Suggested interim pedals while waiting for the Fuzz Sound

[edoetsch]

I am way down the line on getting mine. 4.5 years or something.

What's a good current pedal to look into whilst waiting?

Soul Bender from Fulltone can be picked up reasonably now and might be worth something in a half decade. How about this one?

Any others come to mind?

[molokaio]

From the tests I made yesterday ryan's pedal (skin pimp MKIII and buzzaround) are fuzzier on the top end.. .very different from dave's take.
That said, skinpimp's mkIII is a good pedal, seriously powerful and i definitely would suggest this one! I have 3 Skin pimps atm... ;)

i've never tried a soulbender... anyone has thoughts on this one?

[1bottlerocket]

This ought to be a good thread.

I'll throw my hat in the ring and suggest a one knob MH, not because it sounds like a MK III but because it is a genius design and sounds bad-ass in its own right. Go for the B&G model!

[Poorbob]

I'd have to say a Rotosound MKIII would do the trick!

[sonofthebeach]

Hey edoetsch,

how do you know that it is long time waiting for your Fuzz Sound MKIII???
I am on the waiting list too but the caiptain never told me where on the list or how long it will take.
Is there anything I missed? Am I still on the waitlist? (confusion)

sonofthebeach

[cubba]

i've never tried a soulbender... anyone has thoughts on this one?

Soulbender is a good sounding fuzz.
Not as authentic as Dave's and some of the other guys building MKIII's,
but they are full sounding, loud and possess a nice gain character.
Having tried Sickle's Fuzz Sound (thx again!) I will say that
the Fuzz Sound really does that circuit best,
but a Soulbender gets you in that direction and will give you some perspective until you get teh D*A*M.
There's no wait on them either as they can be found in the emporiums and on ebay.

[Lorenzo]

Or you could buy my Earthquacker Decives Tone Reaper.
The equalization is quite different from the FS but sounds good none the less.

[jimi_dylan]

Creepy Fingers Fuzz Nugget (low gain and great).

[devnulljp]

The Skinpimp MkIII Skinbender is a great fuzz. A really beautiful sounding pedal.
So's the Tone Reaper.
But I've never played an original MkIII or a FuzzSound to compare...

[Stubacca]

Try a Buzzaround clone from Skin Pimp or Creepy Fingers. Both are excellent builders. The Buzzaround and original MK III TB circuit aren't too far apart in circuit and tone. I'd suggest a Skin Pimp MK III, but the Buzzaround clone I got from Ryan is a little closer to the Fuzz Sound than the MK III's of his I've had(three so far).

I'm glad to hear that the Skinpimp pedals are being mentioned. I just ordered a buzzaround last week, saying that it's close to the Fuzz Sound just makes me really happy I chose this one.