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Savage, Savage Fuzz... Like a really angry Big Muff
One of the problems with the Big Muff is that it gets lost in the mix, the Swollen Pickle does not have this problem. Might be a bit of a challenge reigning the sound in, but that's half the fun in trying.
This pedal does scare me a bit, I have the Loudness at the 9 O'Clock position (1/4 on) and any more sounds like my Amp is going to blow. This could really break things if you're not careful.
Looking to use a Boss LS-2 to try and add a bit more dry into the signal, but it can do a subtle fuzz very well.
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you're not going to break an amp by overloading the preamp with a big square wave at high voltage, not going to happen.... what you are concerned about is the speaker. The quarer the wave the lower the prractical wattage handling goes so if your speaker(s) are 2x or less handling than your amp puts out, even running your amp low you are risking your speaker(s) with a square fuzz overloading the input electronics and becoming more squared... if you play an ac30 with stock blue alnicos you should really watch it since they are rated at exactly the amp's wattage (technically 6 to 8 watts LESS thoughin practice one blue handles 20+ watts of dynamic audio).. if you have a more moden combo or cab then you probably have a ton of extra wattage handling on your speaker(s) so I would not worry. If you have say a 50 watt amp with a modern marshall cab you should have 2 or 3 hundred watts handling and evne the squarest wave will be safe even if it sounds like the speakers are breaking that's just speaker distortion and its perfectly normal. Inf act you can use that fuzz sound to break new speakers in and get them sounding right faster. Look at your speaker9s) versus your amp and decide whats safe. Even in cheap amps this stuff is designed tot take a pummeling electrically.