Up ko lang po.
Any suggestion for a great starter fuzz? Sana yung wag madugo yung price mga sirs. Currently eyeing the Chikusa Fuzz. any comments? Thanks in advance guys!
IMHO, there are so many fuzz variants that its very hard to give a roadmap. You just have to know what "flavor" you want.
but generally, there are two ways you can go in your fuzz journey:
1. get a fuzz pedal with exotic features and all the bells and whistles (octave up, octave down, gate, compression, tone, etc...), or
2. get a simple touch sensitive fuzz wherein you can manipulate your sound though playing dynamics and volume roll-off.
personally, i'd go with #2. what I actually consider my main fuzz is the princess rage (sean's predecessor to the chickusa). because it is touch and input sensitive, you can get many tones just but adjusting volume and playing dynamics, or perhaps boosting with an OD.
mind you, i have a fuzz that has all the bells and whistles to shape the sound via many external and internal knobs (swollen pickle mk2), and i also have a danelectro french toast (octave up) and mxt blue box clone (octave down). but i always go back to the inexpensive pincess rage because of its simple operation and touch sensitive quality.
so i'd say its up to you, and what qualities you a looking for in a fuzz.