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Where Does Distortion Become Fuzz? [Hudson AP-II, Hawaiian Pizza, Hurts, TODP, Focus Fuzz Deluxe]
Published 23 May 2025
Duration:
00:52:44
Find fuzzes hard work, but want to get close with a distortion? How about these…
Welcome to the show! Any excuse to roll out another batch of dirt pedals, right? And in this instance we’re wondering if we can discover that hallowed tonal ground between distortion and fuzz. We’re doing it because so many people tell us that they just can’t get on with a classic fuzz in their rig… but they nonetheless want some fuzzy sounds and textures. We hope this selection of stompers offers a route to those sounds!
Enjoy the show…
Big thanks to Novo Guitars and Peach Guitars for the loan of the Serus J Baritone (around 34 mins)
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• TheGigRig Three2One
• Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200
• Wampler Mofetta
• Great Eastern FX Co Focus Fuzz Deluxe
• Brelliot Tube Overdrive Distortion Plus
• Latent Lemon Audio Hurts
• Hudson Broadcast AP-II
• Caroline Hawaiian Pizza
• Boss DD-8 Digital Delay
• TC Electronic HOF2
• TheGigRig G3S
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Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
1:25 What are we doing today?
2:18 Today’s pedals
3:23 Today’s amps - Noel’s Knobs!
3:55 Difference between distortion and fuzz?
7:15 Wampler Mofetta intro
8:15 Mofetta sounds
12:43 Great Eastern FX Focus Fuzz Deluxe intro
13:25 Focus Fuzz Deluxe sounds
19:47 Brelliot TODP intro
23:00 Brelliot TODP sounds
26:20 Brelliot board change
31:40 Latent Lemon Hurts
33:58 Hudson Broadcast AP-II
42:25 Caroline Corporation Hawaiian Pizza
47:40 All on - woohoo!
49:30 Which one would you have?
Guitars in today’s show
• Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Les Paul Goldtop Murphy Aged
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster
• Novo Serus J Baritone
Amps in today’s show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with Jensen C-12K speaker
• PRS HDRX 20 with Custom Zilla 210 with Celestion Alnico Gold speakers
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