The Guitar Player Gods have answered my prayers.

Gearmond · Post by **Gearmond** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:13 pm

well thats surprising

hclapp219 · Post by **hclapp219** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:29 pm

Jack deville's Buzzmaster made it in as well.

bubstance · Post by **bubstance** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:17 pm

As well as the Verellen Big Spider.

Sadly they picked the most stupid people to do the interviews about fuzz design with. Zachary Vex made his appearance to say "I don't know why germanium and silicon sound different because no one has ever figured out why". Obviously he's never actually OPENED a book regarding electronics from the last 50 years to understand the germanium curves. :picard:

Kellanium · Post by **Kellanium** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:22 pm

bubstance wrote:As well as the Verellen Big Spider.

Sadly they picked the most stupid people to do the interviews about fuzz design with. Zachary Vex made his appearance to say "I don't know why germanium and silicon sound different because no one has ever figured out why". Obviously he's never actually OPENED a book regarding electronics from the last 50 years to understand the germanium curves.

That one kinda had me scratching my head, too.

Gunner Recall · Post by **Gunner Recall** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:24 pm

hclapp219 wrote:Jack deville's Buzzmaster made it in as well.

Excellent fuzz you don't hear much about...I picked one up on a whim and it really impressed.
It's kinda buzzaround-y but not quite the same as other "clones".

bubstance · Post by **bubstance** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:33 pm

Full rundown of the fuzzies for those who don't have the issue:

Analog Man - Peppermint Fuzz
Boss - FZ-5 Fuzz
Catalinbread - Merkin
Creepy Fingers - Fuzzbud
Danelectro - Fab Fuzz
Demeter - Fuzzy Octavulator
Dunlop - Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face
EarthQuaker Devices - Hoof Fuzz
Electro-Harmonix - Germanium 4 Big Muff Pi
EWS - Fuzzy Drive
Fulltone - '70 BC-108C
Gore Pedals - Trilobite Fossil Fuzz
Guyatone - TZm5 Torrid Fuzz
Jack Deville Electronics - Buzzmaster
Jacques - Black Mamba
Lee Jackson - Fuzzy Finger
Orion Effekte - Deluxe Motor Fuzz
Rocktron - Boutique Series Cottonmouth Fuzz
Roger Mayer - Voodoo-XX
Seymour Duncan - SFX-02 Tweak Fuzz
Verellen Amplifiers - Big Spider
Visual Sound - Angry Fuzz
Voodoo Lab - Superfuzz
WrightSounds - Fuzz-Stang
Z. Vex - Vexter Series Fuzz Probe.

Fuzzy Fred · Post by **Fuzzy Fred** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:59 pm

I haven't heard a worse fuzz than a Boss FZ5...

who the fuck made this list? they need to be shot

Kellanium · Post by **Kellanium** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:11 pm

Fuzzy Fred wrote:I haven't heard a worse fuzz than a Boss FZ5...

who the fuck made this list? they need to be shot

I suspect it was made in the same way all reviews are in magazines, solicited bribery. :/

hbombgraphics · Post by **hbombgraphics** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:37 pm

I don't get the EH GERM 4 BMP

it has an OD side and a distortion side, they should have taken the NYC wicker.

No Devi
No Blackout
No dwarf
no fuzzhugger

yikes, it's like they ignored the actual people who use fuzz pedals

bubstance · Post by **bubstance** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:52 pm

You do realize that 99% of the reviews in magazines are paid for by the companies, right?

Kellanium · Post by **Kellanium** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:59 pm

bubstance wrote:You do realize that 99% of the reviews in magazines are paid for by the companies, right?

That's what i meant by solicited bribery.

dubkitty · Post by **dubkitty** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:00 pm

hbombgraphics wrote:I don't get the EH GERM 4 BMP

it has an OD side and a distortion side, they should have taken the NYC wicker.

No Devi
No Blackout
No dwarf
no fuzzhugger

yikes, it's like they ignored the actual people who use fuzz pedals

you do remember that folks like you and i, i.e. the ILF user base, aren't necessarily reflective of the fuzz user base at large? i'm surprised that they got as far outside of Guitar Center as they did. Creepy Fingers got in the list, for heavens' sake! EQD got in the list! a journey of a thousand miles begins with a box a little weirder than your Digitech Death Metal, or something like that.

hbombgraphics · Post by **hbombgraphics** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:00 pm

I realize this and it is why I don't buy these mags anymore. kindof sucks that this is the state of things.

bubstance · Post by **bubstance** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:04 pm

It certainly does. I emailed them once about all the different manufacturers and whatnot around the interwebs and about some new products...

Their response was less than enthusiastic.

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:11 pm

The thing that totally seals the deal that this is paid for, is the fact that they use all of the current production models, even when those aren't the celebrated models.

The FZ-5 is widely considered fucking terrible. But a lot of people like the FZ-3. Also, I've heard tons of great shit about the Guyatone TZ-2, which is supposed to be a great SuperFuzz clone. But I haven't heard a fucking thing about the TZm5. If this was really about great fuzz pedals and not just a paid-for advertisement, they wouldn't just be talking about currently in production models.

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