MP Fire Red Fuzz.......wow!

[Bobby D]

just got this in, and i am REALLY surprised by it.

LOTS of gain -- TONS of it......but it never gets farty or over compressed.

very wide range of tone control.

and it's RED

i like RED PEDALS.

i need to do some gigs with it, and do some stacking and testing. but my initial impression is WOW! very nice sounding fuzz that almost ventures into OD territory, with lots of gain. i am setting gain at 9 oclock...

sounds GOOD with my single coils

[Donner]

Yeah Im suprised this one hasnt caught on more ---- its very useful and would cover lots of fuzz territory for most people in addition to coping alot of Muffish and even Rattish tones - it certainly goes into distortion land --- maybe its TOO versatile

[Bobby D]

Yeah Im suprised this one hasnt caught on more ---- its very useful and would cover lots of fuzz territory for most people in addition to coping alot of Muffish and even Rattish tones - it certainly goes into distortion land --- maybe its TOO versatile

me too, Donner.....i had sort of overlooked it, BJ suggested that i check it out. then a fellow forumite on HCFX got one and decided to flip it, so i snagged it. he did a pretty nice video demo of it, and compared it with the skreddy ernie. to my ears, i liked it better than the ernie.

the sound quality is VERY good, and does seem to cross over into distortion as much as fuzz. tone control is VERY useable, LOT of range available.

i am REALLY liking this one, and that's a good thing.....the MP pedals are built really solid, and are a lot easier to replace than the BJF handmade stuff. hopefully, if production increases and the prices can get to $199 street price here in the USA, the mad professor stuff could really take off, sales-wise. i have been impressed with every MP pedal i have owned, and it makes better sense to have BJ tinkering away and designing new stuff, than to have him slaving away building pedals all the time

i'm going back to using an MP LGW as well, i think that once the opamp chip is changed to the one that was in my BJF LGW, i will be happy with that.

and i am on THE LIST for the MP SHOD.......that pedal is gonna be good. i tried to write a really good limerick, but i failed

i will do my own video demo tomorrow and post it in the thread here. for those of you out there who don't like fuzzes very much, this Fire Red Fuzz may change your mind!

[Bobby D]

[nibus]

So Bobby, do you think this would be a good pedal to replace a Skreddy pink flesh? I sold my Pink Flesh and am still looking for a replacement. How thick can the mids be dialed in?

I tend to like fuzz that's more on the distortion side, so maybe i'd really like this one?

[Bobby D]

So Bobby, do you think this would be a good pedal to replace a Skreddy pink flesh? I sold my Pink Flesh and am still looking for a replacement. How thick can the mids be dialed in?

I tend to like fuzz that's more on the distortion side, so maybe i'd really like this one?

you may indeed like this pedal. the tone control has a WIDE sweep, and you can get a more thicker tone by sweeping it to the left.

i have never had the chance to play a pink flesh, so i don't know if the FRF can "replace" it.

but i have been really happy with the FRF, and it really surprised me. it really sounds like a fuzz, but tighter and more focused, more "hi-fi" if you will.

now i am thinking i REALLY need to try the mighty red distortion

[nibus]

So Bobby, do you think this would be a good pedal to replace a Skreddy pink flesh? I sold my Pink Flesh and am still looking for a replacement. How thick can the mids be dialed in?

I tend to like fuzz that's more on the distortion side, so maybe i'd really like this one?

you may indeed like this pedal. the tone control has a WIDE sweep, and you can get a more thicker tone by sweeping it to the left.

i have never had the chance to play a pink flesh, so i don't know if the FRF can "replace" it.

but i have been really happy with the FRF, and it really surprised me. it really sounds like a fuzz, but tighter and more focused, more "hi-fi" if you will.

now i am thinking i REALLY need to try the mighty red distortion

Sounds like I would like it!

Of course, your playing makes any pedal sound good.

[Bobby D]

Sounds like I would like it!

Of course, your playing makes any pedal sound good.

well, thank you (blush)

but that pedal really sounds good. just as donner said, it is surprising that it has not received more "love" and attention than the others. it DOES remind me of some skreddy stuff, how it is a fuzz, but it sounds like a fuzz that has been compressed, EQ'd, and tweaked in the studio.


i have a whole bunch of live gigs coming up over the next few weeks, so i will find out how it does onstage.

and after doing some looking, i am REALLY impressed with the build quality inside these MP boxes. they are built extremely well, very tidy, nice solder joints, great hardware, and i love the elka boxes.