GERMANIUM vs. SILICON Fuzz pedals... Let's settle this! (feat. Dominion Electric Fuzz)

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Germanium vs. Silicon fuzz faces. Get em with NKT275, BC108, CV7005, CV7003, BC183, Mullard, RCA. You name it. This has been the topic of many debates and online keyboard warrior battles. In reality they both suck and are both great. So. You need both. But that's just my opinion. I'd love to hear yours. Shout in the comments!
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Pedals I use and recommend:
- ThorpyFX The Dane (EU: tinyurl.com/mr67ntjx / UK: tinyurl.com/yyh3pkaj)
- ThorpyFX Peacekeeper (EU: tinyurl.com/2p9hh2wv / UK: tinyurl.com/2s4cypwc)
- Browne Protein (tinyurl.com/4w66w3sx)
- JAM Pedals Delay Llama mk. 3 (EU: tinyurl.com/ynwh9pns / UK: tinyurl.com/2p8t87aw)
- JAM Pedals Harmonious Monk (EU: tinyurl.com/mr5chc9d / UK: tinyurl.com/4wujx924)
- Reeves Electro ZO: (tinyurl.com/yc46vrry)
- Line6 HX Stomp (EU: tinyurl.com/3kj5u8y6 / UK: tinyurl.com/48a9bkct)
- Isle of Tone Haze 67, Haze 69 and Luxe 64 (tinyurl.com/wfjw9xzt)
- Dominion Fuzz (tinyurl.com/4fjp8y3x)
- ExpressoFX Silicon and Germanium fuzz (tinyurl.com/2ws4wjwd)
- OCE Pedals The Wrench (tinyurl.com/mrx4ysts)
- Chase Bliss Preamp MK II / CXM 1978 / Thermae (tinyurl.com/3tpu2yzd)
- GFI Orca (EU: tinyurl.com/43y9xajv / UK: tinyurl.com/26989w87)
- Alexander Pedals Rewind (EU: tinyurl.com/49xsc87r / UK: tinyurl.com/3cpzxmja)
- Cornerstone Gladio (EU: tinyurl.com/36768th2)
Amps I use and recommend:
- Blackstar St. James EL34 (EU: tinyurl.com/37yfskyw / UK: tinyurl.com/56prb9yt)
- Silktone Amp (tinyurl.com/2rsu7sxd)
- Victory V140 Super Duchess (tinyurl.com/2p9j53su)
Guitars I use and recommend:
- Panucci Guitars (tinyurl.com/2p8wctxd)
- Heritage H-150 Custom Core (EU: tinyurl.com/434535nc / UK: tinyurl.com/5t3nppjh)
- Martin 000-28EC (tinyurl.com/2p8phc66)
- B&G Little Sister (tinyurl.com/5n8cvnfj)
- Maxwell guitars (tinyurl.com/mr8w5rv3)
The other stuff I use:
- Curt Mangan Pure Nickel (tinyurl.com/yarsvwaa)
- Ernie Ball Regular Slinky (EU: tinyurl.com/uxz6sxyc / UK: tinyurl.com/3n9ch44x)
- Elixir 12-53 (EU: tinyurl.com/4bs5nz6d / UK: tinyurl.com/aysb4e5z)
- Dunlop picks (EU: tinyurl.com/4jf9eaer)
- Shubb capo (EU: tinyurl.com/b5an9uky/ UK: tinyurl.com/bdz7vck8)
- Gary Clark slide (EU: tinyurl.com/mvsxutwr)
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0:00 Intro jam
2:11 A sensitive topic
5:09 Germanium vs Silicon
7:38 Tones
8:30 Cleanup
9:35 Grandpa tells a story
1:37 Playing with the fuzz knob
13:00 Silicon
13:56 Stacking with an overdrive
15:10 Cleanup between germanium and silicon
17:49 They all sound different

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31 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 87

@orryfishburne5326 Год назад

That volume rolled back tone with the germanium is HEAVENLY

@slowpoke7888 2 года назад

Heard the playing on the intro; subscribed. The rest was also very interesting, thanks. Going to check out your other vids now.

@darwinsaye 2 года назад

Lucky to live in this era of pedals. I have an EHX Ripped Speaker, which is a bit of a mystery, but I found someone who said the schematic suggests it has 4 silicon transistors, an Op amp and a couple of diodes creating the magic. All I know is I can get great fuzz sounds with no issues about having to have it first in my signal chain, no temperature issues like germanium, and with guitar volume roll off, it cleans up like good germanium, but with the high end clarity of silicon. So, I don’t really know how to classify it, but damn… Kudos to Electro Harmonix for engineering a great fuzz, and for dirt cheap too!

@iangray7904 Год назад

Great watch. These are both fantastic sounding . It starts to all get a little bit like apples and oranges . Both taste great, just different

@YoungMasterpiece 9 месяцев назад

Awesome video Sasha, and a great topic. Love your shirt. Greetings from Montenegro!

@SashaIvantic 9 месяцев назад

Hvala!

@67er_matze97 2 года назад

fantastic demo of a stellar pedal imo !!

@philipharrauer9103 Год назад

Big fan here! Outstanding tones here from you! Best regards from Austria!!

@SashaIvantic Год назад

Vielen dank! 😁🤘

@thierrylecuyer1507 2 года назад

So good. All of it, the Sasha, the chops, the Pedal. This pedal does it all, you don't need much else.

@kluker 2 года назад

I love the tone of your guitar!

@simont4435 2 года назад

Cool video!

@mariolafontaine5853 Год назад

Helpfull video with your comments which are a plus! Thanks!!

@jiveunit Год назад

Hey great demo thanks. Where you using germanium or silicone in the intro? Very nice

@markhopkinsmusic 2 года назад

nice dude!

@sarikkumar8419 2 года назад

Absolutely killer tones.

@AnthonyEvans-wl5ts 2 года назад

Must say you've got the audio volumn and quality dialed in. I listened to this in my car and the sound quality is perfect man. Probably the best on the tube. 👍🎶 👂 Would be good if you could do you just jamming for like 50 mintues so I can listen to it while driving and just mention what pedals your using every now and then.

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

That would be the laziest podcast ever 🤣

@AnthonyEvans-wl5ts 2 года назад

@@SashaIvantic 🤣

@joshbabbitt9243 Год назад

@Sasha Ivantic but we'd all listen to it! Have a few friends on every know and again. A little Danish Pete, Buddy Blues, Chris Buck, etc.. 😂 Boy, that would make for a good podcast 😂

@StickyVinny Год назад

Sounds amazing!! Was intro jam with the germanium or silicon side?

@philipharrauer9103 Год назад

7:53- Doyle tone right away! So good!

@philipharrauer9103 Год назад

All great! But lot of transistors are not available!

@williamjohnbennettiii 2 года назад

Killer tones

@ericleach2504 4 месяца назад

Awesome shirt

@popeye089 2 года назад

There is no better, just what is best for you and your tone search............ enjoy the ride. FYI Aaron is a solid dude

@kadeemward 2 года назад

Hey Mr. I antic! Your Caribbean/Barbadian fan here again! 😅🇧🇧 Question: when you stack with overdrive, is it before or after the fuzz pedal? I use a MXR Blue Box (currently my only functioning fuzz). I found that it has its limitations, but when I run it through a Joyo Vintage Overdrive, it makes it sound something like a MKI Tone bender. Also, what about running a fuzz through a distortion, such as a Boss DS-1? Have a great day, great videos!!!

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

Mr. Ward! I run overdrive after fuzz. Don’t think fuzz will do well with a DS-1 unless it’s mayhem you’re after!

@pjorr3914 2 года назад

Man that shirt is killer

@AnthonyEvans-wl5ts 2 года назад

Yeah wonder where he got it from, what brand

@mariolafontaine5853 Год назад

Both versions do not sounds oversatured with is great!

@gamjammallota78 2 года назад

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a Bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy needed some Hair. So how Fuzzy...Really was he? I like the fact you get both versions in one box. Also, that there was some semblance of note separation not particularly or usually associated with fuzz. The sound was some of the best fuzz I've ever heard. How well the pedal interacts with the guitars volume control goes a really long way as you demonstrated. That was the major takeaway imho.

@tele100 2 года назад

Nice demo! I am curious, how do you setup the tone pot for your bridge pickup?

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

I rarely touch the tone pots tbh. They’re wide open 99% of the time

@LostPlanet2024 Год назад

Long long time Si (BC108) convert. The Pedal Pawn Fuzz cleans up like a Ge. I like the Ge cleanup on that one but the Si gain tones sound great.

@benjaminpaldacciguitars5811 7 месяцев назад

Can we love both of them?

@TheTubeDude 2 года назад

Russian players prefer the Polonium 209 fuzz pedals. ---- SO glad I stumbled upon your channel, Sasha.

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

Only 3.6 roentgen

@TheTubeDude 2 года назад

@@SashaIvantic Over my head Sasha. lol

@Hamppzah 2 года назад

I want that pedal.. how will I know when it comes out?

@be8965 2 года назад

They are already out and sold out! Check their website

@SimpleManGuitars1973 2 года назад

I love my Tone Bender and I love my Vezzpa. What does that say about me? I love gated fuzz the most actually and I'm assuming that puts me in a major minority?

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

GATED FUZZ IS AWESOME

@Gibson1976uk Год назад

I have a Germanium Fuzzface and a Silicon Thorpyfx fuzz pedal :) I use the Thorpyfx all the time :)

@theddygrumo 2 года назад

do you have a link where to get this pedal?

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

I don’t think his website is online yet. You can contact him through Instagram

@Richiez22908 2 года назад

Great tones there! Can you post a link to his website, hard to find that pedal.

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

I think the website is still a work in progress!

@Richiez22908 2 года назад

@@SashaIvantic well that makes sense, no wonder I couldn’t find it. But if I wanted to grab one of these petals, how could I locate it?

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

@@Richiez22908 you can find him on Instagram. He lives there 🤣

@thesaj1110 2 года назад

Where can I buy this pedal??

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

You can get in touch with him on IG. Don’t think his website is live yet.

@ABCDEF-ks5op 2 года назад

For me its Germanium in the studio/ at home everytime because you can keep your fuzz in the fridge. At 10-20 degrees Germanium sounds absolutely ace , everything is there cleanup, glassy top end, and a tight & cutting bass response. All this goes aways if the temperature rises above 20 degrees, then problems like overwhelming bass, no cut through the mix and "farting" appears. So for live and especially outside gigs everytime Silicon. Thats why many people say Hendrix preferred Silicon, he only preferrred it in live situations, in the studio you always hear a germanium fresh out of the fridge

@jmproductions59 Год назад

Is this true for other people? If so, I can't do germanium in tropical Australia (and don't want to sit in the fridge and play!) Cheers

@ABCDEF-ks5op Год назад

@@jmproductions59 in tropical australia it is going to be hard getting a good germanium tone because of the temperature. I live in Germany and last Summer was quite warm (~35 degrees celsius) , my germanium fuzz didnt sound right at all unless I put a cooling pad under it or stored it in the cold basement and only got it out for a 20 min playing session then the sound would change. In your situation I would look out for a good Silicon fuzz , there are great builders out there and you will have no temperature problems whatsoever

@NERDOFUNK 9 месяцев назад

Exsactly mate, grettings from Bielefeld;)

@spaceman8839 Год назад

I got one of these, mine is bc108 & RCA

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

Germanium or silicon? Fight!

@kluker 2 года назад

Tone Bender - Germanium Fuzz Face - Silicone The End 😉

@stanislavmigra Год назад

I prefere properly made pedal over rubbish pedal made from sacred NOS parts.

@sjmwnominees8140 4 месяца назад

Nice shirt

@GuitarBailey Год назад

Where can I buy this pedal

@SashaIvantic Год назад

I don’t know if his website is live yet but you can find him on Instagram!

@GuitarBailey Год назад

@@SashaIvantic Bro I ain't got no Facebook let alone Instagram lol old school sell me yours it's worth an extra hundred being touched by a guitar legend

@RulgertGhostalker 3 месяца назад

I don't know why pedal builders don't design around high current Zener diodes .... the High Current ones Leak before they break down. I put a pair on my solid state amp's first Op feed back loop, and it it soft clips, similar to a tube, just fine..........I mean I prefer Ge over Si in the example here, but Zeners are Si

@NINEWALKING 2 года назад

Fuzz is Fuzz. If it sounds good it is good no matter what transistor type it uses or what batch of the transistors or does it have or not the red dot or what type of the font it has :)

@SimpleManGuitars1973 2 года назад

My favorite sounding fuzzes are always the ones that make my amp sound like it might explode at any given second. The "worse" they sound the better they sound to me.

@billtice5057 8 месяцев назад

I love Germanium and Silicon Fuzz Faces . It all depends on what I’m going after

@peteytwofinger 2 года назад

there are some great Si circuits out there (axis fuzz , fjord mjolnir) and there are some great Ge circuits (spaceman fx sputnik 2) . the temperature thing with a Ge circuit i have personally ran into issues as we play outdoors in the summer . of course we have all played different circuits in different configs thru different amps ang guitars so perhaps its not so cut and dry and then you have everyone has their own idea for what sounds good . all this " tone " discussion is not so night and day for some of us. I think we should try to keep open mind and not speak in blanket statements or claim to know everything - me i have not layed every fuzz pedal so i cant say what is best , especially for YOU. what you think is the best fuzz may not be one i care for in the least so maybe take er easy with the absolutes when you are online . perhaps our gear should not define us as players. if you play all analog and record on tape thru huge hot tubes thats great but it doesnt give you the right to trash talk the next guy for playing a korg pandora or even line 6 spydur . ultimately our music should define who we are as musicians not our gear , but if you do not have any of your own music ... thats kind of how i look at it . I have also noticed its a certain type of musician who attacks others for not using the same gear as themselves and this is more of a coverband guitar hero type than a home recordist or original music type player. The people who are sucessful or people who have acomplished their goals no matter what those may be as for some we are not dreaming to rule hollywood with a harem of scanty clad womens , some of us merely wish to make music which we can be proud of and not even consider things like money , record deals or an audience . people who have acomplished their goals , player who are secure in who they are as musicians do not go on forums and attack the next guy for not playing thru the exact same gear that they own . TLDR = be nice .

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

I'm really glad you included a tldr and I fully agree 😄

@obicancovjek7223 Год назад

The problem is that most of these factory fuzz effects use poor quality germanium transistors. You should try to make a fuzz with Russian germanium transistors from the GT series. These are high-quality transistors that are normally used for precision electronics. For example GT321B.

@dannyllerenatv8635 2 года назад

Silicon for me, they have a "glassiness" to their character that is awesome and a tighter bottom end. Not to say I don't enjoy a good germanium fuzz from time to time.

@ABCDEF-ks5op 2 года назад

its all in the settings of the fuzz, you get insane glass with germanium if you max out the fuzz control & the the level also at least at 3/4, if you go max on the level the bass flubs out on my fuzz its tight &cutting at 97% level and at 100% insane bass explosion

@JackJD 2 года назад

Bro, do you even FUZZ?? 🥵🔥

@SashaIvantic 2 года назад

FUZZ!!

@tokolo10 2 года назад

It sounds amazing, but 500$, seriously??!? I have a few boutique fuzzes which are fantastic (Formula B Mini bender, Lateral Phonics Deadman) and they are half that price or even less… Anyway, excellent playing, as always.