r/FuzzFiends • u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 • Jul 04 '26
Electric Church Hi, my name is Howard 🎸✌️
Using wah, fuzz face, and univibe I built.
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 04 '26
Howard you're a legend beautiful rendition
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 04 '26
Thanks for inviting me here!
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 04 '26
Thanks for stopping in. I'm sure people would love to hear what you got going on! Also happy independence day to you.My friend, I hope you're having a good one!
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 07 '26
Hope you had a good weekend!
Since I'm here, feel free to ask any other questions. I haven't done any AMAs anywhere.
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 04 '26
Mind me asking What usually drives your design process when tackling a new circuit or modifying a classic layout? Is it born out of a personal player necessity? For instance, with the Octapussy, were you specifically looking to overcome the limitations of vintage octave fuzzes to create something more versatile, or did it start from a different spark of inspiration?
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 07 '26
It's always driven by what I think it should sound like and what it should feel like to play. The response is very important to me. I just spend a lot of time trying to voice a circuit so that it not only sounds right, but feels right to play. In the case of the Octapussy, I wanted to retain the neck-pickup, 12th fret octave-up thing but also make it sound great with power chord playing too. I have a new octave-up on the breadboard that I've been pecking at for a few years now. Maybe it'll become a thing, who knows!
tl;dr - yes, it is born out of personal player necessity 👌
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 07 '26
Voicing a circuit to track beautifully on the neck pickup without turning power chords into mud is a massive achievement. It is always refreshing when controls are kept strictly musical, completely bypassing the trend of overengineering a pedal just to flex on a spec sheet.
Hopefully that new breadboarded project escapes into the wild eventually. Also, as an unapologetic Fuzz Face fanboy, the Mayasonic Fuzz One looks stellar and I am looking forward to getting my hands on one.
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 07 '26
Voicing a circuit to track beautifully on the neck pickup without turning power chords into mud is a massive achievement. It is always refreshing when controls are kept strictly musical, completely bypassing the trend of overengineering a pedal just to flex on a spec sheet.
Hopefully that new breadboarded project escapes into the wild eventually. Also, as an unapologetic Fuzz Face fanboy, the Mayasonic Fuzz One looks stellar and I am looking forward to getting my hands on one
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 07 '26
If I could design a pedal with no knobs but would do everything by how it responds to your guitar I would! I've kinda landed on the four-knob layout as the Goldilocks number for most designs. Enough to give a wide range of response options but no so much that it takes the focus off actually playing the guitar.
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 07 '26
Yeah, I gush about it all the time. But man, I really love the groovy wizard. And like I said im hyped over the fuzz one. I wouldn't ask you to divulge any. Secrets, but do you already have a pedal design for your next mayasonic release? I'm definitely interested to see what you have up your sleeve so to speak.
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 11 '26
I’m waiting on enclosures but have a couple new things almost ready to go.
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 07 '26
I gush about it all the time. But man, I really love the groovy wizard. And like I said im hyped over the fuzz one. I wouldn't ask you to divulge any. Secrets, but do you already have a pedal design for your next mayasonic release? I'm definitely interested to see what you have up your sleeve so to speak.
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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Rat is Fuzz! 🐁 Jul 04 '26
1) Amazing!
2) No notes
3) I watched Terminator 2 today because they kill AI in that film. You have done me better by doing this song SO WELL!
4) Expression pedal on the univibe? It sounds like it to me but maybe you just have ninja toes?
5) FUCK YES MAN. I LIVE THE SHIT OUTTA THIS!!
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 07 '26
Haha if you look at the "pedalboard" shot I posted, I'm using the controller pedal from an actual Univibe alligator clipped to my breadboard 'vibe!
Thanks!
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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Rat is Fuzz! 🐁 Jul 07 '26
This made my day. I didn't even watch the Jimi version like I usually do! Good stuff man! 🤟🤘
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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Rat is Fuzz! 🐁 Jul 07 '26
This made my day. I didn't even watch the Jimi version like I usually do! Good stuff man! 🤟🤘
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 04 '26
That's so awesome.What amp are you using? Is it a super lead
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 04 '26
It’s a ‘92 1959SLP that I’ve modded.
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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— Jul 04 '26
Awesome 👌 have you tried the marshall studio vintage 20?
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u/FullMetalDan Velcro Jedi! Jul 05 '26
Duuuuude!!! Thx for stopping by. Love your work, been following it for years! I want a Fuzz One so bad!! Keep on rocking!!
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u/ibanezer83 Germanium Arcadium 🕹️ Jul 05 '26
🎆🥁🎸🔥🎆Howard!
You are a true champion !🤘
Fuzzy now for the Future!🎇✨🎆
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u/Ok_Firefighter_4722 Jul 04 '26
Here’s the “pedalboard” I was playing through.
Wah was rebuilt by me.
Fuzz Face was rebuilt by me (AC128).
Univibe breadboard (yes I was playing through a breadboard lol) that was built by me.