Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo)'s Effects Pedals

King Buzzo's pedalboard is sparse, but essential. It starts with a Boss TU-3 tuner before going into a Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive (which is always on), MXR Dyna Comp, a Jimi Hendrix 70th Anniversary Octavio Octave

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In an interview, Buzz mentions that he used the Buzz Box on Melvins albums Prick and Stoner Witch. He also used it live in 1994 and on a Senile Animal

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used as main distortion for most of the 90s until around 2001

buzz does not stick with any specific form of the rat, he's been seen using the vintage big boxes, the regular rat 2 boxes, and even the rackmount rat, it doesn't matter which rat you choose for his sound. You definitely don't need a $400 whiteface :)

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The Arpanoid has made its way onto King Buzzo's pedalboard

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King Buzzo's pedalboard is sparse, but essential. It starts with a Boss TU-3 tuner before going into a Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive (which is always on), MXR Dyna Comp, a Jimi Hendrix 70th Anniversary Octavio Octaver

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Buzz Osborne uses a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay on his pedalboard, with settings of E. Level at 9 o'clock, Feedback at 10, Delay Time at 10, and Mode set to 800ms, as detailed on The Melvins' Gear Page.

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At 6:18, Buzz points out his new distortion box made by Hilbish.

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Featured in this September 1, 2019 interview on the website for Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists.

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King Buzzo's pedalboard is sparse, but essential. It starts with a Boss TU-3 tuner before going into a Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive (which is always on), MXR Dyna Comp, a Jimi Hendrix 70th Anniversary Octavio Octaver

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important effect used on prick, stoner witch, king buzzo ep and most notably, eggnog. Also a major noisemaker for live shows

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King Buzzo's pedalboard is sparse, but essential. It starts with a Boss TU-3 tuner before going into a Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive (which is always on), MXR Dyna Comp, a Jimi Hendrix 70th Anniversary Octavio Octaver

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According to Premier Guitar's article, Osborne's pedalboard includes the EHX Pitch Fork pedal.

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Main distortion pedal

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Buzz Osborne has used the Boss LS-2 Line Selector extensively throughout his career, as noted on Themelvins' Gear Page.

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In an interview with GITARRE & BASS, Buzz Osborne of The Melvins mentions using the Union Tube & Transistor Black Bumble Buzz, among other pedals, as part of his guitar effects setup.

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Buzz Osborne, also known as King Buzzo from the Melvins, uses the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS on his pedalboard, as highlighted by EarthQuakerDev on Twitter.

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In this video Buzz uses the hizumitas fuzz

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Buzz Osborne has recently been using the Hilbish Designs Sol Invictus as his main preamp before his power amps. It was notably featured in the recording of "Tarantula Heart." A user-uploaded photo serves as the source for this information.

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Buzz Osborne uses the Boss TU-12H Chromatic Tuner, as evidenced by the image showing the tuner on his fuzzy 4x12 setup.

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the hilbish t fuzz is a common character on buzz’s modern pedalboards

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used in buzz’s current pedalboards

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Buzz Osborne used the MXR M291 Dyna Comp Mini compressor pedal prior to the release of the Hilbish Compressimizer, as shown in a user-uploaded photo.

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buzz uses the smalls mk3 sometimes too.

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used 2000-2003, it was difficult to determine whether this was the rv-3 or rv-5, but the RV-5 came out in 2002 meaning its likely the rv-3 as this photo is from 2000.

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Buzz Osborne used the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler in 2001, as evidenced by a photograph showing him with the gear.

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Buzz Osborne used the Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler as his distortion pedal briefly in 2001, as evidenced by the image provided on Equipboard.

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buzz used the tr2 in 1997 to mimic the lovetone wobulator tremolo heavily used on STAG

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at around 6:36-6:43, you can make out the turbo rat on the floor with his rig. I have a couple photos as well. He started mixing the turbo rat and the bass overdrive around the Senile Animal era. I can absolutely guarantee this submission is true.

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This is a community-built gear list for Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo).

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