Chewy, crunchy, filthy, dirty fuzz?

equalsql

As per the title.  
Any recommendations that don't cost the earth?
Jon Spencer has a lot to answer for.

JezWynd

Boss FZ-2

xSkarloey

For me Fuzz=Tonebender and Magnetic effects do a fabulous 'homage' to the Mkii professional.

What has John Spencer to do with the guitar BTW?

DarnWeight

For JSBX sounds, get a Companion fuzz.  Frederic Effects do one, and a Super 2-in-1 version with a SuperFuzz chucked in.

Bellycaster

Skarloey said:

For me Fuzz=Tonebender and Magnetic effects do a fabulous 'homage' to the Mkii professional.

What has John Spencer to do with the guitar BTW?

He played Funk Guitar, so he had to be "In the Pocket" all the time.




Re Fuzz, I have only owned Suhr Rufus, I'm no expert, but it's versatile.

  

rossyamaha

If you can find one try the Plum Crazy Fuzzy Lady. It's awesome. 

victorludorum

Ghost Effects make some goodies. i have one of his Tone Benders, but he does some others, and price wise they're very good.

www.ghosteffects.co.uk

meltedbuzzbox

@juansolo is the fuzz master.

I would go to the man personally

juansolo

Cheers!

To get that nasty/raspy fuzz you're looking at something old that doesn't behave with other things. Plenty will do that, nastiest IMO being the Ibanez Standard Fuzz. That can do all sorts of nasty. A Roland Bee Baa will also get you there quite easily and is a little more versatile.

There are germanium fuzzes that will get you there but they're so variable it's hard to recommend them. Some silicon equivalents/variants will do a better job, but again, they'll not play as well with things like wahs/buffered effects. Thinking things like the Silicon Mosrite Fuzzrite.

Things that behave tend not to be as raspy. The Jumbo Tonebender/ Fuzz Unit (Edwyn Collins - Girl Like You) has an edge of that old style rasp with none of the drawbacks. But it's nowhere near as velcro as the Ibanez of capable of the bite of the Bee Baa.

Sassafras

2nd hand Fuzz Factory.
Can be nasty or nice.

benmurray85

You need Dwarcraft Devices. All of em

ThePrettyDamned

Standard recommendation of zoom ultra fuzz. Works with buffers, although behaviour changes, and gets bright and nasty if you want it to. 

stefken147

Blackout Effectors Fix'd Fuzz Deluxe, so many options with a boost and 2 separate fuzz circuits. Fuzz 2 is super nasty, combine with Fuzz 1 for even more awesomeness. Get a Seriously Special Twosome for a muff.

Lew

Fairfield Unpleasant Surprise.

equalsql

Lew said:

Fairfield Unpleasant Surprise.

Wow... now that is filthy

Ro_S

a derivative of a shin-ei/univox Superfuzz   (and some other early 70s Japanese fuzzes).   e.g.  Guyatone The Fuzz (used).  EQD Terminal.   for cheapz, the Behringer SF300 (a Boss FZ2 clone).

others above have suggested Tonebender mk2 but that doesnt match your descriptive criteria to me.