Fuzz face for active pickups

thecolourbox

Hi all

I have a Tele with emg active t style pups in it, and they don't play nicely with fuzz faces (they are buffered style i think which causes havoc). So are there any fuzz face type pedals that can cope with it?

I presume the digital boss fuzz can.

Does that mxr classic fuzz do it? Seems to have a feature to cope after a way but I'm not sure that's the same thing?

I have an akai muff type fuzz, don't want more muff style.

Aaaaaaand go

TheCount

The only one I know of:

Fuzz tool

simonk

Have to agree on the Fuzz Tool, it's very forgiving. The Skreddy stuff is pretty relaxed about what you throw at it and where you put it too. I would have to assume the digi Boss fuzz would also work for you, although its fuzz modelling is rather lame.

randomhandclaps

If you want a germanium fuzz the most readily available one that will do the job is the Fulltone 69. The issue with buffers (including active pickups) is the the FF needs to load the guitar pickups down and the buffer prevents this happening. The 'bias' control (now called input I think) on the FT 69 is in fact an input trimmer that counteracts this, lowering the impedance of the signal presented to the fuzz - that wasn't actually it's original purpose but is an added benefit.

Gassage

Here's a few I like

Suhr Riot
Skreddy Lunar
Wamp Velvet

All worked great with my old EMG strat.

thecolourbox

I will look/listen for the above, thanks. From reading google the fulltone seems the best fit for fuzz face, the others look more like theyd be a different flavour but i could be wrong (isn't the riot a distortion?)

For perspective, ive been trying to put together a "neat" sounding rig. Im using a little Mooer nassman head, want to switch between a boosted tone and a fuzzy tone, but want to keep it quite neat and musical sounding. If i want raucous ive already got that covered.

Think the Strokes tone on Is This It but with a nice fuzz instead of distortion. Currently using the zoom g3 but thinking of recreating buts of the path with proper pedals

monquixote

The MXR Classic buffer switch fixes the issue I think. 

The Suhr Rufus likes buffers as do the Boss Fuzz pedals.

thecolourbox

Oh the Mxr classic fuzz could be a goer then. I did think maybe the buffer thing was what was needed but as their description only talks about oscillating wahs i wasn't sure

I'm not hugely keen on the current boss fuzz (the digical one) but ive not tried it much. Hated the octavia and maestro settings (normally love octavias) but that's not what id want it for, its the fuzz face that id like

Will listen to all suggestions though

The Doors "When the music's over" is another similar tone set I'm looking to use

Thanks

ICBM

You can have a Boss fuzz which is buffer-proof without being digital - both the FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz and the FZ-3 Fuzz are analogue.

There's also the Zoom Ultra Fuzz if you want something more flexible - it can do anything from Fuzz Face to Fuzz Factory-type sounds.

ThePrettyDamned

The boss fz2 and fz3 are apparently good with buffers and are not modelling pedals.

Not sure if they're very fuzz facey though... I'm on the lookout for one.