ZVex Fuzz Factory

Wayne says: "They put a Z.Vex Fuzz Factory inside the guitar." I'm also sat with his guitar tech right now and he confirmed this and if you listen to the last album you can hear this pedal in some of the tracks if you know how it sounds. (According to Shane).

can be seen in the gear section

The 3rd ZVex pedal that Miles uses; the standard Fuzz Factory. In the picture its the green with brightly coloured writing pedal, along the top of the board above the Memory Man and between the Memory Boy and the PS6 Harmonist.

At the 16:45 mark of James Valentine's rig rundown displays a ZVex Fuzz Factory.

Information courtesy of a Brazilian website ( reliable source ) about pedalboards .

The ZVex Fuzz Factory was pictured in the pedalboard Instagram shot on stage.

James Richardson of MGMT has been seen with a Zvex Fuzz Factory on his live rig pedalboard.

"This is Tegan Quin’s pedal board. Upper row: [Boss NS-2](http://equipboard.com/items/boss-ns-2-noise-suppressor-pedal), [OD-3](http://equipboard.com/items/boss-od-3-overdrive-guitar-effects-pedal), [LS-2](http://equipboard.com/items/boss-ls-2-line-selector-power-supply), and [TU-2](http://equipboard.com/items/boss-tu-2-chromatic-tuner). Lower row: [Ibanez TS-9](http://equipboard.com/items/ibanez-ts9-tube-screamer-effects-pedal), [Boss CE-2](http://equipboard.com/items/boss-ce-2-chorus-guitar-effect-pedal), [MXR MicroAmp](http://equipboard.com/items/mxr-m-133-micro-amp-pedal), [Boss DD5](http://equipboard.com/items/boss-dd-5-digital-delay-pedal) and a Zvex Fuzz Factory." - [*Mix Online*](http://www.mixonline.com/news/tours/all-access-tegan-and-sara/368190).

Summers also incorporated Marshall amps and a Roland guitar synthesizer into his rig. Of course, times have changed and so has Summers’ gear. For the ’07/’08 Police reunion tour, he used an elaborate two-piece Bob Bradshaw switching system, the right wing of which includes three Boss FV-500H Volume/Expression pedals, one used to control a rack-mounted Lexicon PCM 70 and two for an Eventide Eclipse, a Moogerfooger Analog Delay, and a Boss Loop Station and Chromatic Tuner. The left wing houses the main Bradshaw switching unit, plus another FV-500H and a Dunlop Cry Baby wah. Summers’ off-stage rack also contains his main Custom Audio OD100 amp and a Carvin DCM150 used to power stereo effects (each amp feeds two Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 2x12 speaker cabs), plus additional signal processors, including a T.C. Electronic TC1210 Spatial Expander/Stereo Chorus/Flanger, Bob Bradshaw V-Comp Tube Compressor, D-Two Multi-tap Rhythm Delay, and a slew of stomp boxes, including a Love Eternity Overdrive, Red Witch Empress Chorus and Moon Phaser, Klon Centaur, Maxon SD9, and Z.Vex Fuzz Factory…

"I always use the Zvex Fuzz Factory," Cline says in this Premier Guitar interview at (26:10), "which most people recognize at being really strange, and intense, and uncontrollable."

At 16:10 in this Rig Rundown for Vigilante Carlstroem of [The Hives](http://equipboard.com/band/the-hives), his gear is displayed, showing his ZVex Fuzz Factory.

A detailed [gear diagram](http://www.guitargeek.com/stephen-carpenter-deftones-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2011/) for Stephen Carpenter of [Deftones](http://equipboard.com/band/deftones), traces the signal flow of the equipment, containing a ZVex Fuzz Factory, in his 2011 guitar rig.

"My live signal path is guitar, wah, volume pedal, Fuzz Factory, OCD, PlimSoul, Micro Amp, various delay and reverb pedals, and the Akai Head Rush looping pedal."

I've known for years that Daniel Johns used the fuzz factory, especially for across the night tours. And I believe beyond that as well. There isn't a whole lot of pics of his pedal board since they broke up. But I remember reading about him using it. It's also on Zvex FuzzFactories Wikipedia site of known users of the FuzzFactory. Which lists Daniel Johns as a known user.

Scott's website states that he uses the ZWEX Fuzz Factory. "Yeah, with an expression pedal -- so that’s a great pedal. I use a Z.Vex Fuzz Factory for the solo on “Festival of Ghosts,” which is that really wicked solo that makes all the noisy kind of sound. I use that same pedal on the “Mysterious Traveller” solo on the HBC record. That’s a fun pedal. It sort of reacts to how you have your volume control on your guitar set. When you move your guitar volume up and down, it warbles out and makes the weirdest tones." - [Guitar.com](https://www.guitar.com/articles/scott-henderson-interview-effected-fusion)

Can be seen in his pedalboard in this photo. Used in the Age of Adz tour.

Drozd: I love to use the Z.Vex Fuzz Factory, because that pedal is insane. It makes the same crazy fuzz sound regardless of the guitar and amplifier. It just takes over whatever you are doing.

I really got into the Zvex Fuzz Factory.

Listed under Adam's gear on Vividgreen.net.

According to [this interview (transcribed from the February 2000 issue of *Guitar Player* magazine)](http://www.geocities.ws/sg3ebfreak/guitar.html), Kevin utilized a Fuzz Factory during the recording of Third Eye Blind's second album, *Blue*.

Pictured on the band's official Instagram, Grant recording the new Feeder album.

As seen on this photo taken at a The Fall show in The Set Theatre, Kilkenny. Credit: http://z1.invisionfree.com/thefall/index.php?showtopic=35864&st=0

> That’s a bit of gear I do know: the ZVEX Fuzz Factory pedal. They have a couple at Q Division studio and I finally bought one for myself. I just love it. I used it a lot on the album—it’s really good for soloing. It’s got a gate, which lets you get a heavy sound but with no sustain. It just cuts off at the end, like [makes a short tire-screeching sound]. I just love that effect. It makes it sound like the amp is breaking apart.

David uses a ZVex Fuzz Factory, as shown in [this](http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/05/14-guitarists-talk-about-their-pedal-boards.html?a=1) Paste magazine article.

You can see in the corner of this photo that James has a Fuzz Factory at the top of his board. Image from this article http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2014/09/19/violent-soho-announce-epic-national-tour/

no usa tanto el fuzz pero se ve que lo ubica antes del wah

3:45 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-CvMS3ijX0

In Royal Thunder's Rig Rundown in PremierGuitar, Josh shows us his ZVEX Fuzz Factory.

My guitar goes into a Lehle D.Loop SgoS Effect Looper/Switcher, which has two loops. Loop A contains a Prescription Electronics Experience Octave/Fuzz, a Dunlop wah, a Boss OD- 2 Turbo OverDrive, and a Rat distortion. Loop B contains a Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, an Alesis Bitrman ModFX multi-effects processor, a Z.Vex Fuzz Factory, and an Electro- Harmonix Micro Synthesizer.

"I’m a big fan of fuzz pedals, and I have a ton of older models—a Fuzz Face, Super Fuzz, Vox Tone Bender, and a Color Sound. I also love the Z. Vex Wooly Mammoth and Fuzz Factory, which I use a lot.” - Mike Stroud

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In this video Andy Othling shows his rig including a Fuzz Factory.

In this picture (which I can confirm is Harry's pedalboard), a Zvex Fuzz Factory can clearly be seen in the top.

> "I also have a Way Huge Swollen Pickle and a Z-Vex Fuzz Factory." - Chris Bishop; [Vintage Guitar Magazine](http://www.vintageguitar.com/22147/chris-bishop/) interview

Julien shows off the pedal in this video.

In this Guitar Player article Bill Frisell says that "If I want to go completely haywire I’ll use Z.Vex Fuzz Factory...."

This Hand-Painted Fuzz Factory is been placed at the last position of the effect chain, which is A/Bed with the Shaffer Replica boost pedal, before the Marshall amp.

"Then with some of the other parts I dialed in some tones with a Z.Vex Fuzz Factory. On the very high end I do a slide part, which is like trumpets with a mute on it."

"I 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."

One of a number of fuzz/disortion units she uses

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

In this Instagram post, Alan can clearly be seen to have a Z.Vex Fuzz Factory on his board.

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Used on Hear Freedom Ring

The ZVex Fuzzfactory can be seen on Christian's pedalboard. Original article: http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/11/11/rigged-whores-guitaristvocalist-christian-lembach/

Here Jacob says he uses the ZVEX Fuzz Factory.

This video (which has since been deleted) shows Rainbow giving a tour through his home studio. At around 2:45 he shows the Yamaha PSR-36 which has 3 effect pedals on top of it. The green one in the center can be identified as a handpainted Zvex Fuzz Factory.