fuzz pictures from today

[analogmike]

Working on a fuzz documentary, thought this would be nice to see.

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzes.jpg

Larger version http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzesbig.jpg

Have fun!

[eric-d]

I wanna play....

[gururyan]

I see some good ones in there, care to list them for us?

[analogmike]

Go ahead, start at the bottom left and someone can add in the blanks :)

[Bricks]

1. patch of fuzzy gray carpet.

[phishmarisol]

Fender Blender, Ampeg Scrambler,

[Bulldog]

forget the fuzz, I want the Supro! =)

[eric-d]

Ampeg Scrambler
Fuzzrite?
Fender Blender
Tyco Octavia
(Behind Tyco ???)
RM Octavia
Colorsound Tonebender (x2)
(x4) Maestro something or other
Chrome 3-knob something?
Ibanez Overdrive II (808 series)
Ibanez Overdrive II (Narrow)
Ibanez Overdrive (orange?)
Ibanez 808 narrow box
Beano-Boost
Sunlion
NKT-275 Sunface
I shit load of vintage Fuzzfaces
I see the Treble/Bass Face on the shelf on the left.

[Nitefly182]

4 knob fender blender
Ampeg Scrambler
Tychobrae Octavian
Roger Mayer Octavia
Colorsound Tone Bender MKII
Maestro Brassmaster
Maestro Fuzz Tone
Maestro FZ1
DeArmond Square Wave
Schaller Fuzz
Boss Driver
Foxx Tone Machine
USA Big Muff
TS808
Ibanez Overdrive
Ibanez Overdrive II (2 versions)
Roland Bee-Baa
Foxx Fuzz Wah
Marshall Supa Fuzz
Several fuzz faces of vartious years and circuits
AM beano boost
Morley Fuzz Wah
Mosrite fuzzrite
AM sunlion
Manny's fuzz

[nashvillesteve]

I'm probably wrong, but it looks like there are several big muffs...

[leftyaxeslinger]

Wow. Great pic. Love the Fuzz Faces hanging on the wall. Nice.

[TravisE]

Man, I want that Vibratone!

[analogmike]

Nitefly has most of them, here is current list with a little editing

Bottom row
4 knob fender blender
Ampeg Scrambler
Mosrite fuzzrite
Tychobrae Octavia
(wide box behind octavia)
Roger Mayer Octavia
Colorsound Tone Bender MKII (SUPA tonebenders, reissure and orig)
Maestro Bass Brassmaster
Maestro Fuzz Tone
Maestro FZ1
Maestro ????
Manny's fuzz (good one!)
TS808 (narrow Euro version)
Ibanez Overdrive
Ibanez Overdrive II (2 versions)


Roland Bee-Baa
Boss Driver (no, but close!)
another Roland ???
largest fuzz ever made next = ???
Morley Fuzz Wah
(soundimension by Arbiter is not a fuzz but looked cool...)


2nd row:

x
Foxx Fuzz Wah
x
Foxx Tone Machine
x
USA Big Muff
DeArmond Square Wave
Univox super fuzz without rubber pad [Doctorx]
LRE fuzz sound (Lafaytette radio? electronics) [Doctorx]
on top of
Acoustic 360 (worlds largest fuzz box/parametric EQ)
Schaller Fuzz
Marshall Supa Fuzz



Top :
Several fuzz faces of vartious years and circuits
AM beano boost
AM sunlion
AM sunface
x
x
x
x (large thing on Bassman head)
Heathkit distortion
x

extra credit top shelf blue box on right = ?

have fun!

[Medication]

I spy an Ibanez OD-850...tasty.

[lcjc800]

That's fuzzier than a single guy's fridge!:eek:

[erksin]

I like the Pete Townshend 'All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes' album cover on the wall - I was just listening to it today after about 10 years, great album!

And I want the Supro too!

[Nitefly182]

Nitefly has most of them, here is current list with a little editing

Bottom row
4 knob fender blender
Ampeg Scrambler
Mosrite fuzzrite
Tychobrae Octavia
(wide box behind octavia)
Roger Mayer Octavia
Colorsound Tone Bender MKII (SUPA tonebenders, reissure and orig)
Maestro Bass Brassmaster
Maestro Fuzz Tone
Maestro FZ1
Maestro ????
Manny's fuzz (good one!)
TS808 (narrow Euro version)
Ibanez Overdrive
Ibanez Overdrive II (2 versions)


Roland Bee-Baa
Boss Driver (no, but close!)
another Roland ???
largest fuzz ever made next = ???
Morley Fuzz Wah
(soundimension by Arbiter is not a fuzz but looked cool...)


2nd row:

x
Foxx Fuzz Wah
x
Foxx Tone Machine
x
USA Big Muff
DeArmond Square Wave
x
x
x
Schaller Fuzz
Marshall Supa Fuzz



Top :
Several fuzz faces of vartious years and circuits
AM beano boost
AM sunlion
AM sunface
x
x
x
x
x (large thing on Bassman head)
x

extra credit top shelf blue box on right = ?

have fun!

I knew I should have gotten the 30" wide screen. At least I got close.

[basscracker]

my Expandafuzz sounds like ass.the EQ side is cool,might make a good pedal all by itself.what do think of the Fuzz on it,Mike?

[scottywompas]

Mike,

My only question is, have you ever hooked them all up at once just to see what would happen?

Nice collection. What's that little brown amp on the top right under the pete townsend album ? no name on the front.

:hiP

[Tonemeister69]

Thanks for sharing, Mike :0

[EXP]

Working on a fuzz documentary, thought this would be nice to see.

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzes.jpg

Larger version http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzesbig.jpg

Have fun!

ah fuzz face heaven, its more beautiful than i imagined.:drool

the Sunface BC-108 is my # 1 fuzz. i would even buy a backup, i love this thing! :RoCkIn

[utterhack]

Working on a fuzz documentary, thought this would be nice to see.

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzes.jpg
Hm. I like it, but it needs more fuzz...

[g3rmanium]

Working on a fuzz documentary, thought this would be nice to see.

You're missing the first two Maestro Fuzz Tones and a JEN-made Vox Tonebender :-)

[Phil M]

Why do so many effects builders have such nice stuff?

[nedsteve]

Working on a fuzz documentary, thought this would be nice to see.

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzes.jpg

Larger version http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzesbig.jpg

Have fun!

That is a very fuzzy picture.:AOK

[1968]

what an awesome picture.. been staring for ages and finding more and more things.. maybe i've just had too many beers :)..
Its like wheres wally- only with lots of wallys :D

First glance "meh- standard gear whore shot"
30 secs later- "wow!"
1 min later "holy moly"
2 mins later "holy **** :eek: :drool "

[analogmike]

Someone else has heard of the Gretsch Expandafuzz! I just found out about them a few years ago. They are quite odd, somehow I have two of them now. Three EQ settings and a fuzz. Not very useable but maybe for some 60s biker chick flick music ;)

Anyone going to repost the list with more blanks filled in?

Oh the brown amp is one of the best sounding amps ever made, Steve Kimock's secret to his huge slide tone, a De Armond R5T. If you ever see one in a shop for sale, grab it. They go for insane amounts on ebay.

[XXX]

what's the story on the schaller fuzz?


i've seen it mentioned before, but no details.

[rollyfoster]

i've got a fuzzy boner now!

[mtlin]

1. patch of fuzzy gray carpet.

LOL

[Mr. Kite]

I want to see the documentary. When, where? Will John Stossel be involved? Thanks for the idea of a Fuzz Face as a wall hanger, my Wife's gonna love it. Over the mantle will look best.

[BluePowder]

I'm expecting my Sunface next week coming in from my local distributor, it'll be my first real fuzz pedal. Can't wait to get my hands on it, that picture makes me want it even more!

Nice Octavia!

[Mr. Kite]

What about Katie Couric? I think she'd make a great fuzz box hostess for your documentary.

[rollyfoster]

What about Katie Couric? I think she'd make a great fuzz box hostess for your documentary.

you think so? she seems like she'd prefer to work on a trem documentary.

[1968]

i've got a fuzzy boner now!

thanks to you I know have coffee spit all over my screen


:rotflmao

[onemind]

I thought the RM Rocket was a Stone Fuzz, pro'lly wrong though

[analogmike]

Schaller is a German silicon fuzzface clone, not bad.

Katie and John Stossel were here but they were too high on "E" so we had to run tape without them while they played with each others' fuzzy parts.

Hope it will be out early 2007, they are down in SC now interviewing Geoffrey Teese (I guess it's not all about fuzz pedals, though that is all I put out for them).

[Fifthstone]

GAS attack!

[Texas_Blues]

Working on a fuzz documentary, thought this would be nice to see.

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzes.jpg

Larger version http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzesbig.jpg

Have fun!

Plug em all together and tunr the fuzz and volume up into a cranked Marshall with a strat. mmmmmmmmmmmm

[mustangman]

awesome pedals!

[doctorx]

I recognize one that no one else has: on the right is an old Lafayette fuzz tone, run by an AA battery. I have one, but it needs a new switch.

[jgyn]

You should wear a fuzzy sweater.

[analogmike]

I recognize one that no one else has: on the right is an old Lafayette fuzz tone, run by an AA battery. I have one, but it needs a new switch.

Close! On the little brown amp on the right of the bassman is a dark color kit fuzz pedal. May have also been also sold by Lafayette, but this one is labelled HEATHKIT.

[doctorx]

I was referring to the rectangular grey one on top of the acoustic amp. Thats a Lafayette fuzz tone, right? I had one when I was a kid, I got it from Lafayette electronics in my home town. I paid $15 dollars worth of lunch money for it. You don't wanna know what I paid for the one I have now.

[Franklin]

Who let the fuzz hog in here!!

No wonder vintage fuzzes are so expensive, Mike has them all!! Bastard!


:)


Katie and John Stossel were here but they were too high on "E" so we had to run tape without them while they played with each others' fuzzy parts..

LOL!! Some things never change!! At least it wasn't Barbara Walters rollin' on the "E", that bitch gets crazy horny!! :)

[analogmike]

I was referring to the rectangular grey one on top of the acoustic amp. Thats a Lafayette fuzz tone, right? I had one when I was a kid, I got it from Lafayette electronics in my home town. I paid $15 dollars worth of lunch money for it. You don't wanna know what I paid for the one I have now.

Yes! LRE fuzz sound, you got it. I will update the list above.

[chuck]

wow, and I thought I had a fuzz addiction.

[indytone]

AnalogMike: What are you using the test generator for (top right, above the Multivox)? I've been writing a lot of music by running multiple audio generators and slowly changing their pitch to switch chords.

[analogmike]

We have a newer digital controlled signally generator we use for repairing and calibrating pedals. That old one Heathkit signal generator is mostly for display. But I bet it would sound cool through some effects, and with some echo... your use of them sounds interesting. have fun!

[doctorx]

Another one: The red pedal on the right on top of the Supro... a Univox Superfuzz? A buddy of mine just gave me a grey version of one of those. I had one stolen years ago and I was lamenting the loss, and he said here, take it.

I also have a Leslie 16, the functional equivalent of the Vibratone.

Mike, that is the greatest display of pedal porn I have ever seen.

[analogmike]

Yes, a superfuzz, with missing (bluish) rubber pad on top. Added it to the list above. Superfuzz is an awesome fuzz with good upper octavia tones available.

[cocheese]

I've never seen another Sam Ash Fuzz Boxxx with the knobs on the top like the one in the pic. My brother has one that sounds friggin unbelievable! I think they were also branded Astrotone as well. GREAT pedal. In my opinion, that's one to clone.

[Denyle_Guitars]

OK Mike, here's an oddity for you. I know it's a clone of something because Earth Sound never actually designed anything. What it's a copy of though is a complete mystery to me.
http://www.denyleguitars.com/images/esr_fuzz

BTW, the psychedelic machine is my favorite one pictured.

[analogmike]

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/astrotone/topassembledsml.jpgThose Sam Ash/ Astrotones are very cool... that was the 1st pedal I cloned and we have parts ready to make 100 more when I get the time.

Check out my article on David Gilmour's Astrotone that I restored for him
http://www.analogman.com/graphics/astrotone/astrotone.htm

Earth sound, I remember those amps from the 70s, big padded things like Kustom. I have heard of that pedal and am looking for one but not sure what's inside it.

Have fun!

[dick wiewy]

Is that psychedermic looking lump one of those bags like Jeff Beck had? The earliest version of a Heil type device[I don't know what they call 'em]. You know, the tube in the mouf effect ala Joe Walsh, Jan Akkerman, Frampton...

[908SSP]

Cool article on the fuzz rebuild.


Love that Christmas card but only suitable to those not easily offended. I had a good laugh.

[analogmike]

Yes, that is THE BAG by Kustom Electronics, a talk box. It's the model that Jeff Beck used. Kustom contacted me last year to dissect mine as they want to reissue it.

[DonneR]

...ah a room with a view !!!!
nice one Mike..... glad you have my very first pedal - Morley Power Wah Fuzz.... got it when I was 14 in '74 for my birthday - parents said I could have ONE pedal - so I got the one that had the most stuff on it :BEER and played that all thru Highschool in the 70's.......

now if you can just find the Fuzz/distortion circuit from the Peavey Musician MKIII I also used then 9thru a (Heil sound 4x12), Im on it :drool



Is this the same documentary with the guy with the white cap and shaved head ?? Should be a coool one....

[Mr. Kite]

Mike please give details on the fuzz documentary or are you kidding around? What channel etc.? Thanks

[analogmike]

It's an Independant film, about the boutique effects world I think. Should be out early next year but you know how projects get delayed... I hope he doesn't make fun of us gearheads ;)

Donner, he's the guy with the boots that look like you painted them ;)

[Lolaviola]

It's an Independant film... I hope he doesn't make fun of us gearheads ;)



Do you realize what sitting ducks we all are...

[DonneR]

It's an Independant film, about the boutique effects world I think. Should be out early next year but you know how projects get delayed... I hope he doesn't make fun of us gearheads ;)

Donner, he's the guy with the boots that look like you painted them ;)


Ah cool....... if you go to my videos and look for the 'Tremelo Trolls' one - thats the guy BJ is explaining things to----- hes a real nice guy and very enthusiastic --- he was at Tone Fest all weekend and interviewed all the pedalguys there......


this should be a really cool film , I think he was interviewing Roger Mayer and some others too........ and he was planning on having rough cuts done by Christmas too:rotflmao looks like he got in way deeper than he thought:YinYang

[DonneR]

this guy...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX_xg5Ldou0

[analogmike]

this guy...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX_xg5Ldou0

that be him! Even without the boots.

He somehow found my one real NOS yellow Mullard OC44 transistor, and was itching to hear it. He really enjoyed when we tested it in a socket vs our standard NKT BEANO boost and there was no difference. He's a good geek!!!

[DiscoFreq]

Mike,

Which one is the blue one on top right? :confused:

Can I have a bigger picture of it? :D

And maybe also a picture of the box of the Marshall Supa-Fuzz :AOK

[Denyle_Guitars]

Mike,

Which one is the blue one on top right? :confused:


I believe it's a JHS? Could be a Jen too as they were the same.

[analogmike]

Bingo! It's a JHS Fuzz in front of the Multivox Little David (fake leslie).

There is a large picture so you can see better.

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/fuzzesbig.jpg

[DiscoFreq]

I recognized the JHS/JEN, but I meant the blue one right of the Heathkit :)

[vorvick]

Great photo,

looking forward to the documentary,

and IS THAT REALLY YOU singing the song on the Christmas card in your signature line? That is HUGE!

[giggedy]

yeah mike, that christmas card is hilarious

[Denyle_Guitars]

I recognized the JHS/JEN, but I meant the blue one right of the Heathkit :)

That one looks MIJ. Maybe a shin ei, not sure. Dude, don't you have Mike's book? They're all in there. :)

[Mr. Kite]

Very very strong vocal performance Mike!! Perhaps I'll call and sing to you just to return the favor and spread the joy.

[analogmike]

I wish I could sing like that, or even to be able to complete that song without cracking up... glad you liked it!

the big blue one to the right of the Heathkit (above the supa fuzz under Pete and his FV) is a really weird one - my only Australian vintage pedal I think. Best name too!

FI-SONIC FUZZ-BLENDER MKIV

!!!!!

[steve7950]

All Fuzz Fans, here's some more pedals for your enjoyment!

www.FuzzEffect.com (http://fuzzeffect.com)

Steve

[HBob]

One of the Colorsound Supa Tonebenders is a Steve Hackett model. I have one of those and can't find much info on them. What do you know about them? When they were made? How many made? Value? etc.

Thanks! Cool pic and cool idea for the film!

[analogmike]

the SUPA tonebender Steve Hackett edition was made in 1987 1988. Not sure how many were made but not a large amount. I had Steve sign mine and he couldn't really remember if he was even paid for them :)

I love mine though!

http://www.analogman.com/graphics/hackett0003.JPG

[puretube]

Cool :)

[LVE]

How do those Morely Fuzz Wahs sound? They seem to still go for a fairly reasonable price - I was thinking about getting one just for that fantastic shell it's in!