At 4:36, you can see Steve Vai using an Dunlop Fuzz Face during the work for the 25th Anniversary Edition of "Passion and Warfare" "Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Passion and Warfare comes a special 2CD edition of the album which includes the first-ever release of Vai's Modern Primitive songs and recordings. Based on song sketches and works-in-progress penned, and recorded, by Vai following the release of Flex-Able, the artist's debut album, in January 1984, the music on Modern Primitive has been completed by Steve for release as a full album bonus disc in the Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition."
more[This](http://www.guitargeek.com/jimi-hendrix-woodstock-1969-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-diagram/) detailed gear diagram of Jimi Hendrix 1969 "Woodstock" stage setup includes a Dunlop Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face.
moreDuane preferred playing straight through the amp, but he did use two different fuzz effects. First one was a custom built fuzz box which was attached to his Telecaster (see above), and the second one was Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, which he playing during early session work, and used old 9V batteries in it because he argued that they make a special sound.
morePete Townshend used a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face fuzz pedal on stage for a brief period in 1968. The only photos showing its use are from August 1968.
moreDavid's history with the Fuzz Face can be [found here](http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=73). In this picture, it is seen just behind and a bit underneath his left foot.
moreIn this source Instagram picture taken by Philip Sayce himself he is comparing diffrent fuzz guitar effect pedals. You can see two different vintage fuzz faces.
moreUG: "You were really looking for those classic guitar sounds from back in the day." Glenn: "Yeah. I was looking for all old pedals and stuff cause I wanted a really cool phase shifter sound but none of those Plug-ins on the computer sound like anything except crap. So while I was digging for all these old pedals and trying em all out at all these different music shops, I found this box I'd been lookin' for forever with the original Misfits. It was a distortion box I used to use which was a Dallas Arbiter fuzz."
morehe use it in many ocasions in his career live and in the studio. at minute 2:01 you can see a shot of the pedal on the ground.
moreThe photo comes from jayhawksfanpage.com. It shows the Louris' pedalboard at a Chicago shows on 07/26/1998. This red pedal is an original Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face from the 70's equiped with germanium diodes helping Gary to get this harsh sound during solos.
moreJohn Squire uses a Dallas Fuzz Face in presenting waterfall on the other side of the performance
moreIn this Instagram photo posted by Chislett on his Instagram profile, the Dunlop Dallas Arbiter Fuzzface can be seen.
more"They were all used at some point during the last recording with @sparrows613. We should have hooked them all up at the same time...blew it. #pedals #sonicdestruction #reverbisthenewdelay #compensatingforthesizeofmywhat?!? #notsurehowtospellcompensating"
moreI use a pedalboard, but I can never really decide on the pedals I want to put on it. The pedals I use most are a Strymon Flint, a Creepy Fingers fuzz, a ZVEX Fuzz Factory, a vintage Fuzz Face, and some others. I have a lot more from people who build me stuff that don’t always make it on the board. I have a lot of fuzz pedals, boost pedals, and preamp-type things. Normally, I always use my old Fuzz Face and just a Cry Baby wah. A new find is this Carlin compressor pedal, which is one of the most radical pedals I’ve ever stumbled upon. There’s actually a clone made now by a guy named Moodysound, and it’s really good.
moreIn this batch of pedals, one of the pedals visible is the Dunlop Arbiter Fuzz Face.
moreAccording to Marc Dorendorf himself, he uses a silver Vox Wah Wah as well as a limited edition golden Vox Wah Wah alongside a pair of original Uni-Vibe effects and Dunlop Fuzz Faces when playing Hendrix songs through his Marshall setup. The golden Wah Wah is also used with the big Soldano/Cornish system of Dorendorf's.
moreI have used a number of different Arbiter Fuzz Faces with silicon and germanium transistors from different eras. I am more of a Vox or Solasound mk 1.5 tonebender guy when it comes to dual transistor fuzzes that react to your guitar's volume and tone control settings. The fuzz face gets lost in a mix very easily and you have to be really careful how you set your amp for ideal tones, especially a marshall. If I am going to use fuzz face parts values I think it sounds best with a mullard or newmarket germaium transistor mixed with a modern, low HFE, silicon bipolar transistor. I also built a fuzz face variant that sports 2 very low gain silicons that just sounds amazing. Great ix of warmth and clarity compared to an old Arbiter. The old ones (even silicon bc108 or 109 equipped models) are very inconsistent as the transistors are not usually well matched or correctly biased fr optimum tone. In vintage fuzzes, Solasound/Coloursound put a lot more care into putting their shit together.
I know im reviewing a homemade clonebut I made it to the same specs as the original only I used bc108c silicon transistors and I think its sounds amazing. I know people talk about transistors all the time when they discuss their fav fuzzes but ive found that choosing the right battary is as important when your trying to get a good sound out of it I would always recommend Duracell batts all the way. I dont know if its due to the minimum parts desgin of the circuit or what, but ive found that the battary can be the differance between a fuzz face youll love and one you just think is a dud..I dont know if thats true of modern jim dunlop ones as I only ever used old and homemade ones based on the old arbiter desgins.pnp & npn but I wanted to share here what ive fouund.Iits a great pedal that gives you jimi type sounds but the batts can make the differance between Hendrix tone and that horrable note decay hell you can sometimes experience.
you are so right about the battery in vintage fuzz circuits, they want less than 8 volts... I built my silicn fuzzface with lower HFE transistors and some tweaked cap and resistor values to smooth it out when it runs on a wall wart as I was touring when I built it and wanted to keep my hassle factor low... in the studio I prefer vintage fuzz on a carbon-zinc battery with a bit of play on it to soften things up, even in germanium fuzzes
Its just a theory really but i was thinking a bit about this and I was wondering if it has something to do in part with the carbon resistors liking a carbon-zinc source more then alkali ..I know most vintage fuzz faces use carbon resistors while a lot of modern ones like metal film resistors, its probably just due to it being minimum parts circuitry, but its something I was thinking about..I try to just use the duracells in my fuzz faces.ive got a ac176 npn germanium and a ac128 pnp germanium as well as the bc108c I reviewed here and they all like the duracells best.
The Fuzz Face is legendary but not always extremely easy to use. It is reactive to your volume knob but has a moment when it goes from crunchy to clean. I have it beside my pedal board enabling me to change knobs with my feet which makes it even more versatile. I have it at the front of my chain which is important, it will dominate all your pedals, which is not necessarily bad...
I borrowed one of these for my album. Lots of fun.
I own a late 90s, without the mouth. I think it's one of the best modern ones. Despite its Germanium transistors, it's very stable and works really well with humbuckers.
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