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Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by markjazzbassist » Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:55 am

I love a good cheap pedal that is a sleeper. I have this 90's Vox Tone Bender that's a ripper and people bash it online all day long. I've got a Sears Fuzz Face from the 70's that is a germ FF but cheap, no 800 dollars here. love this stuff. i'm looking for some other nasty fuzzes, more 60's spitty type sounds. like the one below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bypLhbKyg



help a brother out, any suggestions on some cheap stuff? DOD make anything like that? i love dod stuff, super cheap, readily available, made in the usa

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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by digitaldrummer » Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:52 am

have you tried a Rat? I have one of the original's from the 80's and it can certainly fuzz out.
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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by A.David.MacKinnon » Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:46 am

https://youtu.be/KgaCCEf219I


I've got the Twinote Pie from this video. It's a muff sort of thing. Super cheap.
I also just ordered the yellow Azor in the video. $27 USD on amazon. It way more 60's sounding.
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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by ulriggribbons » Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:05 am

On the extreme fuzz side, the Way Huge Swollen Pickle is always a ton of fun. Nice shaping controls.

I find them used for $60-80.

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Post by Recycled_Brains » Thu Aug 12, 2021 10:12 am

Idiot Box Ron Swanson Fuzz is a superfuzz variant. I love mine. It does the Jesus and Mary Chain thing if you're into that, but the "normal" setting is a massive and thick sound that will give you some octave up shit when you play higher and on your neck pickup. His pedals are all super affordable.
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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by markjazzbassist » Thu Aug 12, 2021 10:53 am

great stuff i will check these out.

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Post by kslight » Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:31 am

Also cutting the voltage on some pedals is a cheap way to change the sound.

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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by standup » Thu Aug 12, 2021 2:03 pm

For a while I was enjoying Devi Ever pedals. From what I recall (it’s broken now) the Torn’s Peaker was pretty great. Not super cheap though. I have a Way Huge pickle that does muff-ish, and can get pretty dark and far away from the ripped Velcro sound, which I appreciate sometimes.

It’s not cheap, but my favorite is the Walrus Audio Janus that does fuzz and tremolo, and has two joysticks you can nudge with your toe. Huge variety of fuzz tones from that thing.

Oh, and on a whim I picked up a Catalinbred Antichthon pretty cheap used. It’s a fuzz, but a perplexing beast. It does tremolo ish wobble when you turn guitar volume down, then transitions into fuzz as you bring the volume up. It also does weird noises and pterodactyl calls using another control. Good weird fun, but not easy to use. It was probably kinda cheap because it’s such a pain in the ass to use.

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Post by vernier » Thu Aug 12, 2021 2:13 pm

Had one from eighties I used instead of an amp for recording guitar and bass. Gave it away long ago and forget the name ..Metal something.

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Post by vvv » Thu Aug 12, 2021 2:40 pm

My most recents, price I paid in parentheses:

Tone City FUXX Fuzz Guitar (US$40~)- nice pedal, heavy fuzz, versatile, loud, reminds me some of a Fuzz Face or Super Fuzz without the upper octave.. Just don't buy from mec.2009.

JHS Fuzz ($US70~): one of the new "generic-look" 3 Series what is all white. Again, cool pedal, better than the above for me as I always appreciate a "bias" knob, goes from like-Muff to like-Zvex.

Fulltone Octafuzz (US$100~): this is the original series what has a reverse 9 volt, doesn't chain well off a One--Spot but sounds cool, uniquely dynamic.

Movall Ocopuzz ($US30~): just as cool as the Fulltone (not as much bottom), smaller, cheaper, standard 9v. plug.

Catalinbread Fuzz Engine (US$70~): crazy-wild, and touchy but tweakable

MXR M296 ($US60~): a classic sorta medium-ish fuzz

Mooer Triangle Fuzz (US$35~): indistinguishable from the nano EHX Triangle Muff - what is great!

Also note that there are a number of <US$50 Rat clones by Chinese companies such as the Super Rat and the Black Rat, etc. Every one I've played (3?) sounds really good; some even have the LM308 altho' that is not necessary for a good sound.

Also, the Behringer SF300 gets a lot of love under US$50 - I've not tried it.
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Post by ashcat_lt » Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:24 pm

vvv wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 2:40 pm
Also, the Behringer SF300 gets a lot of love under US$50 - I've not tried it.
This was going to be my suggestion. It's a clone of the Boss HyperFuzz, which itself is switchable between two different transistor-based fuzzes AND a good clean boost mode. I've used both the Boss original and the Behringer, and there's no meaningful difference between the two except that the Boss is hard to find and getting kind of pricey. Course, I tried to find a new one of the Behringers and couldn't find it in stock any of the usual places just the other day. I'm not a huge fuzz aficionado, and actually use it for the clean boost mostly, but all of the modes are very usable and pretty versatile with more tone shaping options than many other fuzzes.

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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by CraigS63 » Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:02 pm

ashcat_lt wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:24 pm
vvv wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 2:40 pm
Also, the Behringer SF300 gets a lot of love under US$50 - I've not tried it.
This was going to be my suggestion. It's a clone of the Boss HyperFuzz, which itself is switchable between two different transistor-based fuzzes AND a good clean boost mode. I've used both the Boss original and the Behringer, and there's no meaningful difference between the two except that the Boss is hard to find and getting kind of pricey. Course, I tried to find a new one of the Behringers and couldn't find it in stock any of the usual places just the other day. I'm not a huge fuzz aficionado, and actually use it for the clean boost mostly, but all of the modes are very usable and pretty versatile with more tone shaping options than many other fuzzes.
$25 at Sweetwater at the moment.

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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by digitaldrummer » Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:48 am

CraigS63 wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:02 pm
$25 at Sweetwater at the moment.
Jeesh, that's cheaper than a Waves plugin. ordered one...
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Post by vvv » Fri Aug 13, 2021 1:46 pm

CraigS63 wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:02 pm

$25 at Sweetwater at the moment.
I confess I just ordered one for like US$40 on the Ebog and ya know what?

I'm fine with that.
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Re: Cheap Sleeper Fuzz Pedals for Guitar

Post by CraigS63 » Sat Aug 14, 2021 6:52 am

digitaldrummer wrote:
Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:48 am
CraigS63 wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:02 pm
$25 at Sweetwater at the moment.
Jeesh, that's cheaper than a Waves plugin. ordered one...
Plus, free candy! It did trigger a lot of SW rep phone calls though.

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