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futuresailors wrote:
My girlfriend "They all sound the same"
Me, incredulously: "What? *clicks on VTF* This? and this? *clicks on Muffy fuzz*?!
Her: "Those are different?"
Me: "Yes the angry octave up high pitched bees and this crushing low end with some sizzle are different."
Her: "Sound the same to me."

As a doctor of fuzzology, from this brief exchange, I can certifiably diagnose your girlfriend with fuzz deafness.

Its not that I couldn't find something useful. It all sounded good, except when I got really dark on the shape knob. I'm just fickle with my settings. And I think ear exhaustion was definitely the problem. And not feeling like I'm using the Unpleasant surprise to its full potential.

I had a Diabolik that I liked but there was something about it that didn't quite get there for me. Someone told me to try a depth charge. I think I will.

I think its two things. Ether fatigue, in which case, take a break. Get some tea, listen to some smooth jazz. Blah blah blah.

Other thing is after a while maybe you've just found the sound your looking for? I know after a while I knew what I wanted and liked, and stuck to that guitar wise since its the tone I liked. The Ssstampede was the final nail in the coffin, gave me what I wanted and then some.

That could be it. I could honestly be content with the Unpleasant surprise, the Mini, and my SSStampede if I absolutely had to choose 3. but I like a little more tonal variation. i think having the TAFM for a "normal" fuzz would let me use the others in a little more extreme settings. for instance, my SSStampede has a voltage starve and pregain, and while I love having it full blast, it has a really awesome texture with the voltage slightly starved and the pre turned down about halfway. having the TAFM will let me use it like that more often, once I get it back from Chankgeez.

I think that I have the opposite issue.
Whenever I play with something for a really long time, everything starts to sound really good.
Then I come back after a break, and realize "Man, this all sounds like shit."
"What the fuck was I thinking?"

Haha I've had those days too. Or I'll stop playing for the day, happy with my tones, and the next day, nothing has changed but I hate how it all sounds.

Except my second voice. It always sounds fucking amazing.

this is kinda like the whole wine tasting thing. they pretty much all taste the same

you need a special fuzz taster to tell you what special hints and bouquets of siamese dream it has

This is why, when I look for dirt pedals, i look for a very broad description of what they can do. i want my "chunky overdrive," my "cutting distortion" my "big doomy fuzz," etc. I'm a simple man, and most times, the little nuances people talk about in their Fuzzes are only useful in a recording session. When my 4x10 is trying to compete with a heavy handed drummer and a cranked guitarist in a tiny club, I doubt anyone is thinking "man, I love that subtle breakup on his fuzz."

Although, in the bedroom, I drool over all that shit too.

Chankgeez wrote:

futuresailors wrote:
My girlfriend "They all sound the same"
Me, incredulously: "What? *clicks on VTF* This? and this? *clicks on Muffy fuzz*?!
Her: "Those are different?"
Me: "Yes the angry octave up high pitched bees and this crushing low end with some sizzle are different."
Her: "Sound the same to me."

As a doctor of fuzzology, from this brief exchange, I can certifiably diagnose your girlfriend with fuzz deafness.

[puts hat on chest, shakes head solemnly]

neonblack wrote:The lesson here is that unless youre playing to a room of ILFers, you only need one fuzz.

I have thought this a few times as well, although I have had folks come up to me after shows and say "your guitar sounds awesome, keep making those noise." It is a bit discouraging at first but eventually I began using my "different" dirt boxes as tools to control how I fit into a band context. Finding THAT sound is still pretty relevant though, nothing makes me play better than having a fucking rad sound coming out of my amp.

With that said, in the past six months or so I have enjoyed playing clean more and use fuzz and distortion as mood changers. It is super satisfying to create a heavy chord progression with all clean guitars/bass by using fun chords and drones.

Back on topic though, ear fatigue is the worst. Every now and again it happens to me and it is such a bummer. Then you come back later and write the cool new riff for the next cool jam.

If you replace the word "wine" with fuzz this says it all..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiBWHHqK7W8[/youtube]

On the other hand.. this thread is heresy and blasphemy and I will be putting up a large post with firewood around the base of it for all of you

Mudfuzz wrote:If you replace the word "wine" with fuzz this says it all..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiBWHHqK7W8[/youtube]

On the other hand.. this thread is heresy and blasphemy and I will be putting up a large post with firewood around the base of it for all of you

I recently took all the fuzz off my board and man it feels so good.

That's crazy talk. What kind of music are you playing with this crazy dirt-free board?

neonblack wrote:That's crazy talk. What kind of music are you playing with this crazy dirt-free board?

Electroacoustic/Ambient. That's not to say there is no dirt -- I put the M9 back on my board so there's actually tons available, but I am only using the mid-eq with gain in my chain. Afterwards it all gets run into Ableton where there is more OD, lofi delay, and bit reduction on wet/drys to break things apart as needed. Fuzz just doesn't really work with what I'm doing right now, and if I were to add some in I would likely feed it with pink noise for a pure wall (maybe with an LFO/panning for movement) that I could fade in as needed rather than put in the path of the guitar.

Not just a troll comment either though -- I got so sick of trying to find "The Sound" while knowing that that idea is a fallacy. There's tons of good sounds (good and bad) to be had, and what "The Right Sound" is changes over time and from project to project. I finally said fuck it to devoting so much energy to searching for something that doesn't really exist and so playing without that yoke feels really free. YMMV.

you have to have at least one fuzz on your board at all times it is law