What these guys were using?
I would say a Mosrite Fuzzrite or a Maestro Fuzz Tone maybe...
Sure thing ''fuzzy but tight driven distortion'' doesn't match in my book
Re: Identify the fuzz
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:52 pm
by HorseyBoy
This is one of the great mysteries of the fuzz world. The Music Machine used their own custom fuzz box, built by the band's bass player, Keith Olsen, who went on to be a big time (and I mean big time) engineer and producer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Olsen
So you might get close with a Fuzzrite or maybe a NuFuzz, but it won't be the same.
Re: Identify the fuzz
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:21 pm
by Yggdrazil
Yup, I though about the Nu Fuzz as well as a possibility.
Thx for putting me on the right trail Horsey
Most probably it's a modified Maestro Tone.
"With The Music Machine, the bands vision was to record & play looking & sounding like no one who'd come before. Our own look & our own sound!!.. Sean Bonniwell (lead singer/ songwriter/ bandleader), Keith Olsen (bass), Ron Edgar (drums), Doug Rhodes (keyboards), & myself all agreed...
Keith was already an engineer, & set about designing & building our own fuzzbox for our own sound... We also tuned way down to D or Db for a more gutteral overall sound... After The Music Machine, I switched to a "Fuzzface"
yeah def FZ-1 style with more gain