screamingdaisy
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My band is looking to add a couple of QOTSA covers. Just wondering how the Mk V takes fuzz boxes?
Mark V + Fuzz?
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eudaimonia02912
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I've used both a Fulltone '70 and an Addrock Geranium Fuzz with mine--still have the Addrock. (It's a really nice germanium fuzz with NKT 275 transisters.)
I don't usually like the sound of a fuzz into a completely clean amp, so I run the Geranium Fuzz into a Tubesceamer into fat mode of the V. In my experience--and mind you, I'm not a big fuzz user--fuzz sounds better in fat than in tweed. I haven't tried it in clean mode yet. I also like how the fuzz interacts with crunch mode on channel 2.
I don't usually like the sound of a fuzz into a completely clean amp, so I run the Geranium Fuzz into a Tubesceamer into fat mode of the V. In my experience--and mind you, I'm not a big fuzz user--fuzz sounds better in fat than in tweed. I haven't tried it in clean mode yet. I also like how the fuzz interacts with crunch mode on channel 2.
jb's 52
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I went from Big Muff to a Fuzz Factory to a Mastotron.
Unfortunately I didn't have the first two with this amp,
but the Mastotron works best with ch1. It can be
bright enough but I like it for the big bottom fuzz
sound it can deliver. Truthfully though, it starts
getting lost in ch2 and gets buried in ch3.
If I find another Fuzz Factory for cheap, I might get it
to try with ch2/3 since it can be really bright to begin
with.
Unfortunately I didn't have the first two with this amp,
but the Mastotron works best with ch1. It can be
bright enough but I like it for the big bottom fuzz
sound it can deliver. Truthfully though, it starts
getting lost in ch2 and gets buried in ch3.
If I find another Fuzz Factory for cheap, I might get it
to try with ch2/3 since it can be really bright to begin
with.
fuzzgod
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I use the Peppermint Fuzz on Ch2 in Edge and it's thick and fuzzy. Easily my favorite fuzz for the kinda sound I'm shooting for. Set up channel 2 on edge, run it around 2pm gainwise and 12 o'clock+ on the eqs (no graphic for me) and you can go from a vintage amp crunch (that cleans up with some guitar knob tweaking) for rhythm that gets pushed off the cliff with the fuzz.
Also have a Bluebeard fuzz that sounds killer on that channel/setting.
Others I've tried: Big muff wasn't really my thing, Fuzz Factory was good, but over the top. Germanium and silicon transistors seem to be the way to go (not had much luck with other analog stuff...haven't tried modeling effects)
QOTSA may need a pushed bass amp to get that sound...and some weird harmonizers/octaves.
Good luck, man.
Also have a Bluebeard fuzz that sounds killer on that channel/setting.
Others I've tried: Big muff wasn't really my thing, Fuzz Factory was good, but over the top. Germanium and silicon transistors seem to be the way to go (not had much luck with other analog stuff...haven't tried modeling effects)
QOTSA may need a pushed bass amp to get that sound...and some weird harmonizers/octaves.
Good luck, man.
