Smooth, Intense, Sustaining Distortion
Skreddy Pedals™ Pink Flesh:
Based on the "triangle-knob" circa 1971 4-transistor fuzz, but I've changed
the input capacitor to a more saturated-sounding type like the circa 1973
'rams head' version fuzz.
From there, I've tightened up the bass and smoothed out the highs and
eliminated the mid scoop. So instead of a raging wall of fuzz, you get
a more focused and amp-like tone, without having to stack with eq's and/or other
overdrive pedals to smooth things out or bring up the midrange.
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High Gain and
Articulate
No scooped midrange
The thick, soaring tone sounds
great on all pickup positions and cuts through the densest mix.
The tone control is tuned to
get useable sounds at all positions, with the middle position having a flat eq
curve. The "Flat/Juicy" switch lets you add in extra midrange
thickness, giving you more options to tweak your sound. For
example, you can get a cutting, yet thick tone at full clockwise with
the switch in the "Juicy" position, and no ice-pick treble will assail
your ears.
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Retired. I changed my mind about continuing
it using different transistors. |
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| Sound Clips: |
Song by Kittycaster...
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6230684&q=hi
Instrumentation:
Drums - I arranged the drums using Garageband
Bass - Jazz Bass
Main rhythm guitar - Gretsch Pollycaster -> Super Hard-On -> Vibrolux
Second rhythm guitar - Les Paul -> Marshall JMP 50watt
Acoustic guitar - Gibson J160E
Intro and outro keys - provided by Jay Fuji (thanks bro!)
Lead melody guitar parts - Strat -> Pink Flesh -> Marshall JMP 50watt (set
to a clean chunky tone)
Reverb/delay added to lead parts during mixdown.
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Clips by Dustin aka Comfortablynumb...
Pink Flesh video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0UuiKsN6Zdw
One quick thing, during the whole In The Flesh and Comfortably Numb stuff
(up until the leads) I had my tone knob down a couple notches and didn't
realize it. You can hear when I turned it up.
Pink Flesh vs. Top Fuel
http://files.filefront.com/Pink_Flesh_VS_Top_Fuelwmv/;7598887;/fileinfo.html
Setup is as follows:
MIJ 50's Tele > Rehoused Dano Chicken Salad vibe > Tone Factor Nebula >
Lovepedal Hotrod Twin > SD Twin Tube Classic > MI Audio Tube Zone > Top Fuel
> Pink Flesh > Arion SCH-Z > Ibanez DE7 > EHX DMM > Fender Hotrod Deluxe
Warning: This is a very big and long video (about 20 minutes/148mb). It's
streamable, though.
First off I'm going through different pickups and different Sustain and tone
settings.. Somewhere on the vid I'm rolling the guitar volume down to show
how they clean up. I'm not sure where I did it though as I missed it
watching the video back. It's there though!
Then I stack them..
Then comes the rest of the pedal board. Started with the DMM, then the SCH-Z,
then the Chicken Salad+DMM (I think I had the bias set a little low so the
uni-vibe effect isn't as prominent). Then came the Nebula for a while, after
that I had the Nebula+DE7 going, then back to the Nebula with the Skreddys.
Next comes the distortion pedals. I stack them with the Tube Zone first. I
mess around with the DMM's self-oscillation for a minute here for some
reason. Then I try them with the Lovepedal Hotrod Twin. For this I put the
neck pickup on and rolled the tone back. Gave a really cool tone that brings
out more of the "Muff" in the pedals (to me anyway).
After all this comes the DMM again. Then the DMM and DE7 together. Didn't
turn the Skreddys on for this part.
I bring the SCH-Z(+DMM) back in with a more vibrato-like setting. I have
some vibrato on the DMM, too. Then I kick in the Skreddys.
Then finally we end with a couple clean chords with the DMM.
That's all! I hope this helps in some people's choices between the Top Fuel
and the Pink Flesh. And I hope it convinces people to try Skreddy's pedals
out. They're really great. I can't wait to try some of his other models.
Also, it'd make my day if Marc would put a link to the video on his site
(hint hint).
Let me know what you guys think. I really enjoyed making this one.
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Reviews
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| Ben: "Sorry
it took me a long time to write to you with some feedback re: the Pink
Flesh! ...the Pink Flesh has this amazing sustain and blooming quality ...
I'm thinking this has to do with the mids being flat. It's a little less
cutting in the high end ... and less 'woody' and 'hollow' because it doesn't
have the scooped mids...
When playing in a group setting though, or with a backing track, the Flesh
does have the advantage simply because it doesn't have those scooped mids...
It doesn't get lost, or just have the highs eeking through. You get a nice,
full range fuzz sound with plenty of clarity and, for lack of a better term,
'harmonic content'. It's the non-traditional tweaks that allow it to do this
I realize, so while it doesn't absolutely nail the iconic standard tone, the
changes allow it to be heard while still retaining many of the qualities
that an old-school Muff brings to the party. This is not a 'hybrid' OD/Fuzz
by any means - when you step on it, you know you're stepping on a fuzz from
the Muff family tree, and it has the bloom and sustain that some Muffs
simply don't without making it too 'OD-ish' (which was the case for me with
the Top Fuel).
The 'juicy' mode was a very pleasant surprise as well - it's not a
pronounced mid-hump, but it just adds that special something... hard to
describe, but I likes it! In the end, I'm keeping the Pink Flesh on the
board... The Pink Flesh's qualities lend themselves toward versatility while
still retaining many of the best aural treats of a vintage Muff.
Thanks again Marc... and sorry it took a while for me to give you some
feedback!" |
MM: "Hi Marc,
today I received the Pink Flesh ...what may I say? Thank you! It's a
fantastic sounding pedal (I'm experimenting the interactions between the
controls right now)...you are a genius! And with a very musical-tuned
ear. Thank you again!" |
| Steve: "Hi Marc,
Turned up today... beautiful pedal, very lyrical, thanks!" |
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