I love how in the intro Mick is purposely trying to make Dan cry with is playing. Your enthusiasm for the sounds you create are really what make this show fun! Thanks your doing what you do!
This episode is why I love TPS so much. Not only do we get to hear epic tones... not only do we get to see how much fun using pedals can be... we get to see how much fun you guys have doing the show and being with each other. I am a pedal addict and a TPS addict because of episodes like this, for which I am eternally grateful. Great work, gentlemen.
I don’t understand how so many folks think the Germanium FF cleans better, and has warmer gain, at least compared with the JHF1 BC108. I tried many different Fuzz Faces, and I still haven’t found one that cleans so well, and has the awesome full gain tone. Even Analogman’s BC108’s are different. Closest one I’ve found, that also is more diverse, with its bass and treble control, is the Deep Trip BOG. It can get very loud, and has a bias so a Germsnium tone can be dialed in, with more or less gain. It cleans up pretty well, but still not like the JHF1.
you know the more i watch this channel the more i realize just how unique it really is. you guys are such great players and people.thanks so much;-)and mick your tone with that vintage strat is just......WOW.
I have had a couple of cranky takes in the comments previously, and I’m pretty sure it was Dan who replied to me once, and he was absolutely perfect. No offense, no argument, no dismissal. He took a couple of sentences to say “i see what you are saying but this video is a big picture overview for people that are new to this concept” and I immediately felt shame for letting my bad attitude rear its head on their comments section. I’ve seen enough episodes to see that they are great guys, but one of them specifically went out of his way to be kind and accepted my comment at face value and replied like a real friend. Who am I? Just some random internet account, but I was treated like a friend when I didn’t deserve it. Needless to say I’ve been binging episodes
Trivia time: the current generation (v10B) deluxe big muff is actually an op-amp muff! AFAIK it's the only muff aside from the vintage op-amp or re-issue to use op-amps for clipping. I'm just throwing that out there for people chasing Pumpkins tones, since it's the same circuit but with far more features than any of the other options.
I just love it when Mick gets into a dreamy passage and Dan has his eyes closed and just sitting there “Absorbing” the energy. So good…. Show idea - both mick and Dan either write something or improv. Complete with their “ideal” GOD TONE. No education, no teaching. Just show the pedals you’re using and Just sit there going passage-for-passage and let the audience just enjoy the brilliance of both of your playing.
Would love to see a show with some lesser known/underused fuzz techniques. For example two of my favorites are turning a fuzzface into a gated fuzz by putting a buffer and or boost in front of it and turn any fuzz into an octave fuzz by putting an eq before it. I set a GE7 with all the bands all the way down, boost 400 hz all the way, boost the the volume all the way and roll my tone off, and viola, any fuzz can be a vocaly octave fuzz. I am sure there are many more under explored techniques we as a community could both contribute and benefit from.
Guys.....I think I’ve watched this episode 10 times now.....I..can’t..stop! MONSTER tones and makes me think I want to transition my tone from overdrive to fuzz! The right fuzz can be almost universal as a drive pedal!
The "Comments" section seems a strange place to be when one is speechless, but here I am. Beginning at roughly 20 minutes in a program on Fuzz Pedals, we hear some of the most melodic and inspiring clean tones I've ever heard. So moving. If it's that way here in the distant inter-web, it's easy to understand Dan being so moved in person. It's under Thing 5, Fallin Love With Your Guitar Volume Control. Thanks, guys. Fantastic episode. And would be great to have Josh on and go on a Tone Bender.
I agree. Best moments: Dan nearly weeping in response to Mick. Mick's various faces of sonic shock. Right on fellas. I'm bringing my kids back your shows are so informative fun and teachable.
THAT intro Mick and your demo of the capabilities of the Dunlop Jimi Fuzz Face using your volume pot, was nothing short of godly. It's why I listen to TPS and why we all need a vintage 60s Strat. And oh my word, with the RYRA it was heavenly in my ears.
19:31 I bought a Fat Fuzz Factory a while ago. When you plug that in and it sounds broken, it's working correctly. I love that pedal. It's crazy and I'm able to use it more often within the context of a song than I initially expected.
I love this. Fuzz is so central to my tone and figuring out how it plays with others is half the fun. My gain chain is treble booster->synth fuzz(earthquaker data corrupter)->OD->walrus jupiter fuzz->OD/lead boost. The data corrupter is so wild but its crazy how much having the jupiter fuzz on after it tames it! I run the jupiter fairly dark and use it for wall of sound stuff. Fun vid gents. More fuzz is always good!
Some fuzzes make the best overdrives if you turn the fuzz down. Hendrix used to stack his Fuzzface into the Octavia - pretty hardcore for the 60's. Great show guys - Fuzzlicious ! For those who have a fuzzface mini like me and didn't get on with it - there is a little trim pot screw bias adjustment inside via the battery compartment - turn it to the right for a more usable sound. Especially if you have a smaller amp 👍
So I have watched every single episode of TPS from the humble beginnings in the back of Dan's office to the current weekly visits to the Schwang Cave. But what are the most rewatchable episodes? For me there are two: 1) The Powerbooster and Hiwatts (because it put the powerbooster on my board that I now can't live without), and 2) the Matt Schofield board build which for some reason does wonders for my mental health. Thanks Dan and Mick. You are doing no end of good.
Morten Pedersen I’ve watched every episode once, and occasionally i’ll go back to the really informative ones for a second viewing down the line. I’ve definitely watched the hiwatt/powerboost episode 10 times at minimum. I can’t get enough of those sounds.
38:02 This is the only recording of the Royaltone on bass on the entire internet. I was looking for a bass demo for weeks before finally moving onto other fuzzes, and lo and behold, here it is. Aaaand it's over. Those ten seconds were great while they lasted
This really drives home how different every fuzz is. I find when someone says they "don't like fuzz" they tell you they played one once in a store for a couple minutes. PS-Mick's love song was awesome.
True, but there can be an issue trying to "sit in the mix" with a fuzz. It's easy to simply disappear when you stomp the fuzz if you're playing with other musicians. It might not be an unpleasant sound when you play alone, but then it's unusable in a band setting.
Fuzz is a guitar players effect. Don’t meet many non guitar players these days that can listen to fuzz unless it’s on rhythm guitar sitting below the mix perhaps. Maybe it’s an acquired taste.
Fuzz on bass is almost a must, even for a clean sound, drop a little -18db fuzz on a clean bass sound and it'll punch out more in the mix. It's fantastic! You can stack fuzz with interesting effect, I have a more crisp bright fuzz I feed into a big muff and they are gorgeous together. That bitcrusher sound is achievable too. All You Need is Fuzz... someone should put that on a t-shirt and sell it in their online store.
Mick+fuzz face=Magic Mick! I didn't get fuzzes since I started watching TPS, I'm so grateful and I learn something new every friday... Filter + Fuzz was a revelation, thank you guys! Please do a show about the process of setting pedals (how do you find where unity gain is, understanding how much headroom a pedal has, setting each volume right, start with setting the first or the last pedal in the chain, etc.). Cheers from Italy
Hi Mick, Malcolm here. Reelin’ in the Years was recorded ( according to Elliott - honk) hot rod Strat direct into an Ampeg SVT ( yup, a bass amp) onto tape. Mics not remembered, must be out there somewhere. Any effects - overdrive etc. - were put on tape to tape ( reamping?) I’m sure some of your viewers can ferret out the accuracy of equipment. Great show, I should tune in more often 😉
Dear God, the tone from #10. I was listening to the Podcast and I kept rewinding that part and cranking the shit out of it. THAT is what makes grown men weep with joy, openly and unashamed.
I love listening to how Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys uses fuzz. He makes it blend into the instrumentation as a crispy texture without it being to much.
those first three records, sonically, are pretty garbage, but it’s garbage i will thoroughly indulge in. Big Muff/Rosac/Maestro into a cranked Tweed or Marshall just sounds magic. Shin Ei didn’t come until later, so a safe bet is a green Big Muff into dimed Tweed for the glory.
@@cactus-mcjacktus El Camino and Brothers are my favorite. Tons of FY-2 and FY-6 circuits all over those records. Fredric Effects sells a fuzz that will let you swap between both circuits and it’s great!
25 years ago my first pedal was an old Colorsound Supa Tone Bender, that my father gave me as a "distortion" pedal. It was noisy, undefined, thick. Did not cut through the mix. When I got the money for a multi fx, I didn`t look backwards and just recently I became fondly with fuzzes, because now I know what they`re supposed to do and know they`re not distortion pedals...
Great video, as always. The whole "brevity thing", Dudes. Extremely HONORABLE Mention Octave Fuzz: the Keeley Monterey! The "TONE ZONE": 21:10 to 21:59 and the STRATospheric THIRD sTONE From The SUN... 22:00 to 22:36 !!! AHhhhh-MAaaZING!
I can't wait till the octave fuzz pedal show comes out! Hell yes.🤘 When you do though, PLEASE grab a JDM Pedals - Humdinger and show it off. I think it's my favorite fuzz.. It's like a Tonebender mkII w/an octave up option, similar to the Fulltone Ultimate Octave. Great sounding, reasonably priced, hand-made, boutique pedal - from Germany. I also have his Union Fuzz pedal which I also like a lot. Cheers, fellas! 🍻
I fucking LOVE how often and deeply dan is physically and emotionally kandidly MOVED, by a bunch of steel vibrating over some magnets and wood - love you guys!! xoxoxo
Think John Squire used to use a silicon fuzz face into a TS9 through a Silverface Twin Reverb and that might just be my favourite guitar sound of all time.
Hey there my two favorite fellas 'cross the pond! For me,........I have neither tried a vibe,roto vibe,or a fuzz since i started playing(many years). However, I truly hear some splendid tones on occasion while certain players coax them out of a given set up. Mick........you just did. I love these tones and may just dive down into the "rabbit hole". Thx dudes as always.
I’d love that! I’d love to see you include the Way Huge Havalina. Huge fan of mine (especially with a fairly transparent/clean Overdrive) afterwards. Just sounds huge in my Victory VC35!
As a man of a certain age, I find this to be one of the all time best internet comments I’ve seen. Thank you! I feel validated. And while I’m at it, baldness is for old men and eagles. Nuff said.
I was saving this episode like the finest wine. I opened up and enjoyed it sooo much. Im taking this episode to my next life, just in case I need to explain the tones i love. Mick you demonstrated the use of clean tones into lead fuzz heaven, like a master. Love the show since day one. Cant wait for the Octafuzz Show. Add some wah and phaser just to funk it up.
Another excellent and inspiring episode gents, great job! No questions, only a comment: Dan's wee face whenever Mick plays the 61 Strat is priceless. I'm not one to fall for the vintage 'hoodoo' usually, but that guitar is definitely doing something, Mick - you are unleashed whenever you pick it up!!
That intro is simply beautiful. I’ve listened to it 5times now. I just can’t get more than 10 mins into the video without going back for another repeat. Awesome!
Haven't seen The video yet but just gotta say... My favourite fuzz sound is by splitting your signal into two amps and then running different fuzzes into each one. I use a fuzz face and a shin ei clone that lacks bottom end but has a beautiful upper octave and upper mid sound. They compliment eachother perfectly and The result is a "clear" but thick and fat fuzz tone. Tones for days!
Great video guys!! Thanks for all the in-depth discussion about the options! I love messing around with fuzz pedals. I think the reason some folks don’t like them is that you have to take time to experiment dial in the sounds you like. And when you add in other factors like stacking with other pedals, amp settings, etc. it takes even MORE time! Patience is key, but man when you hit on THE sound or sounds you like, it’s awesome fun!! For example, after hours of goofing around, I found that for lead playing, usually prefer the signal to go guitar>fuzz>light OD>clean amp because the OD takes a little of the scoop out but leaves a lot of the “fuzziness.” Funny to see Mick likes that as well! Or...if I want to get crazy, stack a couple of fuzz pedals...a fuzz/octave with a light setting into another fuzz and hold on tight LOL!!✌🏻🎸🎼
Finally understand which fuzz I like. Thanks gents! Also Mick should do a video on his licks. I’d love to get a fuzz face and try a bunch of the stuff from the intro!!!!
Love the fuzz. More fuzz. My favorite example of a fuzz-based album is "Superfuzz Bigmuff" by Mudhoney, one of the first proper grunge records and absolutely holds up to this day.
This video solved a major problem I was having with getting the compression I was wanting from my "barely breaking up" sound - dimed Fuzz Face with volume way down on my Strat. Great job! I love the videos, especially the explanations for everything.
ok, I admit I haven't been a huge fan of fuzz... until I heard the amazing tones (and playing by Mick) at the 20:55 mark. So dynamic and sweet. I'm now a fan, thanks guys!
That bass has just reminded me. I once played bass at a function gig and one of the songs Neil Diamond’s Love On The Rocks. At one point it gets really epic and I did indeed switch the fuzz on. It was MASSIVE.
The problem I have always had with Fuzz, more than any other sound, is getting it to sit in the band mix and be heard for the affect it was designed to have (I hope that made sense..). I also think volume plays a key part, with Fuzz probably being the only effect where 'loud is more good' is probably not appropriate in a live situation, whilst distortion and/or overdrive is easier on the ear to most audiences. I think this is why Thorpy's fuzz, with the EQ, works for most.
I never got fuzz, then I bought a Thorpy Field Marshall on the back of hearing one somewhere. needless to say its permanently on my board and I love it. I don't use it loads but I do use it enough. AWESOME.
Mick could play a Squier Strat into a Boss Katana and Dan would still be vibing out with his eyes closed, gently nodding in approval as the tone sweeps him away.
Blank I saw Ariel Posen this week and his support act used a Katana. Sounded flipping amazing. I bought one for my 13 year old and played it for about an hour the other day. Mind blowing.
@Mick, the sound of your intro is absolutely phenomenal! Ever since I heard you playing your blue through a dimed Marshall plexi (in a Pete Thorn video), I was convinced, that no guitar can sound any better. Now you have proven the opposite to me. Can't wait to see your current Strat vlog! By the way: with your two last shows about delay and fuzz, you absolutely answered my recent questions. Thanks a lot guys!
For weeks I have been meaning to comment on doing a whole show on Tone Benders,,,and so I was so pleased to hear you say those words. You have done shows on all the great pedals, Muffs, WAHs, Procos, tube screamers etc. and although you have touched on tone benders I believe they deserve a dedicated programme. There are different versions of the tone bender to compare, and a number of good modern versions copies. It would also be interesting to interview \ involve Macari (JNR)...looking forward to it already. Great show
Never been compelled to stop a video to comment only 1:42 in, but damn. Mick’s intro was the perfect clean tone then roll the volume up and get back to Monterey! Love the playing and the tone. OK, I’ll shut up now and finish watching the video!!
Oh soo nice - talking pedals + fuzz, what a treat - thanks sooo much! Have a FF, Tonebender and Muff on one board and it took me ages to set them up and position them right to do what I wanted...so much frustration and fun at the same time. P.s. When Josh Smith comes in, please please ask him to move his show back to Thursdays - Thursdays are just lost days now and Fridays are simply overwhelming!
Mick Taylor, probably one of the most melodic blues players I’ve ever listened to. I’m touched, inspired, and just little sad that I’ll never be able to play like that.
I came for the innuendo. Stayed after that intro 😱 When Mick stares a hole through the side of Dan’s head. You know he’s happy with the riffage, like a jousting knight ready to charge.
That was some outstanding playing and tone in the intro. Love fuzz but being an aficionado of doomy/sludgy metal kinda makes it a given. Fuzz with some really wet reverb can produce some glorious sounds.
Perfect timing on this one guys. I just finished building a Mythos Fuzz kit that I got for Christmas so many thanks for the ideas on how to start putting it to use.
What a great episode. TPS at its best. It inspires to play afterwards, you learn something you not have tried befiore ( for me this time fuzz in klon clone, fuzz face at 10 and back it up until it stops sounding like frying bacon :-). amazing tones.and cool playing. And all with Dan and Mick in a relaxed conversation. Guitar mags for decades were not able to transport that kind of edutainment.
I particularly like this comment. I was sad when I realised we couldn’t compete in guitar mag print land. So I gave up the editorship of the best mag on the planet and started a UA-cam channel. Everyone thought I was insane. Ha!
I love how in the intro Mick is purposely trying to make Dan cry with is playing. Your enthusiasm for the sounds you create are really what make this show fun! Thanks your doing what you do!
This episode is why I love TPS so much. Not only do we get to hear epic tones... not only do we get to see how much fun using pedals can be... we get to see how much fun you guys have doing the show and being with each other. I am a pedal addict and a TPS addict because of episodes like this, for which I am eternally grateful. Great work, gentlemen.
One of the best and most dynamic sounds on the show in this intro. Incredibly tasty, Mick!
Yooooo for sure. Really showed how nicely a fuzz can clean up. Dan's stank face says it all.
I don’t understand how so many folks think the Germanium FF cleans better, and has warmer gain, at least compared with the JHF1 BC108. I tried many different Fuzz Faces, and I still haven’t found one that cleans so well, and has the awesome full gain tone.
Even Analogman’s BC108’s are different.
Closest one I’ve found, that also is more diverse, with its bass and treble control, is the Deep Trip BOG.
It can get very loud, and has a bias so a Germsnium tone can be dialed in, with more or less gain. It cleans up pretty well, but still not like the JHF1.
Do we know what fuzz pedal was used in the intro?
Andy Dalton
It was the Dunlop JHF1 BC108
you know the more i watch this channel the more i realize just how unique it really is. you guys are such great players and people.thanks so much;-)and mick your tone with that vintage strat is just......WOW.
Thanks so much Saw. Best to you geezer!
I have had a couple of cranky takes in the comments previously, and I’m pretty sure it was Dan who replied to me once, and he was absolutely perfect. No offense, no argument, no dismissal. He took a couple of sentences to say “i see what you are saying but this video is a big picture overview for people that are new to this concept” and I immediately felt shame for letting my bad attitude rear its head on their comments section. I’ve seen enough episodes to see that they are great guys, but one of them specifically went out of his way to be kind and accepted my comment at face value and replied like a real friend. Who am I? Just some random internet account, but I was treated like a friend when I didn’t deserve it. Needless to say I’ve been binging episodes
Ummmm... yes to the Josh Scott getting deep into the fuzz with his depth and humor! A brilliant episode in the making.
+1 this NEEDS to happen!
No Musket Fuzz though!
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream was a late 70s op amp Big Muff straight into the low input of a 2203 JCM 800. Iconic wall of sound.
I recently got an op-amp Big Muff Pi re-issue and discovered the original was used there. It's my favorite Big Muff sound.
That MUFF was staked with a 70's MXR Distortion II going into the fuzz.
Trivia time: the current generation (v10B) deluxe big muff is actually an op-amp muff! AFAIK it's the only muff aside from the vintage op-amp or re-issue to use op-amps for clipping. I'm just throwing that out there for people chasing Pumpkins tones, since it's the same circuit but with far more features than any of the other options.
That’s pretty awesome when the other guy is making the “guitar face” for you!! Can’t beat the fuzz face!
I just love it when Mick gets into a dreamy passage and Dan has his eyes closed and just sitting there “Absorbing” the energy. So good….
Show idea - both mick and Dan either write something or improv. Complete with their “ideal” GOD TONE. No education, no teaching. Just show the pedals you’re using and Just sit there going passage-for-passage and let the audience just enjoy the brilliance of both of your playing.
Would love to see a show with some lesser known/underused fuzz techniques. For example two of my favorites are turning a fuzzface into a gated fuzz by putting a buffer and or boost in front of it and turn any fuzz into an octave fuzz by putting an eq before it. I set a GE7 with all the bands all the way down, boost 400 hz all the way, boost the the volume all the way and roll my tone off, and viola, any fuzz can be a vocaly octave fuzz. I am sure there are many more under explored techniques we as a community could both contribute and benefit from.
Guys.....I think I’ve watched this episode 10 times now.....I..can’t..stop! MONSTER tones and makes me think I want to transition my tone from overdrive to fuzz! The right fuzz can be almost universal as a drive pedal!
This is one of the shows where I’m like yeah, Dan & Mick have the best job in the world...great sounds!
The "Comments" section seems a strange place to be when one is speechless, but here I am. Beginning at roughly 20 minutes in a program on Fuzz Pedals, we hear some of the most melodic and inspiring clean tones I've ever heard. So moving. If it's that way here in the distant inter-web, it's easy to understand Dan being so moved in person. It's under Thing 5, Fallin Love With Your Guitar Volume Control. Thanks, guys. Fantastic episode. And would be great to have Josh on and go on a Tone Bender.
Showing and explaining Thing 4 is exactly why I love this show.
Oh man ...I love that when the first few minutes of TPS has OUTRAGEOUS tone and playing. Gents- love ya!
I agree. Best moments: Dan nearly weeping in response to Mick. Mick's various faces of sonic shock. Right on fellas. I'm bringing my kids back your shows are so informative fun and teachable.
Micks playing here.... Unreal. His clean clicks to that fuzzy wuzzy sear is just incredible. Great emotion and feel in there!
There are few things better than watching pure joy exude from Dan in this episode.
I found some magazines hidden away in my grandads shed that indeed proved that there were many “big muffs” in the 70’s
Ha.
Nothing like a hair cought in your throat Dry Muff tone.
😆😆😆
Ok ... That made me laugh out loud... Thanks I needed that.
I was here to learn something about Fuzz, en did up laughing out loud. Couldn’t explain to my wife why. 😃
I truly believe that intro is just exactly what the instrument is built for! A voice! Without a doubt a special moment caught in time, I love it!
THAT intro Mick and your demo of the capabilities of the Dunlop Jimi Fuzz Face using your volume pot, was nothing short of godly. It's why I listen to TPS and why we all need a vintage 60s Strat. And oh my word, with the RYRA it was heavenly in my ears.
Ive probably watched this vid 50 times in the last year...just to hear micks strat tones with that jimi fuzz. Sublime! 🙌
19:31 I bought a Fat Fuzz Factory a while ago. When you plug that in and it sounds broken, it's working correctly. I love that pedal. It's crazy and I'm able to use it more often within the context of a song than I initially expected.
I love this. Fuzz is so central to my tone and figuring out how it plays with others is half the fun. My gain chain is treble booster->synth fuzz(earthquaker data corrupter)->OD->walrus jupiter fuzz->OD/lead boost.
The data corrupter is so wild but its crazy how much having the jupiter fuzz on after it tames it! I run the jupiter fairly dark and use it for wall of sound stuff.
Fun vid gents. More fuzz is always good!
Some fuzzes make the best overdrives if you turn the fuzz down. Hendrix used to stack his Fuzzface into the Octavia - pretty hardcore for the 60's. Great show guys - Fuzzlicious !
For those who have a fuzzface mini like me and didn't get on with it - there is a little trim pot screw bias adjustment inside via the battery compartment - turn it to the right for a more usable sound. Especially if you have a smaller amp 👍
So I have watched every single episode of TPS from the humble beginnings in the back of Dan's office to the current weekly visits to the Schwang Cave.
But what are the most rewatchable episodes? For me there are two: 1) The Powerbooster and Hiwatts (because it put the powerbooster on my board that I now can't live without), and 2) the Matt Schofield board build which for some reason does wonders for my mental health. Thanks Dan and Mick. You are doing no end of good.
Morten Pedersen I’ve watched every episode once, and occasionally i’ll go back to the really informative ones for a second viewing down the line. I’ve definitely watched the hiwatt/powerboost episode 10 times at minimum. I can’t get enough of those sounds.
38:02 This is the only recording of the Royaltone on bass on the entire internet. I was looking for a bass demo for weeks before finally moving onto other fuzzes, and lo and behold, here it is. Aaaand it's over. Those ten seconds were great while they lasted
This really drives home how different every fuzz is. I find when someone says they "don't like fuzz" they tell you they played one once in a store for a couple minutes.
PS-Mick's love song was awesome.
That intro was so beautiful I thought you might cry Dan. Well done.
I get very confused when people say they can’t get a usable tone with a fuzz pedal.. I can’t seem to get a tone that I don’t like with a fuzz!
100% true.
I wonder what the ones who didn't get a tone they wanted expected to get...it's a fuzz! 😂
True, but there can be an issue trying to "sit in the mix" with a fuzz. It's easy to simply disappear when you stomp the fuzz if you're playing with other musicians. It might not be an unpleasant sound when you play alone, but then it's unusable in a band setting.
I like it when I hear it done well, but it is not always in the style of music I listen to or create, so that can be difficult
Fuzz is a guitar players effect. Don’t meet many non guitar players these days that can listen to fuzz unless it’s on rhythm guitar sitting below the mix perhaps. Maybe it’s an acquired taste.
Fuzz is very unusable for me. I'm one of those people you mention. It's much more at home in pop and rock, etc.
Dat intro... damn, that is the quintessentially most gorgeous strat tone ever.
Ah man. Thank you! Marshalls, Strats Fuzz Face, tape echo. So so so so simple. :0)
I second that - epic.
Fuzz on bass is almost a must, even for a clean sound, drop a little -18db fuzz on a clean bass sound and it'll punch out more in the mix. It's fantastic! You can stack fuzz with interesting effect, I have a more crisp bright fuzz I feed into a big muff and they are gorgeous together. That bitcrusher sound is achievable too.
All You Need is Fuzz... someone should put that on a t-shirt and sell it in their online store.
VCQ: How many copyright strikes have you had to deal with? Also, KILLER intro, Mick!!! Best I’ve ever heard from you.
Some of the best tones I've ever heard on this show...absolutely mega!
Min 44:00 - 46:00. The most beautiful fuzz (with the Klone) sound that I ever heard.
I didn’t come here to love fuzz, I do that already, I came here for Dans love face as Mick does the intro
Mick+fuzz face=Magic Mick! I didn't get fuzzes since I started watching TPS, I'm so grateful and I learn something new every friday... Filter + Fuzz was a revelation, thank you guys! Please do a show about the process of setting pedals (how do you find where unity gain is, understanding how much headroom a pedal has, setting each volume right, start with setting the first or the last pedal in the chain, etc.). Cheers from Italy
Hi Mick, Malcolm here. Reelin’ in the Years was recorded ( according to Elliott - honk) hot rod Strat direct into an Ampeg SVT ( yup, a bass amp) onto tape. Mics not remembered, must be out there somewhere. Any effects - overdrive etc. - were put on tape to tape ( reamping?) I’m sure some of your viewers can ferret out the accuracy of equipment. Great show, I should tune in more often 😉
Dear God, the tone from #10. I was listening to the Podcast and I kept rewinding that part and cranking the shit out of it. THAT is what makes grown men weep with joy, openly and unashamed.
The two common effects I've never been able to figure out are delay and fuzz, so thanks for these last two episodes
I love listening to how Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys uses fuzz. He makes it blend into the instrumentation as a crispy texture without it being to much.
those first three records, sonically, are pretty garbage, but it’s garbage i will thoroughly indulge in. Big Muff/Rosac/Maestro into a cranked Tweed or Marshall just sounds magic. Shin Ei didn’t come until later, so a safe bet is a green Big Muff into dimed Tweed for the glory.
@@cactus-mcjacktus El Camino and Brothers are my favorite. Tons of FY-2 and FY-6 circuits all over those records. Fredric Effects sells a fuzz that will let you swap between both circuits and it’s great!
25 years ago my first pedal was an old Colorsound Supa Tone Bender, that my father gave me as a "distortion" pedal. It was noisy, undefined, thick. Did not cut through the mix. When I got the money for a multi fx, I didn`t look backwards and just recently I became fondly with fuzzes, because now I know what they`re supposed to do and know they`re not distortion pedals...
I love watching Dan while Mick plays.
"You forgot the unforgettable riff." Hilarious! What a useful episode. Loved every minute.
Where has octave FUZZ been all my life!?!?! And then adding an overdrive after to smooth it out??
BRILLIANT!!
Great video, as always. The whole "brevity thing", Dudes. Extremely HONORABLE Mention Octave Fuzz: the Keeley Monterey!
The "TONE ZONE": 21:10 to 21:59 and the STRATospheric THIRD sTONE From The SUN... 22:00 to 22:36 !!! AHhhhh-MAaaZING!
I can't wait till the octave fuzz pedal show comes out! Hell yes.🤘
When you do though, PLEASE grab a JDM Pedals - Humdinger and show it off. I think it's my favorite fuzz.. It's like a Tonebender mkII w/an octave up option, similar to the Fulltone Ultimate Octave. Great sounding, reasonably priced, hand-made, boutique pedal - from Germany. I also have his Union Fuzz pedal which I also like a lot. Cheers, fellas! 🍻
I fucking LOVE how often and deeply dan is physically and emotionally kandidly MOVED, by a bunch of steel vibrating over some magnets and wood - love you guys!! xoxoxo
Would you be less impressed if they were moved by vibrating catgut resonating over wood, induced by a bow?
@@MrPhotonjockey no, equally, also a big fan of classical music, so get on your bike mate
Man, fuzz before the wah for that Stooges vibe. That’s the coolest trick, can’t believe you guys didn’t mention it.
Think John Squire used to use a silicon fuzz face into a TS9 through a Silverface Twin Reverb and that might just be my favourite guitar sound of all time.
Yessssss!!!!!!
Ahhh John Squier. Which tracks and guitars did he use that fuzz?
Oh My god, what an intro ... I'm still shivering ...
Mick, that intro tone was magic!
Hey there my two favorite fellas 'cross the pond! For me,........I have neither tried a vibe,roto vibe,or a fuzz since i started playing(many years). However, I truly hear some splendid tones on occasion while certain players coax them out of a given set up. Mick........you just did. I love these tones and may just dive down into the "rabbit hole". Thx dudes as always.
That fuzzface>ryra combo was one of the most amazing tones I've ever heard. Absolutely killer. I will be attempting that next Sunday at church.
Please get church people to use fuzz!
@@mikeroadblock be careful. Might accidentally start a new religion
That intro was phenomenal. The strat tone we dream about!
Yes do a show on tone benders for sure!
NEED a ToneBender episode!
Please it will be epic. Use clean amp and dirty amp plataforms. Use Dans favorites.
I’d love that! I’d love to see you include the Way Huge Havalina. Huge fan of mine (especially with a fairly transparent/clean Overdrive) afterwards. Just sounds huge in my Victory VC35!
Late 70's Muff. Means a totally different thing to men of a certain age
And fiber 😋🤪😂
@Jason Wilding - Ahhh the lovely, natural ladies of the 70's! 😍
As a man of a certain age, I find this to be one of the all time best internet comments I’ve seen. Thank you! I feel validated. And while I’m at it, baldness is for old men and eagles. Nuff said.
Broadcast is my always on pedal to layer gain in front of it, it’s such a good base tone. Love it
The intro improv to this video was so f-in gorgeous, simply put.
Wonderful tone and playing on that intro, Mick!
Thanks Phil!
That intro! That Strat and Mick are a match made in heaven!!
I was saving this episode like the finest wine. I opened up and enjoyed it sooo much. Im taking this episode to my next life, just in case I need to explain the tones i love.
Mick you demonstrated the use of clean tones into lead fuzz heaven, like a master. Love the show since day one. Cant wait for the Octafuzz Show. Add some wah and phaser just to funk it up.
Yes! Please please please please please please PLEASE make a That Tone Bender episode!!!
Another excellent and inspiring episode gents, great job!
No questions, only a comment: Dan's wee face whenever Mick plays the 61 Strat is priceless.
I'm not one to fall for the vintage 'hoodoo' usually, but that guitar is definitely doing something, Mick - you are unleashed whenever you pick it up!!
That intro is simply beautiful. I’ve listened to it 5times now. I just can’t get more than 10 mins into the video without going back for another repeat. Awesome!
Thank you Ian, most kind! That is my home.
Haven't seen The video yet but just gotta say...
My favourite fuzz sound is by splitting your signal into two amps and then running different fuzzes into each one. I use a fuzz face and a shin ei clone that lacks bottom end but has a beautiful upper octave and upper mid sound.
They compliment eachother perfectly and The result is a "clear" but thick and fat fuzz tone.
Tones for days!
Brilliant playing with that Dunlop fuzz and the strat!! Wow! That sounded so perfect!!
Great video guys!! Thanks for all the in-depth discussion about the options! I love messing around with fuzz pedals. I think the reason some folks don’t like them is that you have to take time to experiment dial in the sounds you like. And when you add in other factors like stacking with other pedals, amp settings, etc. it takes even MORE time! Patience is key, but man when you hit on THE sound or sounds you like, it’s awesome fun!! For example, after hours of goofing around, I found that for lead playing, usually prefer the signal to go guitar>fuzz>light OD>clean amp because the OD takes a little of the scoop out but leaves a lot of the “fuzziness.” Funny to see Mick likes that as well! Or...if I want to get crazy, stack a couple of fuzz pedals...a fuzz/octave with a light setting into another fuzz and hold on tight LOL!!✌🏻🎸🎼
Finally understand which fuzz I like. Thanks gents! Also Mick should do a video on his licks. I’d love to get a fuzz face and try a bunch of the stuff from the intro!!!!
Love the fuzz. More fuzz. My favorite example of a fuzz-based album is "Superfuzz Bigmuff" by Mudhoney, one of the first proper grunge records and absolutely holds up to this day.
This video solved a major problem I was having with getting the compression I was wanting from my "barely breaking up" sound - dimed Fuzz Face with volume way down on my Strat. Great job! I love the videos, especially the explanations for everything.
ok, I admit I haven't been a huge fan of fuzz... until I heard the amazing tones (and playing by Mick) at the 20:55 mark. So dynamic and sweet. I'm now a fan, thanks guys!
Thanks MGG!
That bass has just reminded me. I once played bass at a function gig and one of the songs Neil Diamond’s Love On The Rocks. At one point it gets really epic and I did indeed switch the fuzz on. It was MASSIVE.
The problem I have always had with Fuzz, more than any other sound, is getting it to sit in the band mix and be heard for the affect it was designed to have (I hope that made sense..). I also think volume plays a key part, with Fuzz probably being the only effect where 'loud is more good' is probably not appropriate in a live situation, whilst distortion and/or overdrive is easier on the ear to most audiences. I think this is why Thorpy's fuzz, with the EQ, works for most.
A tubescreamer after fuzz can help
I never got fuzz, then I bought a Thorpy Field Marshall on the back of hearing one somewhere. needless to say its permanently on my board and I love it. I don't use it loads but I do use it enough. AWESOME.
In a shocking a completely unforeseen moment Dan announces that he is moved. ;-)
Fuzz gets him every time haha.
Mick could play a Squier Strat into a Boss Katana and Dan would still be vibing out with his eyes closed, gently nodding in approval as the tone sweeps him away.
Blank I saw Ariel Posen this week and his support act used a Katana. Sounded flipping amazing. I bought one for my 13 year old and played it for about an hour the other day. Mind blowing.
I believe Mick was playing a epiphone casino and the katana though
ManiacaLion er I am not sure I understand?
That sound, when you krank your fuzz and then roll back on guitar is just magic.
Whatever he was playing in the beginning is one of the most amazing tones and riffs I've ever heard on youtube
Hands down, best guitar product vid EVER
Grange Hill and Rhubarb & Custard in one show.. god bless 70’s Children’s TV.. wish they’d done a Fuzz Blue Peter theme!
Geoff Nightingale yes. This.
flipping heck Tucker !
The Bagpus theme sounds great with some aggressive fuzz
@@ukguitarnoodle No, Zammo...no!
@Mick, the sound of your intro is absolutely phenomenal! Ever since I heard you playing your blue through a dimed Marshall plexi (in a Pete Thorn video), I was convinced, that no guitar can sound any better. Now you have proven the opposite to me. Can't wait to see your current Strat vlog!
By the way: with your two last shows about delay and fuzz, you absolutely answered my recent questions. Thanks a lot guys!
That intro was beautiful Mick. Well done!
and there it was, your unforgettable hook with the Supro guitar. right on!
Man you guys looked like you had so much fun in this one!
Obviously Fuzz = Smiles
Never been into fuzz pedals.. that intro has made me reevaluate that. Top job 👍
You guys are really kicking ass. Like that you are doing a lot of themed “pedal Shows” lately
“You had me at intro!” Playing, tone - exceptional and inspiring. Thank you!
Some really wonderful playing from Mick in this episode.
Thank you!
Micks playing on that strat, EARGASMS!!!!
For weeks I have been meaning to comment on doing a whole show on Tone Benders,,,and so I was so pleased to hear you say those words. You have done shows on all the great pedals, Muffs, WAHs, Procos, tube screamers etc. and although you have touched on tone benders I believe they deserve a dedicated programme. There are different versions of the tone bender to compare, and a number of good modern versions copies. It would also be interesting to interview \ involve Macari (JNR)...looking forward to it already. Great show
Never been compelled to stop a video to comment only 1:42 in, but damn. Mick’s intro was the perfect clean tone then roll the volume up and get back to Monterey! Love the playing and the tone. OK, I’ll shut up now and finish watching the video!!
TPS episode on fuzz: Only 2 mins in and Dan is already so moved he looks like he's going to cry. No shame in it! :-) Me too Dan, me too.
Oh soo nice - talking pedals + fuzz, what a treat - thanks sooo much!
Have a FF, Tonebender and Muff on one board and it took me ages to set them up and position them right to do what I wanted...so much frustration and fun at the same time.
P.s. When Josh Smith comes in, please please ask him to move his show back to Thursdays - Thursdays are just lost days now and Fridays are simply overwhelming!
Mick Taylor, probably one of the most melodic blues players I’ve ever listened to. I’m touched, inspired, and just little sad that I’ll never be able to play like that.
Ah bless you feller. Thank you!
I came for the innuendo. Stayed after that intro 😱
When Mick stares a hole through the side of Dan’s head. You know he’s happy with the riffage, like a jousting knight ready to charge.
That was some outstanding playing and tone in the intro. Love fuzz but being an aficionado of doomy/sludgy metal kinda makes it a given. Fuzz with some really wet reverb can produce some glorious sounds.
That INTRO tho yes! Beautiful. With Dan on this one.
Perfect timing on this one guys. I just finished building a Mythos Fuzz kit that I got for Christmas so many thanks for the ideas on how to start putting it to use.
Dan in the intro is me anytime Mick gets within kicking distance of a fuzz face. What a sound!
What a great episode. TPS at its best. It inspires to play afterwards, you learn something you not have tried befiore ( for me this time fuzz in klon clone, fuzz face at 10 and back it up until it stops sounding like frying bacon :-). amazing tones.and cool playing. And all with Dan and Mick in a relaxed conversation. Guitar mags for decades were not able to transport that kind of edutainment.
I particularly like this comment. I was sad when I realised we couldn’t compete in guitar mag print land. So I gave up the editorship of the best mag on the planet and started a UA-cam channel. Everyone thought I was insane. Ha!
@@ThatPedalShow Hats off to you for that bold move !
Fuzz is such a rabbit hole. Thanks for taking us to wonderland!