Fuzz effect

1. What is fuzz sound effect?
2. What is the difference between distortion and fuzz?
3. How does a Fuzz Face work?

What is fuzz sound effect?

The Fuzz tone basically is a heavily saturated guitar signal, altering the sound to a plain square wave with amazing sustain . It's using two, three or even more transistors to amplify the signal to a point where it starts to sound distorted, fuzzy with very long sustain.

What is the difference between distortion and fuzz?

Distortion refers to the overall effect of altering an audio signal to make it rougher, with greater harmonic saturation, more audible overtones, and more sustain than a clean signal. ... Fuzz is a special type of distortion where harmonic overtones dominate the overall sound.

How does a Fuzz Face work?

The fuzz face works by inputting signal through a DC blocking resistor driving a transistor one, transistor two is directly coupled with transistor one. ... The final non-‐ polar capacitor blocks the Fuzz Face from saturating any device that follows it, also it determines the lowest frequencies that are let through.