Pretty Years settings/notes/hax

[vidret]

I knew you'd find the FM modulation to your liking

Is that seriously the filter with resonance at almost maxed out and in 3 spots at the same time, WITH FM mod?

You cray

[Strange Tales]

Glitchy arpeggiating bass fuzz heaven.

Bias sets the intensity (good spot there, further to the left, about the halfway point, makes it behave more like a high pass filter)

Resonance will set how often it glitches around.

FM will also control how pronounced the glitch effect is.

Gain 3 can be turned up for more fuzz altogether. Don't touch Gain 2, I find it makes everything sound like shit.

Frequency changes the sound altogether. Adjust to taste, but a distinct possibility you take out this glitch arpeggiation with it (I left it there).

Keep the Tri/Pent switch set upwards. Downwards takes out the effect. Same with the FM switch, needs to be downward.

[vidret]

I shall try.

I like having both gain 2 and 3, they interact differently with different settings and depending on what you're going for.


Overall fuzz setting for me is low pass 3rd stage, starve 12 o clock, hi clipping, treble all the way up.

Rest to taste. Frequency dials in the most sabbathian fuzz ever known.

[Chankgeez]

It could reach 1000 pages

[Eric!]

I had a low gain 2, filter modes 2 and 3 up, and it ACTUALLY STARTED CHIRPING. LIKE BIRDS.

[Ev_O)))]

Going from some kinda gentle octavey, clangy intermodulating stuff to clean gain with a simple turn of the freq knob:



It's especially present on the E string 12th fret. Cool as a sublte effect that you could fade in and out with EXP

[e-vang]

Happy to finally own this beast!! (Took a good while to get to Greece but it's worth the wait!)
Broken fuzz with ring trem as it fades away, or when strum lightly
The album rocks by the way

[coldbrightsunlight]

The album does rock, I listened to it again today on a bus ride. Love how well Pretty Years the pedal captures the sound and feel of Pretty Years the album.

[augur44]

Hi! I do think this pedal can sound very close to many distortion/fuzz pedals on the market.
Here are 2 settings I made based on some of pedals I've been playing or some time.
I'll try in the next days to do the same with : Fuzztone, Fuzzrite, Shin-Ei I have in my possession.
I play on a Jazzmaster AVRI w/ Dollar pickups through Hiwatt 50w combo from 1979.
Settings may be different for you, but it's to give you some ideas.

BAT Pharaoh Fuzz


Lumpy Tone Lemon Drop

[vidret]

huh, haven't tried but I'd definitely think the triode mode would fit better for pharaoh sounds.

Nice stuff man, I've been running it as a big angry muff with lows lately.

[augur44]

You can probably get similar sound with another setting.
This one is just my take on it.

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

Hi! I do think this pedal can sound very close to many distortion/fuzz pedals on the market.
Here are 2 settings I made based on some of pedals I've been playing or some time.
I'll try in the next days to do the same with : Fuzztone, Fuzzrite, Shin-Ei I have in my possession.
I play on a Jazzmaster AVRI w/ Dollar pickups through Hiwatt 50w combo from 1979.
Settings may be different for you, but it's to give you some ideas.

i love that you did this! so awesome.

[vidret]

You can probably get similar sound with another setting.
This one is just my take on it.

That sounded wrong, I meant as in "before trying I would've guessed triode" since the pharaoh isn't very bitey and all.

Someone do a regular fuzz face so I don't have to buy one just to try one!

[coldbrightsunlight]

You want to borrow more of my pedals? Because I have a great FF.

[vidret]

Why not

Never tried one. Let me talk to brands and goroth first, easier to borrow from them if they have one.

If not I'll PM you!