Your New Old Favorite Guitar Pedal | Behringer Fuzz Bender

[@PeteEllson5656]

Excellent review! You are so right about people getting weird about who makes the pedal or about it being a "clone"

[@markodonnellguitar]

Thanks man 🙏 Yeah, it's a definite 'thing' isn't it. Judging stuff on where it's made has always been in the guitar world, but it hasn't stayed there. Amps and pedals are also subject to this thing too. Thanks for watching. Really appreciate it. 🙏

[@heathlane8317]

Wow! I was on the fence about grabbing one of these (I have a bit of a fuzz fetish the last few years), but I'm sold now. So much more useful than I'd have imagined. Thanks for a helpful demo, my man.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Hey man, I'm really glad this video helped your decision 🙏. I too, developed a fuzz fetish a while back but found it hard to settle on a pedal that worked for me. This pedal has been fantastic and just what I was looking for. Stick it into a slightly dirty amp, and don't turn it off😍. Thanks for watching man, much appreciated 🙏🙏

[@ToneNailer]

Oooh a fuzz fetish? Kinky.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Ha ha!! I did think that as I was typing it. 🤣🤣

[@giandomenicocaranfa1635]

Great! Pedal arrived yesterday, everything you said corresponds to truth!🤟

[@markodonnellguitar]

Yes! I'm so glad that the pedal is working for you. It's so much fun to play with ✌️😎 Enjoy and thanks for watching, much appreciated 🙏✌️

[@charlespeeler2274]

Good video. I like it. I'm glad you told them to use the volume pod

[@markodonnellguitar]

Thanks man🙏 Yeah, volume pot is so underused by many players but is crucial with this pedal, I feel ✌️. Thanks for watching, much appreciated 🙏✌️

[@daithidebarradb]

Killer playing Mark, your demos are great. I love messing around with fuzz circuits. Lots of fun with these old circuits. I recently built a TB Mk1.5/Mk2 in one enclosure. You can make the 1st transistor slightly gated and get cool early rock tones.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Thanks man🙏. I'd like to get into a bit of DIY pedal building one day, so your TB sounds cool 😎 Can't beat a good fuzz circuit and this one is heaps of fun. Thanks for watching and commenting man, really appreciate it ✌️🙏

[@darkwarrior1194]

This sounds great, can't wait for the Univibe to come out too

[@markodonnellguitar]

It sounds awesome doesn't it 😎 I'm with you, looking forward to the univibe. If I get one I'll do a demo for sure. Thanks for watching 🙏🙏

[@gbainsy384]

Great review; best yet. Subscribed!

[@markodonnellguitar]

Thank you very much and welcome to the channel. It's pretty new so I'm super happy you have subscribed 🙏🙏✌️ The pedal was brilliant to review as it's just so much fun for what it gives you. Thanks again man, really appreciate the support 🙏😎✌️

[@GRBAquatics]

Very Cool, Thankyou. Awesome Demo/Review, Interesting, Informative, Entertaining, Amazing playing and a Gretsch to look at on the wall. Awesome. All the Best. Cheers (Oh, and I am really hopeful of a Behringer 'new'..."Old" Delay/Echo in this 'series' of 're-releases'.) Big Behringer fan with 'dedicated' Behringer only pedal board consistring of 12 Behringer pedals, lol. It Rocks. I missed The Behringer Echo Machine, and struggle with the Behringer Vintage/Overdrive, so a 'new/old' Echo Machine would be awesome.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Thanks very much man 🙏 I really appreciate you watching and getting in touch. Aye, the Gretsch is lovely and I'm gonna do a demo of that in a video soon. Gorgeous guitar in Georgia Green 😍. A vintage style delay from Behringer would be something I could see them doing 🤔 Especially after this current range of pedals. I use an Xvive Memory which I will demo soon. Now that is as good a vintage analogue pedal you'll hear. It's even designed by the memory man designer. Thanks again🙏

[@Alan-zf2tt]

It really does sound like a blown speaker stack, burst cone or tearing 'paper' Just right for Cream's live Crossroads

[@markodonnellguitar]

It sure does get close to that sound. That Cream Crossroads tone is what we're all chasing, right? ✌️. I have a video planned for the future about chasing that tone. Thanks for watching man. Much appreciated 🙏✌️

[@DirkGentley42]

BTW: finding a tonebender doesn't have to mean vintage, there are a few people who still make the original circuit with old style transistors. There are also a lot of newer pedals that have taken the basic circuit and converted to silicon transistors. EQD Black Ash, Skreddy Rover etc.

[@markodonnellguitar]

I'm gonna add these to the ever growing list of pedals and things I want...😄🙏✌️

[@EoinOSullivan1]

Nice playing

[@markodonnellguitar]

Thanks very much 🙏🙏✌️

[@jaimedolcesinnersole]

Sounds great..great playing..Does anybody know what kind of transistors are in the pedal?

[@markodonnellguitar]

@@jaimedolcesinnersole thanks man, much appreciated 🙏. I don't know about the transistors or if modding is easy to do. All I know is it sounds great! 🙏✌️

[@DirkGentley42]

I doubt that they will be germanium. Probably low gain silicon.

[@heggy_69]

Basically the SMD version of 2n3904s from what I've heard

[@markodonnellguitar]

@heggy_69 one day I might delve into transistors...a rabbit hole I'd be good to stay away from for a while ✌️🤣

[@neilwarden]

At that price, I'll buy one. Have blown a ton of money in the past 50 years. Should also have just stuck to Boss.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Hey man, thanks for watching 🙏🙏. I too have spent far too much money on stuff in the past. And I too also love Boss products ✌️. If I could go back to the beginning I'd have picked up this stuff when it wasn't so popular 🤣. It's a great pedal, and so much fun. Treat yourself 😍✌️

[@neilwarden]

@@markodonnellguitar I'll be looking forward to the 69 Vibe too. I sold my Fulltone DejaVibe a few years ago.

[@markodonnellguitar]

@@neilwarden the TC Electronic Viscous Vibe is pretty good but like you, I'm waiting to play the 69 Vibe ✌️

[@JDStone20]

Great video! I really like fuzz! I just got a TC Electronics Rusty Fuzz which is awesome! It is a copy of a Behringer Ultra Fuzz which is a copy of the Boss FZ-3 Fuzz, which is a copy of a Fuzz Face with an EHX Big Muff Pi tone circuit added and a buffer. I like Behringer pedals, especially since Digitech was sold and shrunk it's pedal line to almost zilch. They feel like they are made of ABS plastic, which is a pretty durable plastic for a pure plastic. They are fine for hobby/bedroom players. If they were on a pedalboard, which I did hear that some professional players used them, they would be ok if the pedalboard had a good case to hold everything in. I liked Digitech pedals because they were clones of the Boss pedals, and this is when Boss was the industry standard if not boutique, when they were the pedal you wanted to have, and you could rely on them. So Digitech cost about %50-%75 of what a Boss pedal costs, and they would usually mod the pedals a little, incorporating popular mods. But that is no more, so Tone City, TC Electronic, and Beringer along with a bunch of other brands have started offering Boss circuits and others

[@markodonnellguitar]

I love how everything is a copy of a copy of copy🤣🤣. You know, I kinda missed the whole Digitech thing in the 90s. I had friends with them and saw them in stores (UK) but haven't seen them for ages. You said they reduced their line 😔. I might hunt some down online. They did a good chorus I believe 🤔. Plastic pedals were used in the Ibanez soundtank range in the 90s and they were good. I still have one but the switching is hit and miss. Thanks for watching man and I like your comments 🙏

[@DirkGentley42]

Nice playing and demo. Great you didn't just show the everything on 10 approach that other reviews follow. For what it's worth i would think the switch would toggle between mk1.5 (fuzz face) and mk2 types a s this is easy to achieve with those circuits. I don't get why it sounds like a cocked wha though, they're done something weird there.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Hey man. Yeah, I think you are right between the 2 modes - thanks. I knew someone would know ✌️ On the mod switch it does go very clocked wah on full attack 🤔. But when backed off sounds lovely. I've actually been using that a bit....after saying in the video I wouldn't use it much. Thanks for watching man and the info on the switch settings. Much appreciated 🙏🙏✌️

[@ravenslaves]

I just wish they could have used germanium transistors. I get why they didn't...lots of reasons not to. ...but the glory of those unstable, picky, transistors, can't be understated.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Yeah, the unpredictable nature of some components makes guitar gear great. 🙏✌️

[@GeorgeVaaeth-kc9wc]

I would have loved to hear that with a wawa.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Yeah, I was thinking of adding that. I'll be doing a video exploring the tones used by Jeff Beck on the Truth album so will definitely put them together then. Incase you want to know... it sounds good in front of a wah. Thanks man. 🙏✌️

[@nodrog5150]

🎉🎈🍷🤠 let's party 🥳 I got mine and it's FAB they knocked it out of the park this time🙏 PS...don't forget the centaur and later in February a Univibe with an expression pedal input for £50😲 It's what it is🇬🇧

[@markodonnellguitar]

Hey man! It is what it is and it is good 😀. Yeah, I love uni vibes so will be checking that out for sure. I expect good things from it. FAB is the word indeed man. Keeping it 60's ✌️🙏✌️

[@nodrog5150]

@@markodonnellguitar hey Mark the centaur is also a fab clone...It works extremely well with your guitar volume. Check it out

[@markodonnellguitar]

​@@nodrog5150Thanks man. I have owned a few Klon style pedals in the past. A wonderful Zombie Klon by Friedrich Effects. But, I am so impressed with the Fuzz Bender I'm tempted to try the other 2 classic pedals too. 🙏✌️

[@frankhughes5702]

When will this be readily available in the states?

[@markodonnellguitar]

Hi man, I'm not sure on USA availability. I bought mine from Andertons.com They may have info on their website about USA dates etc. 🙏✌️

[@stoneysdead689]

Remember when you were a kid and you went to the market with your dad to get cereal- and you're looking at all the cool cartoon characters and chocolate waffer crisps or what the he11 ever- and he's like "Ah, good ole cornflakes, that's all you need." This guy is playing a box of cornflakes. Now that said, cornflakes taste pretty damned good, they're just kind of boring if that's all you eat, every day, forever. I'm 53, I grew up playing a tube amp and a fuzz pedal- its great- but there's a whole world of stuff that's just as great out there. And tbh if I hear another person talk about how something is transparent or organic, nothing but catch phrase b.s. I've been playing for over 30 years, if you told someone 15 years ago you wanted a transparent drive they would've been like "We just make it in black, that's the only color we have." Besides "transparent" is great, if you're playing by yourself- if you're playing in a band, no one is going to hear you unless it's a 3 piece. That said- maybe cuting through isn;t always the most important thing- Tim Pierce says when he had t lay down a part on whatever huge 80s hit he was working on at the time- he listened for the frequencies that weren't being utilized by the other musicians, and he purposely set his guitar in the mix within that frequency band. This filled out the song, made it sound fuller, bigger- but it also meant his part really meshed with everything else going on and became a crucial part of the song's makeup. Smart man.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Wise words man. I hear you on the whole transparent boost thing. Never really done it for me. I sense I am like you, give me a nice tube amp, a guitar I like and perhaps a pedal that can add to my amp for some fuzz sauce or whatever. I really do believe that most pedal boards could be greatly reduced and we only need one drive pedal. That's definitely how I run things anyway. I am also with you on the older days...had I been given a fuzz and a tube amp only when I was starting out, I'd have been confused 🤣. Now it's all I want. Tim Pierce is a great player and very experienced. I'm a big fan of his knowledge. Thanks for listening man 🙏🙏

[@paulhood1321]

Behringer are doing the same thing in the synth world, too. I'm OK with them cloning stuff that is no longer available, but Behringer have gone further than that, cloning instruments which are still available from the original manufacturers.

[@markodonnellguitar]

Hey man, Happy New Year to you. I actually have the Ms101 synth. It's lovely 😍. I'm with you, cloning stuff that is no longer around or very old seems fine to me but they are causing a bit of stir in the world of tech ✌️

[@crazypainter56]

sounds like Rory Gallagher 3rd of the way thru video

[@markodonnellguitar]

Thanks man 🙏 I'm a Rory fan so will take that anyday ✌️. I think that's when I'm using the pedal as a treble boost and doing a take on Secret Agent by Gallagher. Thanks for watching buddy 🙏🙏✌️

[@ScoDiddley]

Classic setting is level and attack both all the way up into a fairly dirty tube amp :) So many ppl don't understand their own volume knobs 😂 ... neck pickup with volume down to 2 or 3 is a great clean tone. Great review. At the price, could be the steal of the year. This's a mk1.5, which is basically a Fuzz Face. Great fuzz ... the 'mod' mode can't make it a mkii, because that would require a third transistor .... The sought-after TB build -- the one Page and Beck made famous -- is the mkii.

[@markodonnellguitar]

AHH, now how did you know I was after that Page and Beck tone 🤣🤣. Thanks for the info 🙏 I found when I wound the level all the way it went on fire 🤣 even with my volume down, I'll try again. I agree on the dirty amp, it sounded terrible into a clean amp. Interestingly, I tried it with an amp modelling unit and it was also awful, well not awful, but not as sweet as in a tube. I think I may have developed a little liking for these tone benders so your knowledge is very good in my pursuit of that tone 🙏✌️ Thanks for watching and getting in touch. Much appreciated man 🙏🙏

[@jwstout007]

16:00 money for nothing tone ;)

[@markodonnellguitar]

For sure man. That's the tone. I saw a great interview with Knopfler on the tone and he said it isn't a wah, but everyone thinks it is. Tone bender perhaps?? 🤔😎. 🙏🙏