Talk:Fuzzbox

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Satisfaction was the first song to use a fuzzbox? I don't know that it's wrong, but it doesn't sound right. Jon Seitz 06:21, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't the punk band be We've Got A Fuzzbox & We're Not Afraid To Use It???????????????????????????Lee M 02:44, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

No, it's definitely We've Got A Fuzzbox & We're Gonna Use It. Pelago 28 June 2005 12:28 (UTC)

I'd like to see some more evidence for the Satisfaction claim too. I've read that the fuzz sound on the song was actually just a guitar played through an amp with one dead power tube. I'm not claiming that it's true, just that the existing claim needs some backing up in the face of various doubts.--Electricdruid 02:17, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I've read on gibsons site, www.gibson.com, that stones used one of their maestro fuzz-pedals

i've put "Satisfaction" in the "types" section, since even if it wasn't the first use, it's certainly a very notable early use and deserves a mention somewhere in the article. also added a citation for that after figuring out how to create a "references" section - hope that's some help. Sssoul (talk) 14:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sound sample

This page could benefit from a brief sound clip contrasting some guitar playing with and without a fuzzbox. Perhaps a Wikipedian musician could produce such a file. Psychonaut 01:01, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• I think I can handle that. Barring technical problems, it should be up today. Deltabeignet 20:20, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
• It's up. Deltabeignet 20:58, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Umm, yeah. I think the fact that there is a soundclip is good, but if theres somebody who has like a better amp or recording setup who can redo it that would be great. Because the tone on that guitar sounds pretty low quality before & after the fuzzbox effect. --Samhed (talk) 10:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Industrial Music?

The fuzz box was used a vocal distortion unit by many early Industrial artists. Should a reference be added for this?

     Vocal distortion is a production technique not specific to fuzz boxes per se, so it would seem a little awkward and out of place, IMO. Tremspeed 08:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "See also" moved to head.

I've moved the reference to We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It, the punk band, to the top, as a disambiguation (sort of).

Also, there was a reference to Fuzzbox Voodoo from the Antenna album of ZZ Top. I removed that, because it had no separate link to Fuzzbox of any sort - only a link to ZZ Top themselves.

--Cyhatch 18:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)