Instruments
K.T.Toeplitz
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My main BassComputer now. Custom made by Philippe Dubreuille, a superb luthier - french, currently living in London. The bass is a 5 string (with a high C) and has also 4 extra "resonant" strings. The 2 low strings are lowered (the fingerboard is longer) so that the open strings are tuned D G D G C (low to high)
much more about the BassComputer here . |
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Electro-Harmonix Big Muff. Used it for years. it was given to me by Joe Fish who at the time (that is '84 or '85....) was working at E-H. Superb singing sound, not much lows.... some critics said i had a kind of "Fripp" sound with it - and i sure had. My main Fuzz for years. |
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Boss DS-1 - you all know it. I never was a fan of those - I know some players love it - but placed before the Big muff, it gave it a superb boost and a great harshness. So, I can still say i am not a big fan, just take a look at it - you think i can say I did not used (and abused) it? | |
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The next Fuzz afetr the Big Muff - the outbox. I bought this one in Japan, and it is a great pedal. Made by Prescription, with some presets - not sure what is the purpose of those - but they all sound great. | |
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Colorsounds always were cool. The Fuzz at the left was actually my first ever Fuzz - at the time I was doing a lot of Hugh Hopper sounds, at it was perfect for this. I was not able to play bass, but i sure played teh fuzz box quite well. The Tonebender is quite different - very harsh; it was my fuzz of choice when playing with "La Rédemption Electrique" - an industrial project, kind of early Swans, or Neubauten... Bass, drums and voice. A really rough distortion. |
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SansAmp - took me years to try one, and this one (first model ?? not sure) is for sure a great box. Not sure about all te "modeling" thing, but the sound is great. this was my last "main" fuzz before turning to the Computer. | |
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After a while, when you are serious about your Fuzz-tone, it becomes kind of difficult to use japanese pedals. the whole idea sounds so... un-fuzzy.... So, ok, this is a Guyatone distortion for bass, an ok sound. It is Japanese, i know. but then i bought it in Tokyo. And it says "Tokyo Sound" on it!!! | |
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Yeah - the FuzzFactory. Z-Vex. A great Fuzz, and you all know it. Bought in New York, still uses the same battery. And yes, many many many great shapes of fuzz. | |
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The family of Heavy Metals. just have a look at them - it is obvious than I used the Heavy Metal itself a lot, but the Hyper Metal not that much. And the Metal Zone? I probably plugged it once or twice... | |
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The Noise Swash, custom made. sure, a very promising fuzz, but it took years to be made - maybe 2 years. When i finally received it, I was totally into Computers. But i might use it again with the analog synth (Doepfer a100) | |
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A no-name distortion i bought really cheap in Paris. For some reason i always thought it was an italian pedal - and maybe it is. A really strange sound - very "angry" with a "gate" effect - maybe not a gate (there is almost NO electronics inside) but it cuts the sustain very abruptly and cleans up the sound. Nice. | |
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The feedbackers are NOT super DS-1's: i am not a big fan of their distortion. And the Feedbacker effect itself is kind of cheap... But put 2 of them in serie, swithch them on/off, play the pedals - and you've got a great tool, full of mystery. | |
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RAT. it's good. It's heavy. What else? | |
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I found this VOX, second hand, in Osaka. One of those strange pedals - it sometimes was the EXACT sound you might be lookig for, other times was weak. I used it for some recordings but never for much else. | |
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It says Marshall on it. Most of the things with the Marshall logo sound ok. This fuzz is a good one - I even had 2 of those. Amadou Sall - he played bass in Sleaze Art, but also in Treponem Pal - used one and had a great sound. | |
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The Prescription "experience" fuzz.... Bought in Canada. Well, it is ok, not much more - even if a lot of guitar players say it is great. It sur does not have the class of the Outbox. | |
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The Big Cheese by Lovetone. It was costly but was supposed to be really great. Look at it - no scratches at all!!! I plugged it once when i received it, was disappointed by the sound and never used it again.... | |
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My first -ever pedal. I am not a big fan of Phasors but at the time i did not knew.. And this Coron was the cheapest of the pedals, and the only one i could afford. Of course i belive it is the best (and only) Phaser you could use. Not sure if it still works... | |
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Those 2 stayed with me for years... and it shows. The delay was modified slightly by Alain Ballaud who at the time was playing in Sleaze Art - he was one of the bassists of the 5-basses version of Sleaze Art . Short analog delay, lots of fun. And the octaver was a lot of fun - just place it AFTER a fuzz and you have a great fuzz sound, followed by a great low rumble - never heard anyone using the octaver after a fuzz - you should try it! |
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