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Spence
05-22-2006, 10:43 PM
Anyone got one of these?
I bought one and it's just awful. God how I wish I hadn't wasted my money on it. Can't get any setting to sound nice.
tele_guitarist
05-29-2006, 03:14 AM
It is just a fuzz face copy...adding a tonestack works wonders though. :)
Spence
05-29-2006, 06:29 PM
Spent all afternoon Tweaking it and changing it's position in the chain. Even tried it in the FX loop of the amp. It's rubbish. I think I'll just put it away until everyone else has thrown theirs away and then I'll sell it on Ebay.:mad:
tele_guitarist
05-29-2006, 07:38 PM
Spent all afternoon Tweaking it and changing it's position in the chain. Even tried it in the FX loop of the amp. It's rubbish. I think I'll just put it away until everyone else has thrown theirs away and then I'll sell it on Ebay.:mad:

If you don't like the tonality, changing it's position in the chain and especially running it through the effects loop won't make it better. You either need to modify it, run an eq after it, or get rid of it! :)
Spence
05-30-2006, 11:34 PM
It's not so much about the tonality. It's about the horrible fuzz. ie it's not a nice fuzz, more of an irritation. It made an awsome sound when I threw it against the wall though:smoke:
Steve Conner
06-01-2006, 05:16 PM
I thought fuzz boxes were meant to sound like that. I've always hated the things. A Big Muff sounds good on bass mind you. :cool:
Spence
06-02-2006, 03:37 PM
I use a Mesa Boogie F50 and it's probably part of the problem as it's very hard sounding. I've just ordered a speaker from Weber Speakers in the USA (www.webervst.com ) . It's a lightly doped vintage AlNiCo so that should sweeten things up a bit. If not the Teak fuzz will be put under the stairs until it's worth something.....