What's your favorite fuzz pedal??

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I love fuzz. Hey, it's 420.
I have 2 Russian Muffs, an Analogman NKT Sun Lion, WA Foxy tone, Tone Hungry FuzzCreme, some I'm forgetting, and a Lovepedal Blue Dragon is being delivered today while I'm at work. They're all groovy.
 
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My favorites;

Red With Fuzz God IV (absolute insane destructo sounds with this one. TONS of tone options)
Walrus Audio EONS
Danelectro Eisenhower fuzz (brutal)
Smallsound/Bigsound Buzz
Keeley Tone Bender

And I can’t leave out the mighty budget Behringer Super Fuzz. That thing is insanely fun to play with and of course brutal.
 
I went through that rabbit hole during the 2000s, when fuzz was my favorite effect, and the three pedals I've liked the most for stoner/doom were the DAM Meathead, simple and probably my all time fave for that application. This pedal is the simplest and most brutal Doom machine I've heard to this day. I still own it and still love it.
Next is the Pete Cornish NG-2 fuzz. This one you can set up more like a traditional fuzz face, heavy like a big muff, or out of control high gain Tone Bender MK-1. It's extremely versatile, and it has the famous Cornish buffer on it's input, so, if you use it first in line, it will help your entire signal chain tremendously.
Last of the three is the famous Big Muff Rams Head version. If you find a good one, it's really hard to beat for that application. Many players would opt to use the Green Russian Big Muff I had at my studio for Doom/Stoner, because it was bassier and smoother sounding, but would always pick the tracks done with Rams Head at the mixing stage, because they were more aggressive and cut through the mix much better than the Green Russian Muff.
Now, not a fuzz pedal, but one that I think it's a must for any Doom pedalboard is the Sonic Titan Overdrive. My all time fave overdrive for this application. Incredibly underrated pedal.
In my opinion, you already have the pinnacle of the Doom/Stoner fuzz, but trying new pedals is as fun as it can get, so, have fun on your journey!
In your experience what setup works the best with the Sonic Titan? What amp do you like running it into? Does it work best going into an already overdriven amp?
 
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it's a super modified Big Muff circuit with a built in boost
Hey, just wanted to say that I've actually heard about this one through somewhere else, can't remember where but I remember wanting it! Very cool 😎

Your spirit on the forums always make my experience more pleasant, glad you're here. And I can't wait to do business with you in the future!
 
Top 3:
JPTR FX Warlow (Big Muff and Rat circuits blendable. Clip below.)
Fuzz War
MXR Sub Machine

 
Here's an old favorite. I should've held onto it because each and every one of daves builds are always a bit different. They never sound exactly the same.

 
Overall fave is my Sobbat Fuzzbreaker 1R (basically a Japanese Germanium Sunface)

But for doom I prefer something more in the big muff realm like my Pigtronix Distortion or Keeley Dark Side

On the cheaper side of things the Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz is basically Sabbath in a box....though I just looked and they are reselling for $100+ 👀
Think I bought mine brand new for like $40 back in the day
 
Just got in a Lovepedal Blue Dragon. BC178, silicon Fuzz Face/Treble Booster mix knob kinda thing.
It's a good ff with more mids, and a good treble booster with less bite and more beef. Lots of volume boost. I dig it.
 
 
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