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Rating:  (9 out of 10) | Reviewer: Jim from , | 9/1/2015 2:39:02 PM |
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| Awesome for bass! |  Pros: Dry mix knob
Size
Price
Very individual fuzz sound
Cons: A little noisy - but it's a FUZZ pedal!
A little backstory: My band decided to play Starlight by Muse. I played the distortion with my Boss ME-20B multi effect originally but it didn't sound all that great. I decided to buy a proper fuzz pedal - an Electro Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi. GREAT pedal but still didn't really nail the tone I was looking for and I really didn't need to spend that much money for one thing so I returned it. I then ordered the Fuzz Mini Pedal from Monoprice, plugged it in and there is was! The Sound. Throw an octaver in with this thing and the sound is amazing - almost synth-like. I've since gone to using this for all the things I used the cheesy sounding synth patch on the ME-20B for. The truly amazing thing at this price point is the Dry Blend control!! If you want to nail some of that Chris Wolstenholme/Muse sound and don't have $800 to spend on an ultra rare Human Gear Animato pedal this might do it for you. I am thoroughly impressed!
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Rating:  (7 out of 10) | Reviewer: Fretts from Los Angeles, CA | 8/4/2015 8:10:47 PM |
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| Interesting and useful | Pros: Extremely powerful filter knob, simple & easy to use, good wide range of controls
Very useful as a lead sound booster for echoey things like Pink Floyd and Hendrix
Cons: Never quite gets a true fuzz tone sound.
This is more of a strong overdrive with a uniquely powerful tone knob. When you dial down the tone to remove higher frequencies, they are absolutely gone, not just reduced. Set to the bright side, it is very thin and bright, but not quite a classic fuzz, they don't sound natural at all. I'd consider this a super widerange overdrive and use it that way. The ability to blend in some clean signal is a nice touch although I'll never use it. It works very nicely as an overdrive boost with more horsepower than a true overdrive. I bought this along with the flanger and the echo for one specific sound in one specific song. I just leave them all preset and stomp all three at once since they are so small.
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| Rating: (9 out of 10) | Reviewer: Anonymous from Seattle, WA | 7/28/2015 3:32:06 PM |
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| Great little pedal for the price | Pros: The sound is great. I'm by no means a fuzz-expert, but for what I was hoping for, it runs the range of dark, wooly fuzz, to spitting, biting fuzz - all with a sweep of the big tone knob.
Cons: It's not really a con, since part of what you're getting is a compact mini-pedal, but it would be darn near impossible to adjust the 3 small knobs on the fly while playing. The volume and fuzz amount, as well as the dry/wet mix are best set-and-forget - then you can play with the tone knob all you want to vary it up.
Great pedal for the price. Seems sturdily built (though I've only had mine a few weeks).
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Rating:  (10 out of 10) | Reviewer: Anonymous from Yorba Linda, CA | 4/21/2015 4:00:01 PM |
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| Little box, lots of fuzz! | Pros: Cheap, Versatile, Perfect Size
Cons: Can generate a lot of feedback if you aren't careful
Very great sounding pedal. This thing packs a punch. Extremely versatile controls as well, so you can go from signal-breaking fuzz to smooth grit. As a man who's used several fuzz pedals from the Zvex Fuzz Factory to the Boss FZ-5, this thing is capable of almost exactly similar sounds.
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Rating:  (5 out of 10) | Reviewer: wooster from Knoxville, TN | 4/11/2015 12:04:01 AM |
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| Fuzzable | Pros: Nice range of fuzzy tones.
Cons: Injects quite a bit of hissy scratchy noise with many settings
This well-priced pedal offers quite a few fuzzy sounds, from a quasi-distortion to much fuzzier genteel nastiness.
With many settings it injects a great deal of noise into the signal (even with silent guitar). Not ideal.
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