Friday, November 22, 2024
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Why aren’t more bass players using this fuzz?


In this video, I share one of my new favorite pedals with you: the Kasleder Albatross. It’s a blend between a modern JFET pre and an old-school transistor fuzz. I have a hard time finding fuzz pedals I love, so I show you why I connected with this one.

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Originally posted by UCfRlprx-BEhwuVTWlHVyN6A at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glktgAh8Wqk

28 thoughts on “Why aren’t more bass players using this fuzz?

  • I’ve been bass fuzz shopping and trying a few recently. I wouldn’t buy this because (in priority order) it’s not enough fuzz, it’s $300, I don’t like the form factor (size, shape), and I don’t like the paint color. When I want a light drive, I’d use an overdrive. When I hit the fuzz, I want a pretty gnarly aggressive sound. Still at $300, most people won’t buy this. That’s a lot for a one trick pony pedal, especially when there are a lot of competitive offerings that do fuzz better for considerably less. But to each their own. It’s subjective. I would love to hear if a stingray humbucker would drive it up into a fuzzier range though.

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  • How much is it? I'm not forking out $300 for a fuzz pedal (I have 5 kids…so I can't). Do you have any recommendations for one around $50?

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  • Once I bought a bass guitar from a guy called Kasléder. I said to him "funny, your surname matches the Kasleder brand". "That's me. I make them." It never occurred to me that anyone makes these decent pedals in my home country.

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  • Can you do a shootout with some other fuzz pedals? Is there anything more readily available that you'd compare it to?

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  • Fantastic pedal! I use mine for stoner rock but also for ambient sounds together with a delay. You can create some really interesting soundscapes with this combination. Greetings!

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  • The main selling point for this fuzz is that it gives you that vintage fuzz tone without it being to be first in your chain. I have a fur coat fuzz, which sounds GREAT … But it's finicky and hates buffers.

    Seeing it in between your compressor and Bassrig makes me so happy, as i would want the exact same placement

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  • Love your videos, i ordered one of those.. it sounds like the fuzz i want… great for indie music and not too aggresive.
    could you maby do a video about how do you record your bass and videos for youtube? you made me want to start my own bass channel but i dont really know how to deal with the technicalities of video and sound editing (got my ableton set with my audio interface.. but from there i have no idea what to do )..
    are you producing those drum beats by yourself are are you using some samples from elsewhere?

    great content anyhow! glad that I have discovered you lately, gave me back my bass spark.

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  • Pork and pickle fuzz is amazing to. And I believe it has a clean blend as well. Would be worth checking out. Awesome video tho! Big fan!

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  • My favorite thing about this video is that the audio is mixed such that the foot switch click and your voice are significantly louder than the bass

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  • Scott's bass lessons podcast brought me here, or should I say IMA. Subb'd love your content .

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  • Loving the blend and the attack sound but I'm surprised it doesn't get a bit fuzzier! I assume it doesn't mind a booster before it to saturate it more. Of course your dry blend would then be boosted as well. I wonder how it clips when a booster is hitting that dry pass through.
    Nice video.

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  • You are very good at communicating and teaching. I'm new to all of this, but when you explain all of this I understand.

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  • Blend control is useful. I haven’t looked into bass pedals much, but another useful feature for a bass distortion or bass fuzz would be some band limiting. The ability to keep the fuzz effect limited to a frequency range. So you could have a clean round bottom while dialing in fuzz to just the lower mids and up to taste. Similar to how plugins like Fabfilter Safurn can dial in distortion to a select frequency band. Anyone make an analog fuzz petal that does that?

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  • Very cool! It suits your playing really well. I personally prefer the second sound you dialed in (mix max, fuzz midway up), but hey, you be you! That’s the beauty of this pedal, versatility.

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  • Yeah, this is all well and good but a quick search on Reverb reveals that Kasleder also makes a pedal called "Jellyfish" which is a specific Bass Overdrive/Booster. That's gotta be a real winner too i bet.

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