Posted: 9/14/2008 2:08:38 PM EDT
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I am looking for a stompbox to produce some fuzz for guitar. What is a good one? I was looking at the Dunlp Fuzz Face and it's MSRP $200! I just want a simple one that works, are they cheaper than this or is that prettym uch the standard price? I hear it's not too hard to build. Should I go that route? |
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The average street price for most of the fuzz boxes I've seen was like $150. My local music store has/had Dunlop Hendrix model fuzz faces for like $140. I've used a Boss FZ-1 before, it sounded alright and it's like $120. I dunno about building one, I couldn't do that. Type A personality and all, I wanna plug it in and go. 
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I'm gonna build one. I got plans and they are super simple to make. I guess most resistors are silicone instead of germanium now-a-days because of germanium over-heating issues. But I'm gonna try to add a small fan to it to keep it cool. I hear germanium has a different sound, and if I'm building it, it might as well be different. 
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1+ on Tube Screamers. I have a Wylde Overdrive (basically a tweaked version of the Tube Screamer) & it's great if I want to push the front end of an amp. Right now I'm using it on front of my JVM with the gain turned all the way down & the tone & volume knobs at about 1 o'clock. That setting only puts out minimal distortion, so it creates a more harmonic tone on the overdrive channels & makes a tinny sound on the clean channel similar to David Gilmour's tone on "I Wish You Were Here". But as far as fuzz boxes go, I'm at a loss. I never was much of a fuzz guy. |
Germanium distorts in a more tube like (for a transistor) fashion. Germanium transistors are a little more difficult to get these days but certianly not impossible. Here a Fuzz Face Kit for $55. If you have a teeny tiny amount of technical ability you can build your own. |