Members Fiery Furnace Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Here's a little clip I did while I have my rig (and then some) at home after a big show last night. This clip features my Rickenbacker 4001, Guild Quantum amp, my keyboardist's Bassman, Avatar cabs, and a (Jazz Ad recommended) Guyatone TZ2 Fuzz pedal. I ran the Ric in stereo (sorry about the noise, I had to use poor quality cords cause all my good ones were mono!), with the bridge pickup going into the Guild, on the bottom, and into the Avatar 2x12, and the neck pickup going through the fuzz into the bassman and into the Avatar 2x10. It starts with the clean Guild tone, then the fuzzy tone alone, then the two together. Enjoy! (Don't mind the sloppy playing ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justinbass Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Nice! The two together sounded great. How much was the pedal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceGhost Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Nice! The two together sounded great. How much was the pedal? Not to step on toes but here's a place to grab one (with price): http://www.pedalgeek.com/cgi-bin/new_shop.cgi?config=&uid=Q1LqVQAA1193598455&uzc=&command=link--tz2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiery Furnace Posted October 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Thanks! That little fuzz pedal is quite cheap, I think only around $60 or so? It does sort of take over your tone when used alone, it's great in a biamp setting but it's kind of a pain to lug all that gear around Plus it doesn't really work in clubs where the sound guy just gives you a DI box and moves on to the guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rummy Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Definitely hot. I love the clean+dirty sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mytola Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 those avatar 2x10's sound godly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JeffBass Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 At first it sounded too thin but when you engaged the neck pickup on the RIC it sounded much better. The ideal distortion sound (IMO) comes from overdriving the amp and not from a pedal. It's good to run in stereo with one amp for full, deep, clear bottom and another amp (not as powerful) that you need to crank up to get the volume and overdrive. The problem is getting this in your bedroom for practicing or jamming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Nice. I think there may be a Guyatone in my future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members been_effected Posted October 28, 2007 Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Jeeeezus...I think there might be a Guyatone in my future too, that things sounds exactly like what I've been looking for. Blended sounds fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiery Furnace Posted October 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2007 Thanks guys... it's a pretty underrated little pedal, and the Guild is a huge part of the sound, it's my secret weapon. JeffBass I agree with you, but it's hard to get tube OD at bedroom levels like you said. Live I push the Guild to the point of breakup so that I get a pretty sweet OD when I dig in, but you can't really get that fuzz tone even pushing the amps really hard. The Bassman I found didn't have a sweet breakup at all, it was pretty flabby on it's own so that's why I used it for the fuzz channel, the Guyatone pretty much imposes over whatever natural amp tone you have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted October 28, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 28, 2007 I really like the stereo tone. I will be doing the same with a Thunderfunk -> Acme B2 for the neck and V-4B -> Acme B2 for the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted October 29, 2007 Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Nice - that doesn't look like a stock Ric bridge pickup - did you slap a humbucker in there or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FloydianAnimal Posted October 29, 2007 Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Great tone bi-amped man, it sounds huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiery Furnace Posted October 29, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Heh, you noticed bholder. The pickups are Seymour Duncan replacements from the 70's. I don't know if you can see it in the video, but there are 2 toggle switches near the volume pots that switch between humbucking and single coil with a coil tap... lots of options! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted October 29, 2007 Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Pedalgeek is out of stock - Tonetronix has them in at the same price. Just ordered one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassdudeguy Posted October 29, 2007 Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members been_effected Posted October 29, 2007 Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 There's two on ebay, but I'm taking dibs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiery Furnace Posted October 29, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Hey, my shirt is blue! Hope you guys enjoy your new Fuzz pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members been_effected Posted October 30, 2007 Members Share Posted October 30, 2007 Hey, my shirt is blue! Hope you guys enjoy your new Fuzz pedals I would have been enjoying an ultra cheap one but the ebay guy doesn't take paypal or credit card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted October 30, 2007 Members Share Posted October 30, 2007 Killer bass too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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