Doom Fuzz Pedals

[RexKeltoi]

For the guitarists, what is the the almighty fuzz pedal for doom. My picks would be The Pharaoh by Black Arts Toneworks or The Hoof Reaper by Earthquaker Devices   

[FatherAlabaster]

Moved to the guitar section.

I never bonded with fuzz. I've had a few, nothing boutique, different flavors of Muff. I always found it too hard to dial in for a sound that did what I want or a level that made sense. Maybe it's my rig, maybe it's my ears. I get better results by stacking an eq or an overdrive into a distortion pedal. I got an HX Effects a few years ago and played around with the fuzz models, too, but I wound up getting my favorite fuzz-adjacent sound out of a Rat.

[RexKeltoi]

3 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Moved to the guitar section.

I never bonded with fuzz. I've had a few, nothing boutique, different flavors of Muff. I always found it too hard to dial in for a sound that did what I want or a level that made sense. Maybe it's my rig, maybe it's my ears. I get better results by stacking an eq or an overdrive into a distortion pedal. I got an HX Effects a few years ago and played around with the fuzz models, too, but I wound up getting my favorite fuzz-adjacent sound out of a Rat.

I was thinking of purchasing a RAT, some guy is selling one for $75 and it will fit on my board much better than the Big Muff I traded for a Wah, the BM was just too big. I was trying to get an EQD Eruptor but since they are not in production anymore people are asking prices way of my range. Right now I am running a EQD Special Cranker into a Metal Muff, I also have a Sparkle Drive I got years ago on the board but don't use it much for the doom stuff I do lately. My board is mid size cheap Donner model so only has space for 8 - 9 pedals on it.  

[FatherAlabaster]

It's all about the rig you're going into and the sound you're looking for, I think. There's no one silver bullet. The Rat is a great pedal once you get the filter frequency dialed in just right. I like it as part of a parallel processing chain with my bass rig, so I can blend in a compressed clean signal with the distortion on top. I thought fuzz would work great for that but the Rat hit the sweet spot. 

[RexKeltoi]

It's a pedal a lot of people love, I can see why. I am thinking I will run a RAT into a fuzz, I have a DL4 I am not using and can trade that in, all my other pedals are analog so I can get a RAT from that dude or get one from a shop with a Fuzz or upgrade my Dunlop DCB-10 Brick, it's getting long in the tooth, maybe a VLabs pedal power or something   

[Vitharr]

now I'm looking for a good fuzz for the game Stoner duma. so far, I'm leaning towards the behringer superfuzz - inexpensive and cool in sound

[RexKeltoi]

10 hours ago, Vitharr said:

now I'm looking for a good fuzz for the game Stoner duma. so far, I'm leaning towards the behringer superfuzz - inexpensive and cool in sound

Honestly if your looking for cheap and reliable I would go with a Big Muff, shit loads of sustain and some gnarly tones, wish I had not traded mine but it was too big for my board. I got mine new from Musicians Friend for $79 dollars year ago. Take note there is a glut of equipment with so much bought during covid, the manufacturers overproduced and the inventory is so high it is a buyers market and even more so in the coming months. I found an Erupter from EQD that is sought after being a limited run and out of production for a few years now. It is based off the Russian Big Muff the green one and if it is still around after I trade in some pedals it will be on my board real soon. Cheers