Hartman SFZ dual (germ/silicon) fuzz

[fatback]

This pedal has turned out to be the ultimate FuzzFace for me. Both sides have a ton of range and clean up really well from the guitar's controls. Stacked together the two sides can bring a ton of gain.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66956594&hl=en

[sheikyerbouti]

Awesome. I think you finally sold me on one of these. I was going to get the silicon, but I kept holding off. That thing sounds super thick.

[fatback]

Both sides can get really thick on their own. What impresses me the most is how smoothly they clear up with a small twist of the guitar's volume knob. I can go from dirty cleans, to crunch rhythm, to fat fuzz leads without adjusting or turning the pedal off.

[james russell]

Hey Mr. Back,

What's your signal path on the Hartman SFZ video? That fuzz sounds so fat and great. But I have learned from experience that your tone always sounds fat and urgent, which I love. I don't know how you do it, but I suspect that you have found your own mojo touch that is transmitted to any gear you play. This video has me seriously wanting the SFZ. I better sleep on it... Anyway, was your Valveboy, or anything else cool in the chain?

Thanks as always for your excellent videos, they have cost me some serious dough in the last few years, and I am grateful. But... is there an effects pedal mafia that has you on their payroll to pump up pedal sales in general? I have my suspicions.

James

[fatback]

James-

I was playing my tele into the SFZ and then through my usual signal path: the Valveboy set clean (to help impersonate the amp when up above apartment levels,) a Maxon AD-900 and then into a Princeton reverb.


btw - that "Red Molly tele" on your site is quite a beauty. :AOK

[james russell]

Thanks Fatback,

I suspected that signal chain. I always liked it when I heard it on your other vids.

Thanks for the positive on Red Molly. She's a sweet one, and I get to see her from time to time as the owner is local.

James

[sheikyerbouti]

2 years later, and I still love the pedal

[maschoff]

I love this pedal too! It's awesome! Once you get the biases tweaked right, the pedal is so nasty and cleans up like a princess. Stacking gain on top of this cleaned up gives you that woolly amp-like tone; especially on the germanium side, it'll scrape your brains out! I have to adjust the sag voltage every time I change my pedal configuration so my wahs play nicely; just tweak sag while rocking wah and adjust sag till a nice harmonic tone is acquired. If you can believe it, the Hartman 8va Octave Fuzz sounds even better Stack the germanium side of the SFZ on top of the Octave and watch out ... you'll be in fuzz heaven

If there was a fire and I could only grab one pedal, the SFZ would be it.


Guitar > Keeley TS-9 DX flexi 4x2 > Keeley Compressor > Keeley Phaser > Hartman Analog Flanger (@12v) > Area-51 Wah (Buffer at unity) > Vox Big Bad Wah > Dimebag Crybaby From Hell > Hartman 8va Octave > Hartman SFZ Fuzz (sagged to optimize wahs) > Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe 2 > Big Muff Pi > Wampler Slostortion (@18V) > Tube Works Real Tube II RT-922 Preamp (7025 tubes) (RTII FX Send > ClinchFX EP-Pre (Jumper off/@12V) > ClinchFX EP+ (Jumper off/@12V) > MXR EQ KFK model >> RTII FX Return) >> TC G-Force >> Strymon Timeline >> BBE Maxcom >> Tube Works Mosvalve 962 >>>> 2 Tube Works 2x12 cabs (Open or closed back, I leave the removable panel on loosely for a combination of the two possibilities) with Eminence Man O Wars (Top) and Texas Heats (Bottom). The Mosvalve is a 80W two channel amp with 4 outs and drives each speaker independently ... can you say STEREO in stereo!

[TheMandolinGuy]

Anybody else have anything to say bout this one?