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What is the difference between the Candy Apple fuzz and the PPF?

The basic premise of these two was if you took all the possible Fuzz sounds and divided them into two piles - one crazy and one normal ~ and then made a pedal out of each pile --- you would have the Crazy CAF and the Normal PPF

Donner wrote:The basic premise of these two was if you took all the possible Fuzz sounds and divided them into two piles - one crazy and one normal ~ and then made a pedal out of each pile --- you would have the Crazy CAF and the Normal PPF

That's a really good answer. I was going to be less kind to the PPF
I love my CAF. It's the wild beast of fuzz pedals. The PPF is like poridge to the CAF's buffet. That's being too cruel though. The PPF is a great fuzz as well, just nowhere near as unique.

HA, yeah I believe the story is BJ made the Crazy Ass Fu uh Candy Apple Fuzz and Harri asked if there could be a tamer fuzz to cover the more normal fuzz guitar tones --- so they together cover quite a range of fuzz tones................then throw in the Folk and Snow White/Artic white fuzzes for even more flavor variety.....

And the PPF is the most "overdrive-y" of all the fuzzes. It's a great pedal, and can be used to dial in a variety of textures ranging from traditional or "normal" fuzz sound through some of the overdrive spectrum. The PPF was designed for guitarists who would like the sound of a fuzz with the playability of an overdrive.

DocRock wrote:And the PPF is the most "overdrive-y" of all the fuzzes. It's a great pedal, and can be used to dial in a variety of textures ranging from traditional or "normal" fuzz sound through some of the overdrive spectrum. The PPF was designed for guitarists who would like the sound of a fuzz with the playability of an overdrive.

SWF does this too.....i used it last weekend with the gain cranked all way DOWN, and tone all way UP....it was very nice!

Slim Henderson wrote:

DocRock wrote:And the PPF is the most "overdrive-y" of all the fuzzes. It's a great pedal, and can be used to dial in a variety of textures ranging from traditional or "normal" fuzz sound through some of the overdrive spectrum. The PPF was designed for guitarists who would like the sound of a fuzz with the playability of an overdrive.

SWF does this too.....i used it last weekend with the gain cranked all way DOWN, and tone all way UP....it was very nice!

I agree, but the PPF even more so. If I were to draw a line of continuum and put the CAF on one end and the PPF on the other end, the SWF/AWF would fall somewhere in the middle.

I don't think the CAF respresents the wildest/craziest end of the fuzz spectrum when you consider pedals like the Zvex Fuzz Factory and some of the other wild ones out there. The CAF is definately aggressive / rude / snarly, but not so wild or crazy in my opinion.

Eskimo_Joe wrote:I don't think the CAF respresents the wildest/craziest end of the fuzz spectrum when you consider pedals like the Zvex Fuzz Factory and some of the other wild ones out there. The CAF is definately aggressive / rude / snarly, but not so wild or crazy in my opinion.

I agree completely. I meant if you were to draw a line of continuum on the BJF spectrum ... guess I should have been more clear.

Ever hear the UltraLord pedal? Now that thing is insane. Donner has one.