They sound killer in video demos. All the Mk's (although I'm partial to the Mk1, just as I'm partial to the BMP, V1. The other pedal shown in the photo is inspired by that version, rebranded as the Guild Foxey Lady).
No. Not at all. And the Fuzz Face is a very, very interesting pedal. Never had any experiece with it. You can get so many different tones from it by just dialing the volume knob (even with humbuckers). Truly an "always on" pedal.
I recently ordered a hybrid Silicon/Germanium Fuzz Face style pedal, and it should arrive soon. According to the builder, it can be pushed with a tube screamer, so I assume it doesn't have the typical FF problems with buffered pedals. I would like to know what tips do you have for this style of...
Hendrix was kind of present in Filles de Kilimanjaro. Listen to "Tout de Suite" and to "Mademoiselle Mabry", and notice the clear nods to Hendrix. Since almost no one was listening to this kind of music in '67, drummer Tony Williams (21 at that time), persuaded Davis to listen to the stuff the...
The same quintet, four years later, moving closer to fusion. The funny thing is that I keep paying attention to Ron Carter's bass lines on this track. Simple yet tremendously efective. He laid down the groove on which everyone else flew.
When I'm not listening to hard rock and metal, I keep going back to the albums Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams recorded in the 1960s ... and to their post quintet jazz-fusion works too.