What's your favorite fuzz pedal??

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I've been fuzz obsessed lately. I just got my old DAM Meathead back from David Main not too long ago and have been having a blast with it. What's your doom box of choice??
 
I went through that rabbit hole during the 2000s, when fuzz was my favorite effect, and the three pedals I've liked the most for stoner/doom were the DAM Meathead, simple and probably my all time fave for that application. This pedal is the simplest and most brutal Doom machine I've heard to this day. I still own it and still love it.
Next is the Pete Cornish NG-2 fuzz. This one you can set up more like a traditional fuzz face, heavy like a big muff, or out of control high gain Tone Bender MK-1. It's extremely versatile, and it has the famous Cornish buffer on it's input, so, if you use it first in line, it will help your entire signal chain tremendously.
Last of the three is the famous Big Muff Rams Head version. If you find a good one, it's really hard to beat for that application. Many players would opt to use the Green Russian Big Muff I had at my studio for Doom/Stoner, because it was bassier and smoother sounding, but would always pick the tracks done with Rams Head at the mixing stage, because they were more aggressive and cut through the mix much better than the Green Russian Muff.
Now, not a fuzz pedal, but one that I think it's a must for any Doom pedalboard is the Sonic Titan Overdrive. My all time fave overdrive for this application. Incredibly underrated pedal.
In my opinion, you already have the pinnacle of the Doom/Stoner fuzz, but trying new pedals is as fun as it can get, so, have fun on your journey!
 
I have an Orange Fur Coat and a Keeley Fuzz Bender. I've just begun my rabbit hole.
 
SBlue said:
I went through that rabbit hole during the 2000s, when fuzz was my favorite effect, and the three pedals I've liked the most for stoner/doom were the DAM Meathead, simple and probably my all time fave for that application. This pedal is the simplest and most brutal Doom machine I've heard to this day. I still own it and still love it.
Next is the Pete Cornish NG-2 fuzz. This one you can set up more like a traditional fuzz face, heavy like a big muff, or out of control high gain Tone Bender MK-1. It's extremely versatile, and it has the famous Cornish buffer on it's input, so, if you use it first in line, it will help your entire signal chain tremendously.
Last of the three is the famous Big Muff Rams Head version. If you find a good one, it's really hard to beat for that application. Many players would opt to use the Green Russian Big Muff I had at my studio for Doom/Stoner, because it was bassier and smoother sounding, but would always pick the tracks done with Rams Head at the mixing stage, because they were more aggressive and cut through the mix much better than the Green Russian Muff.
Now, not a fuzz pedal, but one that I think it's a must for any Doom pedalboard is the Sonic Titan Overdrive. My all time fave overdrive for this application. Incredibly underrated pedal.
In my opinion, you already have the pinnacle of the Doom/Stoner fuzz, but trying new pedals is as fun as it can get, so, have fun on your journey!
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The one I got back from David Main was my long out of service (some dickhead spilled beer all over it) was a Meathead Deluxe. Really great if you want to get some incredible mid and lower gain tones out of the Meathead circuit. Then I just ordered a one knob Meathead standard that happened to show up on GC's used site. They're really getting hard to come by, and they're quite pricey these days, but I think it's worth it personally. My Meathead Deluxe might be the most inspiring piece of gear I've ever owned. It's the actual pedal that was used on this album:


and it was tuned specifically for extended range guitars.

Also very interested in the Sonic Titan, I can definitely see myself picking one up at one point. Looks like they'd be killer for running into an already overdriven amp. Do you have one?
 
Catalinbread Fuzzrite -> EQD Black Ash

Been getting into soldering and thinking of building this into a single enclosure.
 
Soundstorm said:
The one I got back from David Main was my long out of service (some dickhead spilled beer all over it) was a Meathead Deluxe. Really great if you want to get some incredible mid and lower gain tones out of the Meathead circuit. Then I just ordered a one knob Meathead standard that happened to show up on GC's used site. They're really getting hard to come by, and they're quite pricey these days, but I think it's worth it personally. My Meathead Deluxe might be the most inspiring piece of gear I've ever owned. It's the actual pedal that was used on this album:


and it was tuned specifically for extended range guitars.

Also very interested in the Sonic Titan, I can definitely see myself picking one up at one point. Looks like they'd be killer for running into an already overdriven amp. Do you have one?
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Do you have, by any chance a picture of the Meathead DLX you own?
Yeah, I still have the Sonic Titan. That, a standard Meathead, a 1965 built into a MK1 enclosure and a 1966 are all that's left of my former DAM collection.
 
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it's a super modified Big Muff circuit with a built in boost
 
SBlue said:
Do you have, by any chance a picture of the Meathead DLX you own?
Yeah, I still have the Sonic Titan. That, a standard Meathead, a 1965 built into a MK1 enclosure and a 1966 are all that's left of my former DAM collection.
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Sure do. This was when I received it back from DAM headquarters. The spilled beer shorted it out, so he replaced a few components. Then he just went ahead and changed out the jacks, knobs, and even LED. The knobs used to be white. Asked several times about payment but he wouldn’t take anything for doing the work. He sent the bag and all the swag with it too. Let me know if you decide to let go of that Sonic Titan!



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Sure do. This was when I received it back from DAM headquarters. The spilled beer shorted it out, so he replaced a few components. Then went ahead and changed out the jacks, knobs, and even LED. The knobs used to be white. Asked several times about payment but he wouldn’t take anything for doing the work. He sent the bag and all the swag with it too. Let me know if you decide to let go of that Sonic Titan!



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Thank you!!!
I never get tired of looking at Dave's pedals. They look so good, and he sure knows how to make insanely great stuff!
I really wish I still had all the DAM pedals I had during the 2000s.
 
SBlue said:
Thank you!!!
I never get tired of looking at Dave's pedals. They look so good, and he sure knows how to make insanely great stuff!
I really wish I still had all the DAM pedals I had during the 2000s.
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It really is unlike anything else I've ever plugged into. Some of his other offerings are going for crazy prices, like the Mk 1 and the 1966 I've seen for up to $2,000 on Reverb. Thankfully the Meatheads are still around $500, still pricey as hell but not like the other ones. I think I'd like to get one of the Dark versions and a Sonic Titan and then call it a day with pedals, maybe forever.
 
My favorites are a ‘70’s Foxx Tone Machine, ‘90’s Russian Big Muff and Keeley Fuzz Bender. I also really like my ‘60’s Vox Distortion Booster

There pedals are really raw, organic and growly, especially the Foxx. It’s my #1 fuzz overall. I compared it to a real ‘60’s fuzz face and thought it smoked it and made it sound comparatively boring
 
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