Catalinbread Giygas Fuzz - Active EQ, Clean Blend, & Guitar/Bass Switch!

[@brpadington]

This thing sounds gnarly. The fact it's filled with Earthbound references just makes it even cooler.

[@DoesItDoom]

Yes!

[@vingaxoc6543]

I like doom metal and I like Earthbound

[@nrudy]

I thought I was alone

[@HypnoticPattern]

@Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls seriously its the absolute geekiest area of metal. bong smoke video games and metal all seem to go real well together. smoke is optional.

[@frankmonger2220]

Same

[@nessearthbound3107]

This sounds great! What also sells it for me is the fact that it seems to be named after the villain of my favorite video game of all time. EDIT: Oh, it definitely is, that quote written on the PCB is directly from the game. That’s so awesome!

[@DoesItDoom]

It is!! So cool.

[@andredegiant3876]

I think this one definitely lives up to the hype. The Samurai Jack style art is icing on the cake

[@DoesItDoom]

Yeah, man, pretty badass all around!

[@januszjankes6423]

@@DoesItDoom Bracie zajebiscie doskonale znakomicie świetnie super super.

[@SamLibman]

Love all the features this has! Sometimes all you want/need is a single knob fuzz, but this just gives you so much versatility. Great demo Steve!

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks Sam. Really cool desires for sure.

[@msvc5083]

Yes I had that mod installed on my Box of War and I love the blend feature. Also received my Wizard Stack Does It Doom shirt and man the graphics are great and the shirt is quality. Thanks Steve.

[@DoesItDoom]

Blend is such a great feature. So glad you like the shirt! Thanks for picking it up.

[@mistershabadoo]

This channel is amazing. I’ve always felt like the only one in my area that wanted to ask about the Doomitude of gear. Steve, you’re a treasure, sir!

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks, Zach!

[@mistershabadoo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqiaap9niLt_bLs personally, I use a green Russian big muff for my fuzz tones with a telecaster, to answer your question on what I like to doom with. Hehe

[@christophercarty675]

The clean sounded pretty amazing really. And when you blended in some fuzz towards the end after the clean demo it was a really great tone I thought. I like that pedal a lot. Great video again my brother.

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks, Christopher!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Love the clean-blend concept. Similar to parallel-compression, it really enables you to Sculpt your tone & effect. This makes it much more versatile. Nice demo. Stay Safe everyone.

[@pCeLobster]

Malekko Diabolik has a clean blend in the form of separate Clean and Fuzz volume knobs. You don't even hear it as "oh that's a bit of fuzz blended with clean" or vice versa. It's incorporated really well as a unified sound.

[@DoesItDoom]

Really is a great feature.

[@chriscurran1967]

Great demo Steve!!! Keep them coming brother!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@NoCoverCharge]

Never heard of Earthbound but I've never owned a video game ... But I love fuzz and CB pedals this seems like a winner

[@vingaxoc6543]

Someone should play ‘Pokey Means Business’ with this pedal

[@EmptyDomoKanti99]

Gavin Cox i second this notion

[@Nordster]

Andy from Reverb actually did it. Watch the review on his channel

[@joshww2339]

Hope you're doing well man! Thanks for keeping the flame burning during this darkness. Love the pedal boards man!

[@DoesItDoom]

I appreciate it brother!

[@dronefinger]

Clean blend is super cool. Thanks, Steve. 🤘🏻

[@DoesItDoom]

Right!? I feel like it adds a lot of versatility.

[@metalhed1977]

Great review of what sounds like a pretty flippin sweet pedal. Really impressive how diverse the sounds are that come outta this thing. 🤘🤘

[@DoesItDoom]

Definitely!

[@oxfuzz]

The OXFUZZ BASS i build uses a clean blend. Retains all the lows.

[@ryanpetrak]

they need to start making these fuzz effects more affordable. there’s enough of them on the market

[@ithemba]

meh, thats not how pricing works. pedals like this one are expensive, because a actual guy (or gal) in the western world sat down and soldered the thing. that means labour cost for a westerner instead of cents on the dollar labour costs of a chinese gigafactory. also, because they only built a few dozen at a time, instead of literally thousands upon thousands like these chinese factories. fuzzes are pretty simple circuts though. thats literally the main reason why there are all these hundreds of shed-built "boutique" fuzzes out there: its the most easy effect to design a pcb and solder together yourself and sell for a hefty price. with a bit work and experience in fuzz circuts you could easily clone any tipical fuzz circut you like the best (say: fuzzface) and then modify it with things like the mid boost and or the blend. material cost, even with a pre-printed pcb, should be under 40 bucks in that case.

[@ryanpetrak]

darillio yeah i understand the labor/boutique pricing & you get what you pay for. if i pickup a soldering iron i’ll definitely give that a shot though for sure. the only fuzz i see worth buying (for me) at the moment is the EQD erupter

[@dennismoes7281]

@@ithemba 40 in parts is about right. Put in an hour of labour, the cost of getting the enclosures coated and printed or coating, screenprinting, etshing them yourself and who knows how much time and parts in R&D and prototyping etc.

[@dennismoes7281]

@@ryanpetrak when you want to start with diy fuzzes pedalpcb has great stuff.

[@mariuskozokar4341]

Honestly the best thing about clean blends on pedals is how it makes boosting and stacking so much more effective and audible. I love running my Life Pedal into a Hail Satan Deluxe.

[@Polidavey48]

this Giygas sounds pretty damn thick. I dig it a lot. as for me, the only pedal I use occasionally that has a blend knob is a Boss Bass Overdrive (and I do play guitar). I barely dial in any gain, since I mainly use it for the EQ section, which sounds really great as an occasional lead boost for solos. I got that idea from King Buzzo, who used to use one as an always-on pedal, before he began using his own signature pedal.

[@DoesItDoom]

I need to try that pedal. Have always heard great things.

[@tedkoppel007]

This sounds great but I really hope mrexcane does a bass demo

[@DoesItDoom]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@abiwenwodon8655]

"You can not grasp the true form of Giygas' attack" on the PCB, I love it so effing much!

[@DoesItDoom]

So great!

[@wi11.0w1sp]

Highwind Amplification Direwolf has a blend control that makes it an amazing overdrive. Perfect for driving an amp and tighten the signal.

[@DoesItDoom]

Nice!

[@Maxdoom777]

Sounds incredible! Bass demo please?!?

[@BlackClawDoom]

Another awesome video man. Do love having a place to come to see fuzz pedals reviewed and put through there places properly ;) lol. But I tell you what I think would make these videos even better, would be playin the pedal through an amp like your supergroup and the through your cr120, give an idea of how the pedal sounds through something expensive, then something cheaper and solid state. Plus I'd love to hear you play some of your own riffs in these demos, that would be bad ass man :)

[@DoesItDoom]

Would be cool to demo through a couple different amps, just more time to put things together. I always like to use recognizable riffs, as I think it puts things into a more relatable context, but maybe I’ll try using my own at some point. Have thought about it.

[@BlackClawDoom]

@@DoesItDoom just feel it would help a lot more people understand what the pedal would sound like through a "rig" closer to what they own, if that makes sense lol. And dude, I've been a fan of your channel for ages now, and could never get bored of sleep riffs played through gnarly fuzz pedals, but I'd also just love to hear your riffs man, would be cool for you to share some of them, as in the end we are all just riff junkies 😜

[@wrenchhead4378]

Wow... i think that sounded pretty goddam good..

[@DoesItDoom]

Great pedal for sure.

[@pigbomb9312]

Nice Bro..right now I'm using a octave down fuzz the Lysis by SolidGoldFX ...

[@fish5130]

demo starts at 4:24

[@geitenkaasje1]

Where from is the sound sample in your intro? The feedback and than one chord.

[@DoesItDoom]

Thst was from the Fuzzlord Drone Master demo I did.

[@ampturcoguitarwerks]

How well does it work into an already driven amp? Like heavily driven.

[@troygolden8997]

I have their Sabbra Cadabra, I love it. I am going to heck this one out!

[@DoesItDoom]

Awesome!

[@chrisk.9752]

Killer pedal and demo! Maybe you can persuade Beholden to the Riff to do a bass demo.

[@DoesItDoom]

I’ll see if Jered is up for it!

[@paulcowart3174]

JHS Moonshine has a clean blend

[@ZO5150]

Would a distortion pedal ( BE -OD ) be placed before or after this in the signal chain? I’ve been looking for a way to blend an OD with fuzz to almost sound like a dual signal path. I do this with amp modeling using 2 amps, one Marshall with a boost ( for clarity ) and one Orange with a fuzz to bring the Doom! I would love to do this using one amp and 2 pedals!

[@DoesItDoom]

Have you tried something like the Boss LS-2? Allows you to blend two signal paths in the manner you are describing. Can get one for about $50 used.

[@ZO5150]

Does It Doom? The LS-2 was the exact route I was gonna try. I was just hoping to score a cool new fuzz pedal by convincing the wife this is the most cost effective route! Because 2 pedals are always cheaper than 3 right? ;)

[@the_nondrive_side]

I make my own fuzzes. Sometimes it's easier to modify an existing housing. I had an extra ABY.. I built a P2P Szik pair and it runs on the B channel only. ABY are such a waste of components just to light up LEDs A blend pot would be really good update.

[@cristorres9547]

That’s not giygas’ true form. Hell it probably doesn’t even have a physical representation of it

[@greggerypeccary7491]

I like Catalinbread a lot, high quality pedals. I know it is not a new pedal, but it would be very cool if you did a demo of the Sabbra Cadabra. This is The channel for the appropriate test.

[@DoesItDoom]

Definitiy agree!

[@MK-oz2lf]

how is it when you put an overdrive before it?

[@kesamek8537]

Thanks for the demo, agree with comment above/below about price gouging on what are simple devices.

[@EmptyDomoKanti99]

would you ever do a lesson on Burning Man by Mastodon? As always, an awesome video!

[@DoesItDoom]

Maybe!

[@pearljaime2]

It does doom

[@choadcityusa]

can i pair it with another pedal?...like a rat? also will it work with a pedal such as a one control loop switch pedal?

[@jacobbockover1628]

This is being discontinued 12/23. Id like to own it but as my reverb stuff has been delivered to the wrong box my luck says dont order anything

[@joe12524]

Sir Doomus high a top of mount Ioomi, do you think think you could make and sell the life complete image as a sew able back patch (if that makes sense). Ioomi be praised. \m/ \m/

[@DoesItDoom]

Hey man. I did a run of those and am down to a couple left. Did them on some really nice old embroidered edge backpatches from the 90’s I found. doesitdoom.com/product/life-complete-backpatch/

[@joe12524]

@@DoesItDoom Thanks dude, I seen the back patch looks really good-I might have to invest in one. Do you deliver to the land of Sabbath the U.K?

[@DoesItDoom]

I do! Just click the international shipping option. Have shipped them all over the world.

[@joe12524]

@@DoesItDoom Thanks fella I will crack on with that.

[@beau-2222]

💪

[@dragonX71]

What, no traumatic artwork alluding to a fetus?? Great vid as always my man 🍻

[@twinsismoon]

sounds like Sleep

[@DoesItDoom]

👨🏻‍🚀👨🏻‍🚀

[@horse_dog]

I use an Abominable Electronics Hellmouth overdrive on bass. It has independent clean and distortion volumes like the old boss pedals. If you turn the volume and clean all the way up you just obliterate your amp lmao

[@rawknbearbell7032]

I like it , sounds very saturated, definitely 'Dooms' bro

[@DoesItDoom]

#itdooms 🐐🐐

[@kosmicwizard]

4:25

[@abouc]

Every dirt pedal should have a blend control

[@januszjankes6423]

🤘👿👿👿👿🖤🖤👿👿👿👿🤘Hej bracie znowu perfekt rewelacja moc potęga siła zajebisty mocarny potężny o wielkiej i diabelskiej mocy po prostu super super.

[@DoesItDoom]

Glad you liked it, brother!

[@jwmcmillenii]

Do the JHS Supreme! Looks like an affordable alternative to a HyperFuzz and a durable alternative to the Behringer copy.

[@DoesItDoom]

Could be a cool demo.

[@sprayscience]

I can build pedals with a clean blend feature; if anybody is interested.

[@MetalHeadHippie]

Nice Demo, just not a fan of the tones coming out of this pedal.. Sound like so many others I've heard.