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Post by archiestone on Jan 28, 2020 14:15:37 GMT -5
Seems I hear these terms used interchangeably a lot, so I'll ask the experts: In your opinion: Is there an appreciable difference between what a 'Fuzz box' and what a 'Distortion pedal' do for you? There are SO MANY choices I assume they overlap somewhat but I'm wondering if they are truly separate fx or whether they do essentially the same thing.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 28, 2020 15:24:26 GMT -5
They don't do the same thing (in theory...but manufacturers can call them anything they like). A distortion clips the top and bottom off the smooth sine wave of the signal. A fuzz converts the signal into a square wave. The amount of distortion or fuzz in the signal is usually controlled by varying the ratio between the original untreated signal and the 'treated' signal. Look:  |
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Post by archiestone on Jan 28, 2020 15:31:57 GMT -5
That's a *great* piece of info, Peegoo. Thanks.
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Post by chronicinsomnia on Jan 28, 2020 17:06:14 GMT -5
Peegoo comes walking into the room drops a bomb of useful info and poof discussion over.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 28, 2020 17:26:30 GMT -5
Oh c'mon. I'm no expert on any of this stuff. I know just a little bit of 'enough' to be dangerous. Square waves, triangle waves, saw waves, semisine waves (and variations of these) are where the early synths got their tones. Modern synths do the same. You can hear the difference between these wave forms here: Phasing, flanging, and chorus for guitar achieve their effects by slipping the signal's wave form; all work in a similar manner by splitting the input signal into two (or more) paths, slightly shifting one path up or down, and then mixing both paths back together at the output.  |
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Post by McCreed on Jan 28, 2020 17:30:35 GMT -5
Yeah, he's a thread killer... but in a good way!!!  |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 28, 2020 17:59:36 GMT -5
Yeah, he's a thread killer... but in a good way!!! ... and he doesn't get Chickeny about it. |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 28, 2020 18:35:54 GMT -5
"... and he doesn't get Chickeny about it." Just doing what I gotta do to keep Tha Maaaan on the run.  |
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Post by gbfun on Jan 30, 2020 0:44:23 GMT -5
Ha. Another eye queue test !
Da chicken ain't running = Not Very Realistic = Not Fooled.
Otherwize, very realistick.
And why ain't the chicken a Giraffe ?
With sharp teeth ?
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Post by Stratluvr on Feb 1, 2020 7:31:26 GMT -5
When I think of Fuzz, I think of the Stones "Satisfaction". That to me is perfect Fuzz tone.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Feb 1, 2020 9:40:58 GMT -5
That's a great example of a killer fuzz tone. Norman Greenbaum's tune Spirit In the Sky is another one. Killer groove, too. The fuzz used on this track was not a pedal or an outboard effect; it was a very simple small circuit built into the control cavity of Greenbaum's Fender Telecaster. He wrote the tune while watching Porter Waggonner on TV doing a gospel song, and thought, "I can do that!" He wrote it in less than 30 minutes. The stuttering, heavily-reverbed single note fills (sounds like delay, but isn't) was an early 60s Gibson SG with the neck pickup's volume rolled to zero and bridge pickup's volume on 10. Guitarist Russ Dashiell simply hit the note and flipped the pickup switch up and down. Listen closely at the 0:23 mark in the vid below and you can hear the studio mic picking up the click-click-click of the switch as Dashiell flips it hard. Bet you've never heard that before  but when you hear it, especially if you have an SG or Les Paul, you will instantly recognize that click sound. Peter Buck of REM did the exact same thing in the chorus of their tune What's The Frequency, Kenneth? |
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Post by Sérgio on Feb 1, 2020 9:52:57 GMT -5
You can clearly hear the difference if you know what to look for. Fuzz pedals are much “hairier”, noisier and fizzier than distortions, which sound cleaner and metallic.
The technical explanation has already been given above.
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but when you hear it, especially if you have an SG or Les Paul, you will instantly recognize that click sound. Peter Buck of REM did the exact same thing in the chorus of their tune What's The Frequency, Kenneth?