Fuzz Shootout

So, I ended up with a lot of fuzz pedals, and I decided that I'd do a shootout for the fun of it. Let me start off by saying that you should not make any purchasing decisions based off of this shootout, since I keep each fuzz pedal on one setting the entire time, and my playing/recording techniques could skew how you view the fuzz. This is only for fun, and I can not stress that part enough. Now, when I did my delay shootout it was requested that I keep the names of the actual pedals a secret for awhile so that people have a chance to guess at which pedal they think is which, so I'll do the same thing here.

Here are the fuzzes I used:
Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler
Frantone Cream Puff
Line 6 M13 (Arbiter Fuzz Face model)
Line 6 M13 (Big Muff Pi model)
OLC Chunky Cheese
Way Huge Swollen Pickle (the original version)
Z. Vex Fuzz Factory (Vexter model)

For each clip I play the clean signal, and then I play some open chords, a single note riff, a palm muted riff, and then a (mostly) single note lead part. I played the same parts each time, using a metronome, so that the playing should not be much of a variable. I actually turned on all 7 fuzz tracks in ProTools at the same time, and the playing is pretty consistant haha. The gear used was my Telemaster on the bridge pickup (a Lindy Fralin 10% overwound Tele pup), into the fuzz pedal, into my Star Nova on the clean channel. I used the same mic (an SM57) in the same position on the amp, and the same presets on my MBox 2 Pro for each clip that was recorded, so the pedal is the only variable.

With all that said, here are the clips:
Fuzz 1 http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9001307
Fuzz 2 http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9001308
Fuzz 3 http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9001309
Fuzz 4 http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9001310
Fuzz 5 http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9001311
Fuzz 6 http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9001312
Fuzz 7 http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9001313

Let me know if you have any comments, suggestions, etc, and have fun guessing. I'll reveal the results in a few days, or you can PM me if you really need to know the results early for some reason haha.

Thanks for listening!

Thanks for all the work! I'll vote tomorrow!

TheCardiacKid wrote:Thanks for all the work! I'll vote tomorrow!

It's no problem! I had a lot of fun doing this. Looking forward to your guesses!

my guesses!

Fuzz 1 needs mor upper mids... Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler ?
Fuzz 2 Sounds Flat. Line 6 M13 (Big Muff Pi model)
Fuzz 3 Sounds Flat. Line 6 M13 (Arbiter Fuzz Face model)
Fuzz 4 100% certain this is Z. Vex Fuzz Factory
Fuzz 5 sounds muffled, no highs... OLC Chunky Cheese ?
Fuzz 6 really full and balanced.. Way Huge Swollen Pickle
Fuzz 7 needs more mids... Frantone Cream Puff ?

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