Re: special sauce, secret goo

[Mikkoz <biffoz@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

I really liked your post on your fuzz effects, Miko! I"ve been a very big fan of your guitar playing for a long time.

Aw shucks . . . thanks man!
 

I did a noise show recently with my friend Tait-O, from Tokyo's Noise Clinic and
had incredible sounds coming out of a ZVEX fuzz factory and your aforementioned
PRESCRIPTION experience.        I was thinking about springing for one
(ooooh, they are pricey) before you posted this, but I think hearing that you used to
use one is going to push me over the top.

 
Not "used to" it's still my main go-to fuzz. It's everywhere in most of my recorded work. If you haven't popped for one yet and need a push, I could loan you mine for a week to demo—hear how it sounds with your other stuff into your rig. It's more opaque and smooth with an od before it, and more grainy and transparent and less linear without the od—od + wha really smoothes things out and heads towards Fripp land with a little extra hi-mid peak. (It approximates the Lovetone Big Cheese in that mode). Then there's the Swell mode as a noise-freak's bonus button. I couldn't live without mine. I'm in acoustic mode right now, so I wouldn't miss it. Yeah, a Vex FF in front of everything gives you a little chaos button that you can just turn on and off for quick events. Through the od-wah-exp, you never even know what happened, but things go haywire in a totally controllable, yet unpredictable way. It's really fun and always keeps you guessing . . . Hell, I'll loan you the ZV Fuzz Probe too. Give me a call if you want to check 'em both out.

The other fantastic distorted sound that I heard recently was Scout Nibblet, the british
indie singer songwriter (who is really simplistic, minimalistic and cool imho) playing live. She had a POG and a Big Muff and a Fender styled guitar (I think a Jazz Master but am
not sure) and that's all.

I'm going to go demo a POG at Sylvan next week. (I had Albert go over my acoustic and give it a setup: fret mill; nut shim; two new bridge saddles (bone and ebony) to see what the difference might be. Pretty interesting, but I think I'm leaning towards bone.)  Anyway, I glanced at their pedal case and realized they've grown a pretty amazing collection of nice stuff.  Looks like a great selection of od's as well as a lot of boutique offerings, so I'm heading down there for some noise making and maybe freak them out a bit. 

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Miko Biffle
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