Pedal Board Build #1 - FUZZ - Where To Stick Your Fuzz

In this video Paul and James tackle James's Studio Pedal Board build. this is the first video in a short series where we start with Fuzz pedals an EQ Pedal and a Wah. Fuzz pedals are really picky about where they come in the signal chain but not is all as it seems.
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.

[@Jayhawk720]

The first set up there sounds the best and the same signal chain that I use in spite of every video and forum telling me to put fuzz first. I’ve been using that same first set up for years with my Supro Fuzz and it sounds great and far better than any other signal chain I’ve tried. My conscience is clear now that I’m not doing anything wrong. Great video lads, thanks. Subscribed now 👍

[@joetoe9207]

SUPER helpful for me. Explanations plus ‘experiments’. Perfect! Tx.

[@jasoncrump1886]

Appreciate you guys . About to get me a good fuzz here soon so doing some research on em.

[@nedward5871]

Love that you're still rocking the old Morley wah. With a buffered pedal, order does matter. You can buy a flip-flopper pedal that will let you change order with a footswitch. I run 2 Keeley fuzzes (Fuzz Head and Electric Mudd) before a Dunlop Wah and then into all drive pedals.

[@douglasnewman4163]

Great video, this! Nice to experiment, isn’t it! Thanks, guys.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Doug

[@bivotarshamble3672]

And indeed pokery !!! 😂 Fn classic mate ! 🧑‍🎤🎶🧔🎸🎶🕺

[@titichartay7216]

Very useful demo

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers

[@paulvigos115]

Problem case... I use NS1X NOISE SUPPRESSION as a pedal loop, using BOSS FZ2W plus NOBELS ODR1 AND BOSS PB2W BOOSTER. Can I use BOSS TU3W TUNER BEFORE OR AFTER THIS LOOP? If before should I disengage its buffer?

[@seangarland]

Love fuzz pedals! I’m constantly moving around the order, before and after Wah, turning on and off the buffer on the BOSS TU-3w tuner, etc. I’ll probably never settle on one setup.

[@partriotsfight5039]

What if you put the EQ in the FX loop?

[@DavidStockden]

ps. love the Carry on Film style interlude music!

[@EBJorge-ql1ii]

The tunner doesn’t have a buffer?

[@coupe-lee]

Get a buffered wah (buffered when on) and go guitar ->buffered wah -> Fuzz Face -> eq -> Big Muff. That way you can retain the dynamics of the Fuzz Face.

[@GtrPknMama]

I use a vintage Crybaby Fuzz Wah…. First in line✨🎵✨

[@shaharbar]

Where the sun don’t shine! LOL!

[@marcospintor1333]

Ya know that morley has a buffer too

[@artielark4258]

Where is ‘that side’ of wah ? 🤔🤨

[@esmoroglu]

Finally some fuzz!😂👏🏻👏🏻

[@onefatstratcat]

No Muff to Tuff!

[@Gaba.Groove]

😂

[@USAJ31]

I thought the whole point of the Polytune was the built-in buffer.

[@kmichaelp4508]

And what about the bathtub?😆

[@Glensully]

Buffer before the fuzz and you’re guitar volume doesn’t clean it up

[@ManuelPassarella1]

Well, Hendrix used a fuzz before the wah pedal.

[@bobzmuda3940]

no he didn’t

[@EBJorge-ql1ii]

Just take eq out

[@christopher-miles]

far-out. the only interesting part of this was the "dynamics" with your best friend's, sister's wife's, ex-husband. LOL ummm i don't know if you mentioned pick-up resistance or not; you can clip old effects with pup's... i don't know, i wasn't listening... you should have mentioned it. okay, good-luck! byeeeee

[@DBroce]

Fuzz is for hippies.

[@hanovergreen4091]

Fuzz belongs in your navel, not on your board :). Best Regards!

[@DavidStockden]

In the bin! I hate fuzz! As much as I love your playing Paul even you can’t make me like the sound of fuzz!

[@PabloMars99]

Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Gary Clark Jr., Dan Auerbach, Jack White, Josh Homme, Carlos Santana, David Gilmour. . . Should I keep going? They all use fuzz. They use it a lot.

[@DavidStockden]

@@PabloMars99 you can keep going all you want. I assume you like the sound of fuzz. I don’t.

[@SamBrockmann]

In the bin with you, you hobgoblin!

[@willstooksbury1477]

@@DavidStockdenwhy don’t you like it?

[@xxhell7grinderxx673]

@@PabloMars99cliff Burton

[@martinlahaie6012]

Personnaly.....i know i would stick it in the garbage...i HATE fuzz and anything related....sorry to say

[@Glensully]

Please tell us everything you hate. We really want to know