Fuzz Face Shootout

Using the Strat with the JTM45 again. Showing the Dallas Arbiter (Refurbish I'm working on with Germanium Transistors), Analog.Man's NKT275, MJM London Fuzz (Germanium), Deviltone Jezebel (my prototype with Silicons), and a BYOC Fuzz Face Clone (Germaniums)

Tried to show how each sounded with the volume on the guitar down and full up with each fuzz. I did soloing style notes and full chords.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fuzz
• Face
• nkt275
• london
• deviltone
• mjm
• analogman
• dallas
• arbiter
• byoc
• strat
• marshall

[jspartacus]

It's sili-CON, not sili-CONE. Silicone is for fake boobs and bathtub caulk. Silicon is for semiconductors.

[diablo76]

I know it's Silicon - but my Texan "draw" brings out the "E" ..... :P

[ThisCatsGotSkin]

So little difference - 95% the same tone - I think if you`re lucky enough to have one of these then that's probably fine! a mental case of GAS, but I understand ;)

[diablo76]

Actually - the tonal differences are much more apparent in person. It's really hard to get all the nuances on a small digi-cam with a condenser mic. IMHO - The Blue Arbiter Refurbish is the best Fuzz Face I've heard to date....

[TubeTone71]

NIce video,  I tried an analog man sunface - sounded muddy to me. Silicon almost sounded the best - yours was excellent as well. Thanks

[diablo76]

The Silicon is my production pedal.... :)

[scottagalt]

THEY ACTUALLY ALL SOUND GOOD

[CrankCase02]

Maybe you should try a hybrid, ie. silicon as the first transistor and germanium as tyhe second. There are some positive things being said about it over the internet. The first transistor is merely a booster anyway, and it's the second that does the actual distortion. I have an old but working XB103 'top hat' (General electric UK) germanium from the early 60's that came from an old radio kit my uncle made years ago, which I'll use when get round to it.

[TacooGrill]

is that a maxon ad-80 in the background?

[Nimrod9458]

did I hear a pop coming out when you engaged the Byoc Germanium fuzz?

[LPMojoGL]

Nice video. They all sound very close when ran wide open. The difference here seems to be in the cleanup with the guitar's volume knob. This is my take with the volume down: The Arbiter was a tad darker than the rest. The silicon was brighter/thinner than the rest. The Sunface, London and BYOC sounded almost identical, with a great mix of cut, thickness and articulation. I prefer the Sunface, but was surprised by the BYOC. It sounds fantastic. Too bad Sunface white dots are no more!

[1971SuperLead]

I like the London the best.

[rafasounds2010]

sometimes I believe everything sounds the same on YT. I recorded a video in which a fuzz face sounds almost the same as an overdrive pedal. Of course they sound very different outside youtube, but YT has got this tendency to compress everything too much, maybe...

[Stof31]

Thanks for the shootout !

[gangtwanger]

@diablo76

Nice try. Cmon now, admit it. You goofed.

Dig the playing though. Don't need to hear a whole lot to tell if someone can play.

[freakybuzz]

First of all, kudos for dialing in these Fuzzies like they are supposed to sound; rich, complex, and woolly with great cleanup as the volume knob is rolled back! Too many other Fuzz demos sound like someone put a pickup on a dental drill; all fizz and no body. :-S

To me, the D.A. refurb. and the BYOC are my favs, but they are all quite nice. Great playing, too!

[davelwelch]

type in g.s.wyllie and check his sites out-he hand builds pedals that are far better than any i`ve ever heard-(he even worked at electric ladyland!) how many of your yuppie pedal builders can say that? most were just being born-lol