Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 The new Germanium Big Muff has me wondering what exactly does the use of the mystical germanium transistors bring to the sound of a pedal? Is it a splattiness.....more gain or what? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members christianatl Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 God damn it. Mike beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 magnets and {censored}....where the {censored} is Natty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 I miss my illegitimate son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 was he banned or something? If he was around he would tell me about germanium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exdeath Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 germanium will make you sound like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 germanium must be an alchemical mystery..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobalt-60 Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 germanium will make you sound like this Props dude, I just LOL'd loud enough to wake the dog. That's a compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rizza Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 All I know about germanium transistors is that they change the sound in hot or cold temperatures and cleans up better than silicon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirBlend12 Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 Serious response: They tend to be quite dynamic. Good with volume rollback and pick attack. At higher gains, they get a bit fuzzy. Also, they have a generally warmer sound. Overall, they kinda respond the way tubes do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 Serious response: They tend to be quite dynamic. Good with volume rollback and pick attack. At higher gains, they get a bit fuzzy. Also, they have a generally warmer sound. Overall, they kinda respond the way tubes do. now we're getting somewhere! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coma Larkin Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 I miss my illegitimate son. I LOVE MY DEAD GAY SON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 but is it splatty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exdeath Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 like a granny with five pounds of prunes in her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrNixon Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 my experience with germanium fuzzes is that the splat effect is more pronounced depending on the circuit. fuzz faces, whther Si or Ge, have that almost as a feature, and it gets exaggerated when pushed with another gain source. Tonebenders compress a bit more gracefully, and dont lend themselves to that limiting effect as much. I'd be interested in hearing the change the Ge trans will have on a muff circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 lol, greenapple-quickstep'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 my experience with germanium fuzzes is that the splat effect is more pronounced depending on the circuit. fuzz faces, whther Si or Ge, have that almost as a feature, and it gets exaggerated when pushed with another gain source. Tonebenders compress a bit more gracefully, and dont lend themselves to that limiting effect as much. I'd be interested in hearing the change the Ge trans will have on a muff circuit. cool, thanks for the info, I have no experience with germanium fuzz, but I'm kind of interested in the EHX Germanium OD, from what I have gathered it can get a little splatty, minus the sustain, which intrigues me for rhythm parts. The Germanium Big Muff looks really interesting, especially because I saw it is going for under a hundred bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ambient Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 From what I heard the only thing about the Ge Muff that is anythinglike a big muff is the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted July 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 From what I heard the only thing about the Ge Muff that is anythinglike a big muff is the name. this is not a problem for me, in my experience Big Muffs are not very effective in a band situation....thus my love for the Double Muff, it sits very well in a band mix, I'm hoping the Germanium Big Muff is closer to a Double Muff than an actual Big Muff Pi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PKTrono Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 but is it natty? heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boytbpc Posted July 14, 2010 Members Share Posted July 14, 2010 For a while I bought into the Germanium hype. I thought Si Fuzzes were inferior to Ge because the supply of good Ge transistors is waning, so Ge must be better, right?!?. In the end, I realized that neither is better but they are different. If you want a looser, bassier, sound GE is the way to go, if you want tighter, higher-gain then Si is the best bet. All that said, my Analogman NKT-275 SunFace is the BEST fuzz I've ever played, but my Fulltone '70 is amazing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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