12 Guitarists (and Bassists!) From The Stoner/Doom Scene Share Their Favorite Fuzz Pedals !
Introducing a new kind of post on More Fuzz, I'm really glad to present you the first article of a long series (I hope so !). Musicians from the Heavy scene and coming from all around the world, will be sharing with us their favorite Fuzz/
I had a tremendous response for this idea, and all the guitarists and bassists who participated were very cool to play the game.
As you'll see, the wide range of pedals presented below shows us how varied one sound can be, and also how those fuzz addicts came to find the perfect pedals for the tone they wanted. Sometimes after testing a lot of them, or sometimes it's a crush on the first
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David - The Machine
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His “Noise Boxes” :

Madfly
Dr. No
Type : Fuzz

Dry Line Driver
Black Effect Pedals
Type : Overdrive / Boost

Fuzzawe
Black Effect Pedals
Type : Fuzz

OCD
Fulltone
Type : Overdrive
His Story :
My main fuzz/distortion at the moment is a Dr. No (that’s the brand, it’s a Dutch one) Madfly. What I like about the
Over the years, my main fuzz (or distortion/overdrive) sound got nastier and more aggressive. But to be completely honest: it’s pretty rare for one of my main noise boxes (I’ll use this name from now on to make it easy) to remain on my pedalboard for years. I just keep experimenting and switching and tweaking and switching and changing…
I’m actually considering to return to my Dry Line Driver by Black Effect Pedals at our next rehearsals; the main pedal that I used to record for instance our album "Calmer Than You Are". Black Effect Pedals built me a couple of pedals in the past (I used their
My ‘clean’ sound is an overdrive pedal that’s always switched on. I keep rotating those as well, from for instance several Boss pedals to the aforementioned Fulltone OCD. The OCD quite recently reclaimed its place on my pedalboard. I then use a noise box either before it to boost the OCD, or after it and use the extra gain input from the OCD. The order depends on the other
It’s pretty simple: clean is OCD (combined with Xotic EP Booster, bought that one some months ago, brings extra clarity and grain) that’s always ON. Noise is Madfly. Simple as that.
When switching from clean to noise, I also want some extra volume for impact and not just extra gain. So I set the volume on my noise box a bit higher than unity volume. You can also get this by lowering the volume on the ‘clean’ pedal, but I like to do this by using clean loud amps (1974 Matamp GT120 and 1974 Ampeg V4-B). More headroom is always better. So the majority of my ‘fuzz’ is being created on my pedalboard.
Long story short: I’m not your typical fuzz worshipper. I like my sound to have punch, grit, sustain, balls and quite some drive. And I simply can’t get that with just a Big Muff ;). I started out with just a Big Muff, like all of us I guess. But because of the aforementioned reasons, I actually like the Russian/Sovtek version better anyway. But, it’s fun to experiment and I encourage everyone to do this J. Gearheads

Danny - Fever Dog
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His “Noise Boxe” :

Bass Big Muff Pi
Electro-Harmonix
Type : Fuzz
His Story :
My Very first fuzz pedal, which is to this day the only fuzz pedal I've ever owned or played through is a *Bass* Big Muff Pi by Electro-Harmonix. It has a great low end to it. I almost always pair it with a slow Phaser which is what makes up the heavier parts of Fever Dog's "Lady Snowblood/Child of the Netherworlds".
My bassist Nathan actually bought this pedal for himself because Bootsy Collins uses it sometimes, but when he got it in the mail and tried it out he didn't like it through his bass, and gave it to me. (He now uses an Earthquaker Devices 'Talons' overdrive pedal for Guitar.)
Before that I had only used the distortion sounds from my amp and it's safe to say this pedal changed everything for my tone.

Pat - Geezer
His “Noise Boxes” :

Fuzz Hound
Dock Brown Amps
Type : Fuzz

Grizzly Fuzz
StoneFly Effects
Type : Fuzz
His Story :
Alright so if we're talking about fuzz pedals, there are two that I've been using over the last year or so that have really brought a new wrinkle to the Geezer sound.
Dock Brown is a local cat here in Kingston, New York that is just getting his company, Dock Brown Amps, off the ground. About a year ago, he gave me a prototype of his first fuzz pedal, the Fuzz Hound. The pedal initially came with silicon transistors but has since been modified with germanium ones and it comes with 3 control knobs; Volume, Fuzz & a "Carburetor" on the side that really gives the player the ability to dial it in.
Working with this pedal has been a lot of fun and it has really opened up some sonic avenues that weren't there for me before. To check it out in action, listen to Geezer's digital single, "Long Dull Knife" to hear the pedal through a Tele (neck pickup)... brutal heavy blues man!
I also used it to record our cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Miss Lover" for Magnetic Eye Records "The Best Of James Marshall Hendrix" compilation. The solo and outro of the song were recorded with an early 70's Gibson SG and really feature the Fuzz Hound in all it's glory.
A few months ago I was also introduced to Marc-Eric Gagnon and StoneFly Effects out of Montreal, Canada. Marc was sending his new fuzz pedal, the Grizzly Fuzz around as a
The circuit is really close to the 3 knob Tone Bender and comes loaded with 3 NOS Germanium NKT213 transistors. With a slanted metal chassis and artwork by David Paul Seymour, this pedal looks as good as it sounds and has become my "go to" fuzz pedal for most live situations. I find it to be insanely smooth but breaks up in all the right places while still being able to distinguish the character of the individual guitar strings. Combined with my PureSalem Guitars TomCat (which has P90's), this pedal will also become a major factor in the recording of Geezer's upcoming album. A new short run of Grizzly Fuzz pedals will be out by next year.
Both companies are one man operations and do this work by hand and with a lot of love. I suggest to one and all fuzz lovers out there to check them out!

Tripp - The Heavy Eyes
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His “Noise Boxe” :

Ultimate Fuzz Octave
Homebrew Electronics (closed)
Type : Fuzz
His Story :
The Homebrew Electronics UFO (Ultimate Fuzz Octave) Pedal has been in my repertoire since the very first Heavy Eye's recordings. I remember waxing poetic to our Engineer Matt Qualls about how I could never decide on a fuzz pedal and how I was constantly torn between treble-y Fuzz Face-
Basically, you flip the switch one way and you have a vintage sounding fuzz box. Flip it the other direction, and you get a more modern heavy fuzz. Not to mention it has a killer octave effect, which is great for leads. I find all of the sounds so useful, I can't really imagine life without it now.

Pierre-Alexis - Libido Fuzz
His “Noise Boxe” :

Fuzz Face Mini
Jim Dunlop
Type : Fuzz
His Story :
I use a Jim Dunlop Fuzz Face Mini, 1968 model, Vintage Fuzz, silicon, it should be used at full !!! You only can modulate it with your guitar volume. It's very dynamic and very different from one amp to one other. I use it all the time and only change my guitar volume. Best if you like all the Hendrix
I use it with an OR Orange amp and a Telecaster Lite Ash. To me, it's a very singular fuzz. The sound is not linear, sometimes it cuts and give you the sensation of an uncontrollable moment.
Life is dangerous, fuzz is dangerous, increase your

Rhys - Powder For Pigeons
His “Noise Boxe” :

MF Drive
Moog
Type : Overdrive
His Story :
G'day More Fuzz! I'm Rhys. I sing and play guitar in the two piece Aussie/German band Powder For Pigeons. Because we are a Drums/Guitar combo, Fuzz is a really important part of our sound since it helps to fill out the bottom end. Here's a little bit about the pedals I have used and I am currently using:
Usually I change my fuzz pedals up every year or so, just to keep things fresh. In the past, I have messed around with the good old Russian Big Muff, ZVex Fat Fuzz, Earthquake Devices Hoofer and many others. Sadly the Russian Big Muff has just recently gone into retirement as it's getting on in age and not far from leaving for Big Muff heaven.
Most of the time whilst recording I will hook up all kinds of Fuzz/Distortion/Overdrive/Booster pedals together to find the right combo for the song. Over the last few
The pedal I am using at the moment is the Moog MF Drive. We are really enjoying this
But
The Fuzz addiction never ends!

Piotrek (bass) - Dopelord
His “Noise Boxes” :

Bass Big Muff Pi
Electro-Harmonix
Type : Fuzz

Blower Box
IdiotBox Effects
Type : Distortion

Dual Bass Wah (PBA II)
Morley Pedals
Type : Wah-Wah
His Story :
My bass tone, known to some from our releases is nothing fancy pedal-wise. It’s basically my bass guitar through an EHX Bass Big Muff Pi. No vintage
The sound you know from the "Black Arts, Riff Worship & Weed Cult" album is my Yamaha Pulser 450 Bass (it's a copy of the Fender Precision Bass, yes Yamaha did that in the 70s/80s) going through a Bass Big Muff Pi, Morley Dual Bass Wah into an Orange Terror Bass 500. That was also my live setup. At some point I added a crazy cheap
After recording our second album, I got to try some other fuzz pedals. I didn’t like much the synthy sound of the bass version of the Zvex Wooly
Recently I obtained a Blower Box Bass Distortion made by IdiotBox Effects and now I’m working on its setup so that it sounds nice with the rest of the band.
As for the setup of the Bass Big Muff Pi... There's no black magic to it. Max the sustain knob and never pass noon with the tone knob (it's about 9 o'clock for me). I also used the "Bass Boost" feature to increase the amount of the lower end. And that's it.

Mario - Firelord
His “Noise Boxe” :

70's US Little Big Muff
Electro-Harmonix
Type : Fuzz
His Story :
Firelord's guitar sound is mostly obtained with
This is a very versatile effect, suitable for different genres from vintage rock sounds to extreme stoner or
That's the personal sound I evolved through the years, it's a bit personal, loud and dynamic and very heavy and frightening on stage. Come and listen.

Jakob - Savanah
His “Noise Boxes” :

DS-1
Boss
Type : Distortion

Swollen Pickle
Way Huge
Type : Fuzz

V847A
Vox
Type : Wah-Wah
His Story :
For a time of two years I was using the "Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz", it´s a Pedal with many settings and dials. The huge and fat sound led to my purchase. Nonetheless, it turned out to be too tricky to get the sound I wanted to achieve.
So
Since that time I´m using this pedal on each
I like it a lot because it has a fat fuzzy sound in the deeper riff parts and gets a more clear tone when I´m playing solos, which fits perfect to my wah-pedal (VOX v847). There are plenty of great pedals, but unfortunately, I had not the opportunity to test many of them.

Thomas - Monolord
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His “Noise Boxes” :

Hyper Fuzz FZ-2
Boss
Type : Fuzz

Mini Mudd
Tym Guitars
Type : Fuzz

Classic Fuzz FY-2
Wattson Electronics
Type : Fuzz
His Story :
I use the Boss Hyper Fuzz FZ-2 and have been since the beginning of Monolord.
At the very first rehearsal iI used an old big muff and that was when we wrote the song "Empress Rising". But I am really sick of the big muff sound. It is not crazy enough.
When iI first plugged in the Hyper Fuzz I started laughing cause it sounds so insane. It has all the grit I want but also the low end I want. The Hyper Fuzz has three modes. 1, 2 and boost. I don’t use the boost at all, but the mode 1 and 2 are
I also noticed the Hyper Fuzz does not go well with cabs that are a bit bright. My main cab right now is the Orange PPC 4x12 HP (high powered) cab that has 100w speakers and an old Hiwatt cab with
When we record, the FZ-2 is essential, and I almost always record two guitars with the two modes and pan them 100% left and right. If I add a third guitar I tend to use something different. Mika and I bring in all the good pedals we have collected during the years and just try them on to see what suits each of the tracks. On "

Casey - Bison Machine
His “Noise Boxes” :

Pharaoh
Black Arts Toneworks
Type : Fuzz

Naga Viper Treble Booster
Catalinbread
Type : Boost
His Story :
My favorite fuzz pedal I use in my rig is the Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh Fuzz. The germanium setting gets that perfect early Grand Funk Railroad tone. It's really a jack of all trades for fuzz, in my opinion. It gets me all the HEAVY I need!
My other go to pedal that never, ever leaves my side is the Catalinbread Naga Viper Treble Booster! That thing is sonic perfection.
My main guitar is a Gibson SG special 70s tribute with the Wolftone Mean and Meaner P90s, into an Orange Rockerverb 100 full stack.
Keep it simple. Keep it safe.
The Outsider...
(Only using the power of his amp to make noise !)

Chris - Mother Engine
His Story :
When Tanguy from "More Fuzz" wrote me, I was already laughing about the message and the question he asked me... "What's your favorite distortion/ overdrive pedal?", he asked... Of course, I didn't want to disappoint him since he's one of our supporters from the first hour. But the fact is: I have none...
I just use the guitar volume poti's for the overdrive, as well as my different pickup sounds... So nothing special. But even though I have not the laboratory on my side, I really dig the sound of analog playing. It's like having the sound in your fingers, and creating something that's really warm and full of dynamic's... You don't have to search for a special combination between pedals and amp sound, because the amp and guitar will be a special sound, just in their combination... And I can tell you: I tried a whole lot of different guitars in type, shape, pickups and price class and it's always a big difference when you just use the natural overdrive of a powerful amplifier... I'm pretty sure that Stefan Koglek (Colour Haze), plays his guitar in a similar way, but with a volume pedal on the ground, and of course, a whole different setting of guitar and amplification...
His Amp :
I use a Blackstar Artisan 100 amplifier, which was build in 2007 (I guess). I bought this one very
His Pedals :
In addition, I use a Boss DD-7 Delay with an extra tap for accuracy, that one has a great atmospheric and room filling sound, a 90s Boss Octave – I don't know if it is the 1st or 2nd... - and the classic Cry Baby from Dunlop. That's it! But even with this pedals you can have a lot of fun experimenting and combining them...
His Guitars :
My guitar is an Epiphone Les Paul Custom in heritage cherry sunburst. I guess it's the cheaper version of the model that Euroboy from Turbonegro uses. Actually, I really like this guitar because of
The wood is beautiful and fine-meshed, the neck is glued, the fretboard had a great curve from the beginning ( even if I had to readjust it over the years... but that's normal I guess). But yeah what I'm trying to say is it's not a Rickenbacker or Gibson from the 70's or 80's (Luckily I didn't choose one from the 80's 😀 ).
You can hear it in the sound, that this one is no perfect blues or lead guitar at all... It's more like a sound between, which I really like! Warm, crunchy, dark and it fit's very good to the upper mids of Chrisitan's bass sound. So we always have this slide transition in our sounds.
One last thing I can tell you, is my newest one, which I'd like to use for further songs, and am already using it for "Wüstenwind", "Sonne" and "Weltraumwolf" live. It's an old "
So I split the body in the middle to get 2 halfs, and built a massive block out of
Pickups are from
So let's summarize: Since we all know, that I'm not the greatest guitar player at all, I'm still a big fan of trying to produce a very human and analog sound. And I really dig when a guitar or bass player uses the sound of his instrument and don't cover it with a lot of pedals and stuff. That doesn't mean that I dislike the use of pedals in general... I just prefer the coloring of the sound by pedals before the complete change through heavy distortion or fuzz effects...
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