can get one of the cheaper ones the Vexter series ones and they're just as good. Personally I think both of them are cool. But I think they sound a bit differnet. I don't think ones better tha the other. They just sound diffrent. Probably not by alot though. You could get a Vexter series and save your money.

[fullmetalfunk]

Don't get me wrong I like the Fuzz Factory (though I like the sound of the Big Muff Pi better) I'm just saying there IS a diffrence in the originals and Vexter series. If you want a good pedal that's going to give you lots of sounds and make awsome quirky fuzz tones, get one. But for your own sake get an original one if at all possible.

[davidtheguitarman]

what's the difference between the standard version and the vexter version?

[fullmetalfunk]

The Vexter series is made in Taiwan and is made with silicon transistors and I've heard it is kinda shitty. To me it seems like he just wants to make alot of them real cheap and skimp on quality. The standard is hand painted and is made with geranium transistors and from what I understand is the way to go if your going to buy one. Standard is $70 more though. But if you want to make some noise it's definately worth it!

[AdrianoSousinho17]

Hate to tell ya, but your wrong man. The Vexter Series is exactly the same. Instead of getting it hand painted by some fancy artist and paying way more, you can get the Vexter one which just has some screened finish instead but has the exact same functions as the standard. Same pedal, different art. Comes down to whether you care about how your pedal looks as opposed to sheer functionality.

[AdrianoSousinho17]

Forgot to add that the germanium transistors are different, but still relatively the exact same.

[fullmetalfunk]

Ok fine whatever. I'm so fucking tired of having this conversation with people. Go read some reviews on it. Not only do they say that they don't like the Vexter series as much they say that customer support is total shit. I like the Z. Vex pedals. There very creative and cool. But the point is the Vexter series of Fuzz Factories are made in Taiwan and not as good as the originals. He's just being a business man. Making a cheaper product so he can mass produce easier.

[fullmetalfunk]

And don't let anybody tell you there is no diffrence in the sound quality of germanium transistors and silicon transistors. Both are pretty good. It comes down to what sound you like. Germaniums sound more vintage. That's why the Fuzz Factory has a great reputation. Silicon is easier to come by so it's cheaper than Germanium ones. therefore if your going to mass produce a pedal your going to not have them hand painted and your going to use cheaper materials to make a profit.

[cardboardface]

oh man... the vexter USES GERMANIUM TRANSISTORS... GERMANIUM. listen, I agree there is a business plan, and that plan is to get suckers to pay much more for a paint job, and people do because they read comments like yours. tut tut

[fullmetalfunk]

Listen to me you asshole. There is a difference between them other than the paint job. I'm not trying to get anybody to buy anything other than what they want. I'm only puttting MY opinion out there and I'm telling the FACTS that there is a sound difference between the two pedals. I'm so tired of going over this with shithead like you. If I get one more comment about it I'm going to track you down and put your face on the front of one of the damn things and see how much it goes for!

[cardboardface]

hey calm down man, I'm not trying to piss you off dude im just giving my two cents too. Im just saying, your stating that the vexter has silicon transistors when it doesnt, that isn't opinion your giving thats misinformation. There are differences, such as the brand of capasitors and the knobs, but nothing that drastically changes the sounds, they both sound identical to me (obviously in my opinion as sound cant be measured).

[cardboardface]

and don't forget that the charge of the battery has a huge effect on the sound, so if the two FF's you compared had different levels of charge on the battery they will sound quite different.

[fullmetalfunk]

Very true. Sorry I went off. I've just talked about this with so many people that I don't think know what they're talking about. Obviously you do know what your talking about. I'm telling you though that the Vexter does use silicon transistors. I've got nothing against that. They both sound good. I just think the original sounds better. And like you said sound can't really be measured, so it's just my opinion. Sorry again about threatening to tear off your face. Lol. I didn't mean it.

[Chomalom]

Lol, no worries. And I think we'll have to agree to disagree about the transistors.

With a little research on the net you can find a post on the "harmony-central" forum by a member called "Zachary Vex" saying: (continues on next post)

[Chomalom]

"Vexter Fuzz Factory versus US-made Fuzz Factory

Components that are identical:

Jacks, switches, pots, transistors, enclosure, battery clip, battery, circuit board layout, brand of wire, solder, lockwashers, dress washers. The transistors are tested individually at my shop before being put in either version.

Components that are different:

Knobs, brand of resistors (same type though), brand of capacitors."

[Chomalom]

(I noticed someone else on youtube has also spotted this and quoted it)

So that, as well as comparing the two has convinced me that the transistors are the same.

Of course Mr Vex may be lying i suppose, but I take his word for it.

[Chomalom]

and btw, chomalom = cardboardface (both me)

you're not going mad, lol

[fullmetalfunk]

I heard something diffrent then. I had read in a couple of places that they were silicon transistors. Gues my sources were wrong. Oh well. I take his word for it too. I don't see why he would flat out lie like that about soemthing you could take apart and find out for yourself. He makes some good and quite unique pedals none the less.

[Chomalom]

Yeah I don't think he'd lie about something so easily proved either. But yeah, the fuzz factory is a very versatile piece of kit and is a lot of fun :)

[Plutoloco4]

Fuck yeah. that pedal kicks ass

[Evenstar213]

try to Make Ball and Biscuit from White Stripes, i'd like to know if he's using a Fuzz Factory

[Sukainami]

He doesn't use a Fuzz Factory. I have seen pictures of Jack White's pedal board, and it appears he is using an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi USA, that he painted red.

[eltonno3]

MUSE!!!

[AlexisFruitcake]

bit of the bends ;)

[laamaposse]

Great demo, thx!

[Scumkill2]

I really don't expect anyone who test guitar pedals to play EC level blues licks or progressive YJM like solos. Maybe those guys like to play alternative rock which is not that technicaly advanced, so they don't need such skills as people who play blues and make demos of overdrive bricks designed for blues. This demo shows me how ZVEX sounds and thats all I need.

[Gomagomes]

indeed. and i think it's not a matter of skills, but its a matter of what kind of style the pedal mean to sound...u just can't play yjm stuff on this pedal as u won't play jimi hendrix stuff in a metal zone

[Scumkill2]

This pedal is more modern and not transparent sounding one, so it's better for modern, alternative, noisy rock like MUSE, Smashing Pumpkins etc. If someone wants to play Jimi on this pedal, will probably be unsatisfied. It's not a vintage pedal.

[stymye]

well some people spend $2-300 on a video game, some spend $2-300 on a pedal that sounds like a video game. either way it's not going to get you out of the bedroom..kinda sad really could have bought some lessons instead

[Scumkill2]

Cocky assholes! This is a gear demo, not a skill competition. I like their demos because they are testing even cheap stuff like Behringer. They do they job very well.

[Jabphoria]

You guys make horrible demos. What in the hell is wrong with you guys, to top it off you can't play anything decent at all. There's a reason all your videos have such low ratings. Please stop making half-assed videos!

[chrislpp]

:D

true

[thesidewinders]

sorry for my previous comment, it was my dumb twat of a brother

[chrislpp]

when petrucci talked about 'guitar noobs'

he meant guys exactly like this

[gazuul]

i want one :S To bad i just spent my money on a new amp :S

[tragictravistie]

at 3:30 is your jags volume rolled off?

[TheRylics]

hey man i have one of these and it sounds great but when i have it on my pedal board it goes through several pedals and then also my wireless lead and it loses all those cool sounds when you have controlled feedback,

any idea why? and do you know how i could make it sound at its best again?

x

[jakethequake91]

well, if it goes through your effects loop on your amp, that may be the problem. put in the direct line straight into your amp, that's what i do with mine and i love it. it works for me, it may work for you too.

[tragictravistie]

this things supposed to sound best first in the signal chain

[jakethequake91]

well...that means it sounds absolutely phenomenal frist in the signal chain because i don't have it through my effects loop, or first through the straight amp to guitar line, but i still get a fantastic sound out of it. I suppose it's all on preference because your way probably sounds great, and ik mine does too so yeah. I guess this pedal just kicks ass no matter what you do so do w/e the hell you want haha.

[lordcroesus]

Apparently, the fuzz factory doesn't work properly if it's after the wireless transmission, which is probably the problem. If you look at Matt Bellamy from Muse, for example, he gets around this by having the fuzz factory inbuilt in his guitar thus the fuzz factory before the wireless transmitter.

[MUSEGuitarist]

Ur a Geordie :D That makes two of us =D

[stevo11223344556677]

i play all sorts of stuff. What i want to know is, could this be suitable for playing stuff like muse (obviously) then playing sometin by nirvana, then say metallica? al different bands with different sounds, but would this work for all of them?

[unknownkingdom]

Your accent sounds fake

[ShortScaleGearDemos]

It is, I'm not really from Africa.

well done spotting that.

[tragictravistie]

HAHA what a dick!

[gazuul]

I WANT ONEEE!!

[rgc93]

Nice demo!

How does a FF cost btw?;<

[jimbob1969]

i just got outbid on one of these on E-bay...gutted

[Nathmonkey]

The concentration was needed on plug in baby the number of people i have seen mess it up is unbelievable.

Also you're a geordie! Thats awesome!

OK my fuzz factory on the way so you won't be the only northerner with a fuzz factory. =D

[Mahavishnu80]

u look like that dude from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz

[morningstar421]

haha awesome plug in baby!

[thestrawbear]

Fantastic demo of the FF. Im just off to get one now.

[RobBells]

Scratch that, clearly further north!

[RobBells]

You from boro?

[danurah]

Excellent RAGE sound too! Although i think the pedal is a little over priced... But great sound.

[bigcountry4life5]

its hand painted and hand assembled. they have a cheaper screened painted version for 179

[Vonpalbuk]

THE BENDS!!!

[wazzawazza]

how long do the batteries last on the fuzz factories?

[ShortScaleGearDemos]

long long time. The pedal has hardly any draw.