"Touch Me I'm Sick"

jimi_dylan · Post by **jimi_dylan** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:37 am

What fuzz is features most prominently in Mudhoney's 1988 single "Touch Me I'm Sick"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx30kfiCe6A

Wiki says it is a Big Muff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_Me_I%27m_Sick . However, to me it sounds more Stooges-like, as if it is a Fuzzrite. Anybody know? Germanium or Silicon?

Poorbob · Post by **Poorbob** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:12 am

To me, and I'm no expert, it sounds like a Big Muff, but I could be dead wrong.

JP30 · Post by **JP30** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:22 am

Before someone post the answer to the question, I would like to post my guess.
1. Big Muff
2, super fuzz
3. I read somewhere that they used Ibanez soundtank FUZZ.
(plastic made pedal, looks like a cockroach)

Poorbob · Post by **Poorbob** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 2:59 am

Describe this standard fuzz you speak of. Is that an actual name of a fuzz? That'd be cool. I think when you're amongst the likes of this board there's no such thing as the "standard" fuzz. :lol:

jimi_dylan · Post by **jimi_dylan** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:40 am

Sickle wrote: It has a very distinct sound I describe as 'brakish'.

Apt diction IMO. I really like that fuzz tone. Thanks for the input everyone!

I've suddenly developed a curiosity for late 80s alternative bands.

psycho*daisies · Post by **psycho*daisies** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:51 am

i'm gonna guess that it's both a Big Muff & a Super Fuzz...just a wild guess...
...the quicker riff that starts the song off being the Big Muff and the other guitar that plays a more sustained part and the solo...

My guess is that they liked the combination of those two together, thus naming the album as such...

Gotta love their choice of budget guitars, Fender Mustang & Hagstrom II...

Post by **The Captain** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:46 pm

Ha Har! There be the answer. I'm 95% sure Mr. Arm was using a Grey Univox Super Fuzz first time I saw them...I was 15 at the time and very drunk so I might be wrong.

fuzzlight · Post by **fuzzlight** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:28 pm

Ahh those were the days, Mudhoney at the Bristol Bierkeller, supported by Hole, 1990 or 1
Earsplitting crazy fun, but was far to busy to look at the pedals back then

Post by **The Captain** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:48 am

Ha! That was the same tour! Yes Hole is support, they were very good. Courtney Love's stage "stance" was a little distracting to say the least.

blunder · Post by **blunder** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:57 am

Man, what a great album! I have not listened to it in years. Pretty sure I got it on vinyl. Gotta go dig it out!

Great live band. I was too young and too much into having a good time to pay attention to their gear.

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