Eric Johnson fuzz into a '74 Marshall - kemper clip

okstrat · Jan 24th 2013

One thing about fuzz pedals - they are super picky about what you feed them. I had to build a pedal with a small transformer to 'unload' the kemper profiling output from the fuzz. Worked great, here's my results

Both clips are an Eric Johnson signature fuzz face feeding a '74 Marshall 50 watt head that is stock.

https://soundcloud.com/okstrat/ej-fuzz-rough
This one is a lot gainier and grittier - I was going for splatter and just general fuzz mayhem.

https://soundcloud.com/okstrat/ej-fuzz-smoother
This one is obviously smoother, more of a sweeter lead tone. Both need some tweakage but I'm pretty happy with how they came out. i wasn't sure if the Kemper would capture the interaction between the fuzz and the amp, but it did in spades.

Guitartone · Jan 24th 2013

The 'smoother' version sounds incredible.

DonPetersen · Jan 24th 2013

GuitarDroid · Jan 24th 2013

guitarnet70 · Jan 24th 2013

Great stuff, love the Smooth.

Zappledan · Jan 25th 2013

Quote from guitarnet70

Great stuff, love the Smooth.

+1

savannahalex · Jan 25th 2013

Diggin that for sure.

whippinpost91850 · Jan 25th 2013

Really like the smooth one

pima1234 · Jan 25th 2013

Both are great! I have to try my Blackout SS Twosome into the KPA. Looking forward to that.

What do you mean about building a pedal to unload the output from the KPA?

Did you run it into the input, or the effect loop?

Ingolf · Jan 25th 2013

I like both, too!
Thanks for sharing!

Deny · Jan 25th 2013

That is one pedal I'd love to see added to the list of KPA internal dirtboxes, especially because the real one sounds very different depending on where in the signal chain you put it, even a buffered pedal in bypass mode before it alters the sound significantly which isn't always a good thing.

okstrat · Jan 25th 2013

Fuzz pedals are very particular about what is before them - when you hook up the KPA for profiling, the output from the KPA to the amp isn't what some fuzz pedals want to see. I posted about it months ago, someone recommended building a pedal that had a transformer in it and made the signal more like a guitar only signal, if that makes sense. So my signal from the KPA to the marshall I was profiling was KPA ---> My 'guitar box' ---> EJ Fuzz ----> '74 Marshall.

When I ran from the KPA to the EJ fuzz to the marshall, it was useless.

Quote from pima1234

Both are great! I have to try my Blackout SS Twosome into the KPA. Looking forward to that.

What do you mean about building a pedal to unload the output from the KPA?

Did you run it into the input, or the effect loop?

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