I love some of Jimi's Fuzz tones, but for the life of me have never been able to achieve them.
Have tried Germainium and Silicon Fuzz faces into Marshal amps at full chat.
Have tried modelling systems such as the Helix, but never seem to get that sound.
With Germanium fuzzes it sounds all warm and muffled, with silicon it slices your head off and dies not sound pleasant.
Guitars have been single coil strats with decent pickups (Texas specials and BK Apache).
Yet I can get my Voodoo labs Octavia to sound just like purple Haze (Octavias are supposedly hard to dial in).
Current rig is now fully modeller based but would like to have a good fuzz first in the sign chain before any kind of buffer.
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silicon fuzzface types worth checking out: meathead dark/black dust/black acid (or the pedalparts one-knobber kit)
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You can simulate it with a cap if you don't want to use one - between about 1000pf and 4700pF should be about right, and a small cap will easily fit inside a jack plug.
Reverend actually used to fit one on the jack in some of their guitars, but personally I think this is a bad idea as it's not easy to switch out if you don't want it.
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Also plexis with the bright cap on the volue knob are too bright at low volumes for a fuzzface.
FWIW the lunar unit does a smooth 'recorded' fuzz that you might really love for lead playing. As I only use it stacked, I personally use a Suhr Rufus as it's very controlled & has great eq.
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I've also got a White Atom Fuzz which is superb, but the Black Moon is more mellow and has that germanium warmth.
Both pedals are really low noise compared to other fuzz pedals I've owned and the clarity is fantastic, makes creating music with the pedal so enjoyable.
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