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So, I dropped about $20 on a Behringer Super Fuzz. The stuff you guys recommended all sounded cool, but some of them were a bit pricier than I fancied. I know, I know, you get what you pay for, and Behringer is a rip-off artist, and they make cheap crap that falls apart, etc etc. Whatever.

I just want to experiment a bit with a sound I haven't really used since the late 70's. I may decide I don't care for it. So cheapo is the way to go. Maybe if I like it, I'll look at the pricier stuff.

Thank you all for sharing your experience and time.

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@Picker - I think I recommended the Super Fuzz?

 

I had the Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz, and the Super Fuzz is Behringer's "clone". The Boost setting is just that, clean boost, the Fuzz 1 setting, IIRC, is essentially a Muff/Fuzz-style setting, but Fuzz 2!?!?! Think of Devo's original motto: The Sound Of Things Falling Apart. It's brutal, sputtering and dissonant, with a waveform that looks like something you'd see on a graph in an ER. There's almost a Ring Mod-like tone to it.

 

I sold my FZ-2 because I had plenty of other Crapulators at the time, but for $25+/-, I've been tempted to order a Super Fuzz for myself. Let us know how you like it.

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Thinking on it, I used to own a Boss Metal Zone, that is a vicious sounding fuzz beast thingie with a cool EQ feature.

 

I probably should have kept working with it and learned how to make beautiful hideous tones.

It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is.
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I think that's great! Congratulations, and enjoy!

 

Now, I am unfamiliar with the Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz, and the Behringer Super Fuzz; had I known what Winston explained above, I might have suggested either of them to suit your request for "the most distorted, sour-sounding, rip-roaring, ear-offending, rawest, disgusting fuzz out there. I don't want it to be capable of producing even a hint of sweetness." I might hafta try a Behringer Super Fuzz, myself! :laugh:

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I think that's great! Congratulations, and enjoy!

 

Now, I am unfamiliar with the Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz, and the Behringer Super Fuzz; had I known what Winston explained above, I might have suggested either of them to suit your request for "the most distorted, sour-sounding, rip-roaring, ear-offending, rawest, disgusting fuzz out there. I don't want it to be capable of producing even a hint of sweetness." I might hafta try a Behringer Super Fuzz, myself! :laugh:

 

@Caevan - Behringer Super Fuzz. $25 at Sweetwater, with free shipping. I don't expect that the plastic Behringer pedals have the same build quality as the Boss pedals they're meant to imitate, but by comparison, a used Hyper Fuzz will run you around $275+/-.

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http://www.novparolo.com

 

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@Caevan - Behringer Super Fuzz. $25 at Sweetwater, with free shipping. I don't expect that the plastic Behringer pedals have the same build quality as the Boss pedals they're meant to imitate, but by comparison, a used Hyper Fuzz will run you around $275+/-.

 

Cool, thanks!

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I have been exploring cheap pedals lately, looking for something fun... I've been enjoying a Kmise Vintage Overdrive pedal recently, super cheap but surprisingly not terrible. Definitely worth a try for a different flavor.

 

I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here.

 

 

 

 

 

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