Ala' "Topographic Oceans"
Devices Used:
Big Muff, Gt-5, Akai E1 Headrush, MkII Marshall 50W Half (el-34s - 800 series), 70's Fender Twin, 70's Les Paul with a real 59' paf and jb, HM Strat, or a warm sounding guitar with a humbucker prone to good sustain. I've found Mahogany for set necks and basswood or ash for bolt ons work well for me.
Sound Description:
This pedal can reproduce the warm sustain solo Steve Howe used in Topograhic Oceans (a personal favorite) very closely as well as the haunting solo Robert Fripp did on a cut from Earthbound. Earthbound is a hard to find classic King Crimson release in the very early 70's recorded live in back of a VW micro bus in the rain on an Ampex 8 track. Peter Sinfield had just recently left the band and they did not have the rights to use lyrics so the recording was almost completely instrumental, spontaneous and very strange/dark. Wished I still had it so don't bother asking for a tape..;) Just a little history...
Settings:
Volume - your call, Distortion - 11 - 1 o'clock, Filter - 9 - 11 o'clock
Add some verb and light delay (Akai E1 Headrush)
Amp settings - use warm settings, roll off the highs a bit. My amp is set about flat while using the gt-5 parametric for eq.
Webmaster
Fuzz
Devices Used:
Fender Cali Strat>Dunlop jh1 wah wah>big muff>marshall g80rcd
Settings:
Great fuzz, not psychedelic. Sounds a bit like the Smashing Pumpkins, early korn, or Jimi to a certain extent. Great tone, this is my main pedal.
Settings: fender strat-tone, tone, and volume up all the way. Toggle switch in the neck/mid position.
big muff-volume- where ever you want it
sustain- all the way
tone- 15 minutes past 1oclock. Its a bit less than between 12oclock and 3oclock
Woodrow
Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream"
Devices Used:
Fender Stratocaster thru (in order from guitar to amp) Rocktek Phaser, Big Muff, Boss Super Chorus, Crate GFX-212.
Sound Description:
Big low end, very sustainy and very distorted, good for Siamese Dream CD and most of MCIS.
Settings:
Fender Strat | Phaser | Big Muff | Volume-Anywhere | Distortion-about 9 o'clock or up little | Tone-7 o'clock | Chorus | Crate GFX-212
Matt Nall
Very Dirty
Devices Used:
Gibson Epiphone Les Paul Custom, Peavey Studio 112 Combo
Sound Description:
The sound of the big muff gives the ulimate "roomy" sound for those heavy chord progressions and fast leads.
Settings:
Knobs all OFF: 0
Knobs all ON: 10
Volume: 3-4
Tone: 5
Distortion: 9
Troy C Harris
The Ultimate Fuzz
Devices Used:
Gibson and Fender Guitars (Teles + Pauls), Fender Blues Deville, Pro Junior, + Kustom 200 amps
Sound Description:
Raunchy Chords + Crisp Leads
Settings:
all knobs 0(off)= 12o'clock
volume- 3o'clock
tone- 4-6o'clock (depending on guitar)
sustain- 5-8o'clock (depending on preference)
Mike Pace
