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I got a new fuzz pedal! The JHS Supreme (based on a 1972 Japanese superfuzz). I had to do a quick test with it and although it isn't a Hendrix fuzz... I did this.

I could claim that i was clever with the arrangement, but the real reason behind the new arrangement is... I didn't remember how it went :D and for the same reason the solo is MIA!

Unfortunately i did the vocals. I guess you could see this as a sludge rock version of the Hey Joe, or something...

Lord have mercy!

F'n spectacular is what I say....guitar sounds great though that pedal ......love your vocals....nothing wrong at all with this gem stone of a shining bright star.....I want to listen again .....shining bright through the sheen of fuzz

I wanna be in your band, Zolt.

I love the the sound of the guitar.  I love the the performance. But mostly I just love the feel. Now I'm chilled. 🤙🏻

Though the JHS sounds superb the best part of this track is your vocal...
Golly you sound fantastic..  one minute you do crazy disco covers and then Hendri!
Also that twang guitar makes this a more powerful track and at times I swear Claptons playing in there

Quote from: Zoltan on January 29, 2023, 12:16:43 PMI got a new fuzz pedal! The JHS Supreme (based on a 1972 Japanese superfuzz). I had to do a quick test with it and although it isn't a Hendrix fuzz... I did this.
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Hi Zoltan,
Lovely vocals, and the guitar is so nice!!!
This recording is so loved.
Thanks for sharing this beauty.
Rene

It is not easy to cover this song and you did it well

QuoteUnfortunately i did the vocals. [and no! I think the vocals are great

two small remarks the fuzz is probably very good but it's true it doesn't sound fuzz Hendrick
and I would have liked the bass a little more present

Great tone and vibe. That's one delicious, dirty fuzz. Love it.

You're a fuzzomaniac Zoltan! The new pedal is awesome sounding and you're vocal is right up there with it!

That's fuzzing great man

The more I hear you using fuzz, the more I want to get a fuzz pedal. Excellent cover in your own style !

Pete

I think I hear Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean" trying to wedge itself in a couple times. That's a cool fuzz tone. Going to have to play with my fuzz tonight, if I can get away with it.

 Fuzz me sideways  - this is great, Z.

Paul

I think it should be obligitory that everyone should do a Hey Joe cover. It's such a great tune no matter how many times you hear it and this is a very worthy cover Zoltan. Sounds great, sounds fresh and souds like you had fun here. Love your vocals Zoltan, loads of character and always a hint of cool and devilishness in them, Nice!  8)

Mike

You said "Unfortunately i did the vocals." and I'm listening and thinking "Huh? What? - No! - FORTUNATELY for us, you did the vocals". The vocals are great!  A lot of character in that deep voice of yours!  Few people around here could pull that off - I highly doubt I could!  I think your "neighbor" Geir could, but very few others ;D

The overall mix, drums etc., is also up to your usual high standards.

Quote from: Mike_S on February 01, 2023, 04:25:22 PMI think it should be obligitory that everyone should do a Hey Joe cover. It's such a great tune no matter how many times you hear it and this is a very worthy cover Zoltan. Sounds great, sounds fresh and souds like you had fun here. Love your vocals Zoltan, loads of character and always a hint of cool and devilishness in them, Nice!  8)

Mike

how about a "Hey Joe" fest? 
I would never attempt to play this but I would for a fest...lol... and I doubt I could or would do it like this real gem...

changing the subject a touch... I honestly don't know the difference between overdrive, distortion, and fuzz... I know fuzz when I see it on a peach or on my kids face but they all seem like various amounts of distortion to me... but I like the fact that they market all them different (and likely all can be shown to be different)...
I am all for marketing and sales... and manufacturing etc... it creates jobs... for people so they can buy multi effects processors...lol...
and 20 dollar Behringer pedals...

Quote from: StephenM on February 03, 2023, 11:57:52 AMoverdrive, distortion, and fuzz

Well me neither and you can add a boost to that list also! Although it's more easily understood. There's hard and soft clipping. Things to do with slew rates and all kinds of op-amps and what not.

I know that the fuzz is the most fun. It's also the one that's makes you adjust your playing technique. One has to be considerate on how to play when using a fuzz and of course even this depends on what fuzz that is.

It's not in the marketing either although many distortion/overdrive pedals can be made to sound the same, or sameish. The difference for me is how the pedal affects the way the guitar feels. It's more important (to me) than the sound. It directly affects the stuff i'll do with that particular pedal. In the mixing stage the sound can change and sometimes a cool and different sound turns into a "same old same old" sound in the mix. Especially if the song calls for it.

I have a lot of dirt pedals, but i'm always ready to trade away a pedal that gets surpassed, or doesn't give me the joy! It's actually only a positive thing if a new pedal makes the older one, or even several obsolete. Pedals that are different enough (with a character that i like) are always keepers.

Those Behringer pedals are based on real designs as there's nothing stopping them being a copycat. Most of the pedals are based on previous designs anyhow. For example the JHS Superfuzz i'm using here can be found dirt cheap as a Behringer SF300. It has even  more settings than the JHS pedal.

Interesting comments on Fuzz pedals!  I have no experience using them but have to admit (sheepishly?) that when Sweetwater had the one pictured below, that Zoltan actually mentions (!), on sale for $14 I broke down and bought it. How couldn't I, right?  It has so far given me great pleasure for the whole 10 minutes I played around with it. ;D  And now that I know it is a clone of a pedal Zoltan uses, suggesting that it has true street credibility, I'm feeling inspired!



I am dreaming that one day, in a moment of extreme creativity and passion, I will pull that Fuzz off the shelf (or from under the sofa?) and tear off a bone shaking riff that pushes my heavy rock song to #1 on the charts!  ;D

Honestly, if that song fails to break into the top 10, I swear I will package up the pedal and mail it to a guy in Finland who really has the talent to use it properly!  ;D

Quote from: Zoltan on February 03, 2023, 12:27:07 PM

Quote from: StephenM on February 03, 2023, 11:57:52 AMoverdrive, distortion, and fuzz

Well me neither and you can add a boost to that list also! Although it's more easily understood. There's hard and soft clipping. Things to do with slew rates and all kinds of op-amps and what not.

I know that the fuzz is the most fun. It's also the one that's makes you adjust your playing technique. One has to be considerate on how to play when using a fuzz and of course even this depends on what fuzz that is.

It's not in the marketing either although many distortion/overdrive pedals can be made to sound the same, or sameish. The difference for me is how the pedal affects the way the guitar feels. It's more important (to me) than the sound. It directly affects the stuff i'll do with that particular pedal. In the mixing stage the sound can change and sometimes a cool and different sound turns into a "same old same old" sound in the mix. Especially if the song calls for it.

I have a lot of dirt pedals, but i'm always ready to trade away a pedal that gets surpassed, or doesn't give me the joy! It's actually only a positive thing if a new pedal makes the older one, or even several obsolete. Pedals that are different enough (with a character that i like) are always keepers.

Those Behringer pedals are based on real designs as there's nothing stopping them being a copycat. Most of the pedals are based on previous designs anyhow. For example the JHS Superfuzz i'm using here can be found dirt cheap as a Behringer SF300. It has even  more settings than the JHS pedal.

wonderful stuff... and I agree... if you ain't into it, let it go!  Hopefully someone else will like it.. and I imagine that many buy stuff because this what everyone is doing... generally, almost never I think that way... but I also imagine that certain ones become more special as everyone forgets about them...
I might check that Behringer out.

Quote from: des0free on February 03, 2023, 05:03:39 PMInteresting comments on Fuzz pedals!  I have no experience using them but have to admit (sheepishly?) that when Sweetwater had the one pictured below, that Zoltan actually mentions (!), on sale for $14 I broke down and bought it. How couldn't I, right?  It has so far given be great pleasure for the whole 10 minutes I played around with it. ;D  And now that I know it is a clone of a pedal Zoltan uses, suggesting that it has true street credibility, I'm feeling inspired!



I am dreaming that one day, in a moment of extreme creativity and passion, I will pull that Fuzz off the shelf (or from under the sofa?) and tear off a bone shaking riff that pushes my heavy rock song to #1 on the charts!  ;D

Honestly, if that song fails to break into the top 10, I swear I will package up the pedal and mail it to a guy in Finland who really has the talent to use it properly!  ;D

I certainly have no experience with fuzz but I generally like everything I have ever got from Behringer, mostly PA stuff and sound processing for PA... but I bought 3 Behringer pedals and used them about an hour and stuck them in the box on a shelf... however I recently, after reading about all these pedals everywhere, mostly on here, I got them down and tried them in some new ways.  This time instead of being disappointed at what they were not (namely like my Boss multi effects) I embraced what they were and what I might could do with them... and that became a blast then...
but if you do ditch it, postage would be alot cheaper to here in NC...lol... probably would cost more to  ship than to buy one new.... also Doug, those pedals that were those prices, I bought 3 for my bass, and they took forever to come as it was during covid...

Hey joe mini fest would interesting I have tried this song a couple times but never got the fuzz sound to sound right nicely done and yes I liked the vocals
Tim

This is what a cover should be. I love the garage rock production of this. It belongs in a soundtrack. I was a little sad at the fade out.

More fuzz.

Blooby

Sweet cover man! That Fuzz sounds godly (sounds like you could do some Doom metal with it!), JHS makes some great pedals. I own a ZVEX Fuzz Factory which is a pretty crazy sounding Fuzz but it can be dialed back for some more vintage tones. Stellar guitar work and a killer vocal!

This is really cool. It's a brilliant cover version. That fuzz pedal sounds awesome.
Really like your vocals..great drums too.

darren

Quote from: BerryPatch on February 04, 2023, 02:54:06 PMI own a ZVEX Fuzz Factory which is a pretty crazy sounding Fuzz but it can be dialed back for some more vintage tones

I hate to bump my own, but i have to because this needs to be replied!

Fuzz Factory is a great one, and it can do proper Hendrix as it's based on Fuzz Face (It's a Fuzz Face on steroids as it's more of a "make your own" Fuzz with all the possibilities of tweaking the settings). One of my favourites. I have the Fat Fuzz Factory which is the same except it has the additional mode switch.

One thing i never understood about the people who whine about Fuzz Factory. The most common whine is "it has too many options". That's what i heard from the guy who sold it to me too... Why... Oh why can't one just select a good setting and let it be? Then it's the same as a regular fuzz.

JHS Superfuzz can do the Townsend (Live at Leeds) and it does in fact have something to do with Hendrix... by proxy! Hillel Slovak (The original Chili Peppers guitarist) used Superfuzz and he used to play a lot of Hendrix stuff especially in the early years..

Quote from: Zoltan on February 06, 2023, 02:29:07 AM

Quote from: BerryPatch on February 04, 2023, 02:54:06 PMI own a ZVEX Fuzz Factory which is a pretty crazy sounding Fuzz but it can be dialed back for some more vintage tones

I hate to bump my own, but i have to because this needs to be replied!

Fuzz Factory is a great one, and it can do proper Hendrix as it's based on Fuzz Face (It's a Fuzz Face on steroids as it's more of a "make your own" Fuzz with all the possibilities of tweaking the settings). One of my favourites. I have the Fat Fuzz Factory which is the same except it has the additional mode switch.

One thing i never understood about the people who whine about Fuzz Factory. The most common whine is "it has too many options". That's what i heard from the guy who sold it to me too... Why... Oh why can't one just select a good setting and let it be? Then it's the same as a regular fuzz.

JHS Superfuzz can do the Townsend (Live at Leeds) and it does in fact have something to do with Hendrix... by proxy! Hillel Slovak (The original Chili Peppers guitarist) used Superfuzz and he used to play a lot of Hendrix stuff especially in the early years..

I am starting to want all the sounds you get... fuzz and ratt... I might be looking for a bit and it may take a while but by golly you might be drawing me toward pedals.

That's got the right feel - love the sound of that fuzz, I can never work those things out. Sounds amazing.
B

Quote from: Zoltan on February 06, 2023, 02:29:07 AM

Quote from: BerryPatch on February 04, 2023, 02:54:06 PMI have the Fat Fuzz Factory which is the same except it has the additional mode switch.

I forgot to say, that's the one I got too! It's very useful to have the additional switching, I especially like the "octave down" setting for a more heavy "Sleep-esque" Doom metal sound. The only thing I have against it is it sometimes picks up the local country music station while I'm playing it! Imagine trying to get the nastiest Fuzz tone possible then hearing the voice of Blake Shelton coming through the Amp...  :-\

Great rework on the classic Hendrix track!  I think Jimi himself would dig this. Sounds like you should've held on a bit longer, though

 :) John B