Help me with my Synthy Fuzz Quest?

[Tristan]

Yep, another bassplayer I know has that one, pretty nice too, I'm now looking into the Iron Ether Subterranea though, I don't really want to go digital on the synths, I guess it's just not my thing, if I can get something analog I usually will, it sounds / feels more heavy and powerful to me.

Anyway, in a few weeks I've got the last flight of fuzz pedals from Effekt Boutique coming in:
Catalinbread Octapussy
Copilot Caracol, Terra
Death By Audio Apocalypse
Fairfield Circuitry The Unpleasant Surprise
LAL Gomorrah, Lluna, Octavella, Sooper Fuzz, Tone Axe, Toxic Plant
SS/BS TAFM
Zvex Fat Fuzz Factory

I guess there will be something for me among it.

[univalve]

I don't really want to go digital on the synths, I guess it's just not my thing, if I can get something analog I usually will, it sounds / feels more heavy and powerful to me.

i wouldn't limit myself with religion. But to each its own

Nice haul incoming!

[Tristan]

Whaha, religion, I know I know.
Gonna be sick with those fuzz boxes, last best!

[Derelict78]

I will third the behringer BSY 600 it's the tits. It is digital and in most settings it sounds pretty digital but in a good way. Put some fuzz before it for glitches out crazyness or after for ball crushing heavys. Exp pedal is a must with it but for $40 it's easy to justify spending the extra loot on an exp. pedal.

[Tristan]

A bassplayer I know has got one, so I can always try it.

[Tristan]

Well, the last fuzz flight came in and so far I'm really digging the SS/BS TAFM and the Zvex Fat Fuzz Factory.

The TAFM is probably a sure buy for me, that thing is crazy versatile and it really sounds like a proper fuzz, that's what I got in mind when I'm talking fuzz.
The gated stuff makes it go into synthy sounds and if you add in the clean sound it's almost as if you hear an octave up in there, amazing stuff.

The Fat Fuzz Factory sounds great and might even be a bit more versatile than the Wolf Computer but I still need to run them side by side.
The regular sound is almost like an octave up in comparison to the new bassier sounds for me, good stuff.

The LAL stuff definitely isn't for me, the same as with the Devi stuff, it's too compressed and just doesn't sound powerful enough for me.
I also don't like the tone controls on them as they're voiced overly bright in my opinion and the regular fuzz sounds aren't to my liking either, it doesn't even really sound like fuzz to me, more like a distortion of some kind.
The Toxic Plant has carrier bleed like crazy by the way.

EDIT:
I tried the Fat Fuzz Factory some more, I'm not sure, it sounds like ass with a buffered pedal in front and just doesn't react the way the Wolf Computer does in my setup, the sound seems to be a bit less special and it's more finicky to dial in.

[Tristan]

Well, in the end I think I'm going to go with The Unpleasant Surprise.
At first I didn't like the setup with the switches but I really got into it the second and third time I tried.
Wow, this thing is crazy and versatile!
From a mean octave up to synthy sitar type sounds, sizzling I don't know what the hell is happening type sounds and it even has a nice overdrive.
The thing sounds great running after my distortion as well.
I really want a nasty fuzz right now to complement my rig and this does it, in my opinion it's way more nasty than the LAL stuff.

The TAFM is nice but sounded a bit bland in band context, I mean in the end it just sounds like a good regular fuzz, not something I'll use that much I guess (I'm a bit crazy that way).
The special sounds like the gated stuff and the faux octave up don't really come out in the band much the way I heard it.
Still it's a great pedal though.

The Terra is great, also very versatile, I think maybe in the end I like it even more than the TAFM, I mean it does horn type sounds with the bias below halfway, sounds great when boosted with a distortion in front and can do a proper riffage fuzz as well.
Most of those horn type fuzzes are quite harsh sounding or don't have the feel / gain range for proper riffing but this one does, pretty cool.
This one will stay in the back of my mind, I might get one later on.

The Caracol is also cool, very special.
Mostly I think of it as a banjo generator, it has such a special attack that it really mimics that type of sound.
It can do some flutey stuff too with the control knob completely down and the intensity knob backed off a little.
It's also the only low gain octave up pedal I tried where the octave actually really is able to cut through another fuzz or distortion and get nasty enough, nice.
The only downside with it for me is not being able to control the attack / decay / sustain more, I mean that banjo style thing is great but I would love to be able to have a softer attack and/or a bit longer decay / sustain on it too for more sitar type sounds and it doesn't really seem to do that.
This one is also still in the back of my mind.