Distortion Man or Fuzz Man...?

[samzadgan]

So, this is something i am struggling with lately...I don't know which one i am.

Of course i can be both, no issues with that...but I would love to be one. I would love to have a setup which just has one type of dirt that i can COMMIT to...and not over complicate things.

so i was thinking...do you guys struggle with this? or you've already decided?

[Uncle Grandfather]

So, this is something i am struggling with lately...I don't know which one i am.

Of course i can be both, no issues with that...but I would love to be one. I would love to have a setup which just has one type of dirt that i can COMMIT to...and not over complicate things.

so i was thinking...do you guys struggle with this? or you've already decided?

eh, just get a big muff and be both.



edit: i just use whatever is necessary to get the sounds in my head....out through my amp.

[pelliott]

Me?

*puts on sunglasses*

I'm a butt man

[skullservant]

I'm a fuzz into a distortion kind of guy. I think most distortions sound too sterile so I always stack a fuzz into it to give a better texture

[samzadgan]

I'm a fuzz into a distortion kind of guy. I think most distortions sound too sterile so I always stack a fuzz into it to give a better texture

rat into muff? that's what I've tried that and it does sound huge.

[skullservant]

Right now in my guitar chain I'm running a Harmonic Percolator into a Way Huge Fat Sandwhich. It's nasty awesome.
But Rat into Muff is also really great too!

[samzadgan]

Right now in my guitar chain I'm running a Harmonic Percolator into a Way Huge Fat Sandwhich. It's nasty awesome.
But Rat into Muff is also really great too!

interesting...I use to have a Fat Sandwich and I could never get it to work with stacking...which i why i sold it...maybe its an amp thing...

[skullservant]

Maybe! That's a good possibility. I only use 100% clean amps. I could see how it could be finicky though. I usually keep the distortion knob dimed which takes over most of the sound, but when I dial it back the Perc shines through it

[Uncle Grandfather]

Right now in my guitar chain I'm running a Harmonic Percolator into a Way Huge Fat Sandwhich. It's nasty awesome.
But Rat into Muff is also really great too!

interesting...I use to have a Fat Sandwich and I could never get it to work with stacking...which i why i sold it...maybe its an amp thing...

could be an issue with what pup's you're using..

[pelliott]

I <3 fuzz more, personally. As has been said, I think a good muff-type pedal can straddle the line between fuzz and distortion. Using it to push an amp on the edge of breakup is mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Plus a nice raspy/velcroy fuzz is super hot.

[D.o.S.]

Fuzztortion.

[misterstomach]

these days it's fuzz, but for a long time i was running one amp for each and i loved the sound of both together.

[skullservant]

these days it's fuzz, but for a long time i was running one amp for each and i loved the sound of both together.

This is good too.

I've got a Verellen Big Spider going into a SS/BS Hawk for my fuzz side and then the other side is the Fat Sandwich and HP. Great tones together!

[samzadgan]

so for a good 2 years i was a fuzz man…starting with a regular Big Muff and climaxing in my BAT Sarcophagus…and i still love it…but recently i added a Fat Boost and OCD to my board, and those two together give me great distortion tone…and now I'm struggling to choose one, even for the same song...

[HorseyBoy]

I'm a fuzz into a distortion kind of guy. I think most distortions sound too sterile so I always stack a fuzz into it to give a better texture

rat into muff? that's what I've tried that and it does sound huge.

Rat into ANYTHING sounds great. I love fuzz and dirt of all kinds, but for the last couple of days I've found myself using my Rat pretty much exclusively. If I had to have just one dirt pedal (a scenario too horrible to contemplate very seriously) I could probably get by with just the Rat.