Gain Mode Switch = 2-way - Less/More ToggleĪs mentioned previous, most of the Sludgy Fuzz pedals tend to be largely Fuzz Face style circuits with 2 or three unmatched transistors of different types, there are of course several specialist varieties of Muff style circuits too which are good for this style, but they're not always obviously labelled or identified as such.Mass = Sort of Body character of frequency profile, bottom end in particular.This is a very distinct Big Muff style circuit with a huge low end component - perfect for sludge. I keep meaning to get something from Earthbound Audio - Throat Locust, Iron Pig, Centurion and now of course probably its best known pedal the Supercollider - which used to sit in a medium vertical enclosure, but now occupies a silver or black compact 125B style shell. Whereas with Fuzz Faces you normally have two of the same kind evenly matched, the Meathead uses variously at odds combinations including - 2N3904 + BC107, BC337 + BC182L, BC182L + 2N3904 and BC182L + BC239C etc! It seems the magic of the Meathead is in its use of two unmatched / disparate Silicon Transistors.
Notably also is that this is one of David Main's D*A*M flagship pedals - and it literally has hundreds of clones out there - including two on this very listing.
I will likely try to seek out a Slomatics edition in black as pictured here. So I'm probably thinking this is one instance where a single knob may be preferable. By all accounts the 3-knob editions are a little more fiddly to dial in because of a somewhat quirky range taper on the dials. While I like the more monochromatic efforts. Most of the varieties of this fuzz come in somewhat unappealing pastel colours - typically baby blue or pink. M-27 Meathead Deluxe - 3-knob Medium Vertical.In many ways I really quite want the simplest version per the reference, but there seem to be at least 4 variants to choose from : While there is some degree of complication in deciding which version of this fuzz will actually be best for me. So the above video demo of the M-13 Slomatics Edition and some of the material from that self same Belfast-based band are what inspired this post. In any case here follow a few more details on each along with my deliberations and the very pertinent demo videos : I am looking for something really dark and doom here with a tonne of saturation - sort of like molten lava! I’m sure I encountered some decent alternatives, but the demos weren’t wholly up to the task. In this instance it was the demo videos that had to have the right degree of appeal - playing style, accentuation etc. I’m sure there are many more suitable candidates out there and will gladly take on further readers’ suggestions. These in the main seem to be somewhat Fuzz-Face derived circuit using the highest gain Silicon type transistors, while we also broach Muff territory here as mentioned, and the Balrog actually utilises a trio of TL072 JFET OpAmps deliciously cascading into each other. The Earthbound Audio Super Collider is based on a Big Muff circuit which gets you into similar territory while the Minotaur Sonic Terror Mud Giant sounds like it’s in that core Silicon Meathead territory too. It sits right on the boundary of metal and fuzz - and is one of the very best heavy sludge machines out there. I’ve long sought out the Blackhawk Balrog V3 - and in fact included it in my most recent High Gain / Metal pedals roundup.
The latter named being in fact a clone / variation of the D*A*M Meathead - as is the last pictured Sunmachine Fuzz O))). I so liked the demo that I then started looking out for fuzzes that got me into similar territory - before realising that I actually already had a couple of my own - the Greenhouse Sludgehammer and Occvlt Furious Dope.Īnd since I started writing this piece I had the opportunity to acquire a couple more - the MidValleyFX Mad Robot and Nine of Swords Tyrant. This post was actually inspired by a YouTube demo of the Slomatics Belfast Fuzz Machine Edition of the celebrated single-knob D*A*M M-13 Meathead. It turns out that I’m quite the fan of deep and dark sludgy fuzzes.
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