Now let's talk gear a bit.
So, I've been using the Analogman Sun Face NKT272 for 3 years now and I've always felt that it was almost perfect but still missing something. Then I decided to go for the SM Fuzz mostly because I've been digging the fuzz sounds on Scott Mckeon's records so much, then I heard that Doyle Bramhall II was really digging it.. I decide to contact Scott about becoming the Canadian Dealer for the SM Fuzz. I've receive this pedal about 3 weeks ago. Played my first show with it last friday and I just had to chime in about this pedal!
And what a wonderfull pedal it is! It's so warm and "soulfull". There's so much character in the sound that this pedal provides. You can get a wide variety of sounds from clean to slight OD and from crunzy fuzz to total splattery fuzz sound just by playing with the guitars volume. It's amazing how it reacts to picking dynamics and the clarity of the sound is just wonderfull. It also cleans up to almost 100% clean. If I back down the guitars volume to around nine I get this great transparent OD sound.
Compared to the Sun Face the SM Fuzz has a lot more bite and character to the sound and there's lot more clarity. It sounds a lot warmer in every setting and there's rich harmonic overtones in there that the Sun Face just doesn't have. It's really hard to put it in words how great this pedal is.
But all I can say is that MY FUZZ QUEST IS OVER! I've found 'the sound'!
CLARITY:
The SM Fuzz has a better clarity overall. And the notes retain the clarity even with full fuzz where as the NKT got a bit mushly and compressed. This is even more noticeable when playing chords. Somehow with the SM Fuzz the "notes inside the chord" are more pronounced. Can't really put that in english 'cos it's not my grammar.
Overall the NKT seems more compressed than the SM Fuzz.
TONE:
The low end is tighter in the SM Fuzz. The midrange is also clearer and "chimes" better. There's rich harmonic overtones in the SM Fuzz that the NKT didn't really have them or they just weren't so noticeable. The high end on SM Fuzz is warmer and rounder. The tone of the SM Fuzz is deeper and has more body.
GENERAL:
Overall the SM Fuzz has got more punch (especially with cords) and the notes are more pronounced than with the NKT. It's got more bite, character and soul. The SM Fuzz also reacts to picking dynamics a lot better than the NKT and the Sunface is already good in that matter.
Somehow I feel "integrated" with the SM Fuzz when I play.
They are availabe now at Gearlovin SM Fuzz
The SM Fuzz has a better clarity overall. And the notes retain the clarity even with full fuzz where as the NKT got a bit mushly and compressed. This is even more noticeable when playing chords. Somehow with the SM Fuzz the "notes inside the chord" are more pronounced. Can't really put that in english 'cos it's not my grammar.
Overall the NKT seems more compressed than the SM Fuzz.TONE:
The low end is tighter in the SM Fuzz. The midrange is also clearer and "chimes" better. There's rich harmonic overtones in the SM Fuzz that the NKT didn't really have them or they just weren't so noticeable. The high end on SM Fuzz is warmer and rounder. The tone of the SM Fuzz is deeper and has more body.
GENERAL:
Overall the SM Fuzz has got more punch (especially with cords) and the notes are more pronounced than with the NKT. It's got more bite, character and soul. The SM Fuzz also reacts to picking dynamics a lot better than the NKT and the Sunface is already good in that matter.
Somehow I feel "integrated" with the SM Fuzz when I play.
They are availabe now at Gearlovin SM Fuzz
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