I don't really want nuclear meltdown fuzz, but I like a decent amount of drive. Like I said, I can tailor the Sub Machine to work very well with the dirty channel. My experience with fuzzes into the OR100 clean channel seems different than what you describe, though. It sounds too hi-fi to me, almost like plugging straight into a PA, not soft. Like I said above, my initial experience with this pedal was playing it through a Deluxe Reverb, and it sounded perfect - no ice-pick, just a nice juicy fuzz. When I tried it through the clean on my OR, I did have the tone knob down, and it wasn't enough.Wendigo wrote:I guess it depends what level of fuzz your talking about. I like my fuzz to completely and utterly mangle and squash my sound, like a super spongey howl, so I think it works better like that with the amp already breaking up ie. gain channel. If you're going for a small amount of fuzz, like maybe "whole lotta love" rhythm type, then maybe the clean channel with minimal fuzz is what you're after. I think most oranges don't seem to like gain pedals that much. They have a very soft edge to the sound when compared to a marshall, and even more so when compared to ice-pick fender clean.
Maybe I need to turn down the treble and bass on the amp. I already have both knobs well below noon, but maybe I have to go even lower. If I'm going to get back into pedals again, I guess I'll have to keep my eye out for pedals with really effective tone controls that let me cut a lot of highs and lows, or boost the mids. For now the MXR goes into the dirty channel.
Seriously that thing is the best imaginable small format humbucker. It honestly sounds better than most of the full sized ones I've tried. Just really articulate and powerful. Great separation of strings, warm, transparent, you name it.[/quote]
