War scythe vs fuzz foundry

[Atom ant]

Have you tried them both? Which do you prefer? I’ll probably still build both but….what’s your preference? Why?

 

[PedalBuilder]

At the risk of being overly blunt, that isn’t a very good question. The War Scythe and Fuzz Foundry are very different pedals with very different use cases. The War Scythe is a 3-in-1 multi-effect pedal, consisting of a modified Tone Bender Mk. III (a distortion-like fuzz), a Green Ringer (an octave up effect), and a Hoof (another distortion-like fuzz). The Fuzz Foundry is a boosted fuzz face with a bunch of resistors replaced with potentiometers that self-oscillates and makes glitchy sounds. So asking which one people prefer won’t tell you anything because they don’t really do the same thing. I’d say build both, as they’re both cool builds.

 

[jwin615]

At the risk of being overly blunt, that isn’t a very good question. The War Scythe and Fuzz Foundry are very different pedals with very different use cases. The War Scythe is a 3-in-1 multi-effect pedal, consisting of a modified Tone Bender Mk. III (a distortion-like fuzz), a Green Ringer (an octave up effect), and a Hoof (another distortion-like fuzz). The Fuzz Foundry is a boosted fuzz face with a bunch of resistors replaced with potentiometers that self-oscillates and makes glitchy sounds. So asking which one people prefer won’t tell you anything because they don’t really do the same thing. I’d say build both, as they’re both cool builds.

Smoked fish dip or a Grimace shake?

 

[jwin615]

I mean the above in jest...
If you haven't played a fuzz factory, they're a ton of fun.
If you want repeatable/recallable settings, they're not great. Amazing creative tool but for live... Meh. One bump of the wrong knob and it's bird sounds.

 

[Atom ant]

At the risk of being overly blunt, that isn’t a very good question. The War Scythe and Fuzz Foundry are very different pedals with very different use cases. The War Scythe is a 3-in-1 multi-effect pedal, consisting of a modified Tone Bender Mk. III (a distortion-like fuzz), a Green Ringer (an octave up effect), and a Hoof (another distortion-like fuzz). The Fuzz Foundry is a boosted fuzz face with a bunch of resistors replaced with potentiometers that self-oscillates and makes glitchy sounds. So asking which one people prefer won’t tell you anything because they don’t really do the same thing. I’d say build both, as they’re both cool builds.

Well that was overly blunt.
I guess i was really looking for a comparison since I’ve never played or heard either, but theyre both fuzzy and more complicated than a one sound pedal.

 

[Feral Feline]

Smoked fish dip or a Grimace shake?

@Atom ant — definitely you should build both, together, with an order-switcher... in fact, multiple order switchers since the WS is really a 3-in-1 (as PedalBuilder mentioned, though I'll add specifically the Hoof being a Muff Pi variant):

Four effects total:
TB = TONE BENDER
GR = GREEN RINGER
MP = MUFF PI
FF = FUZZ FACE

Put an order switcher between the GR and TB and another order-swapper between those two and the MP, and another between all that and the FF — gives you these combinations:
TB > GR > MP > FF
GR > TB > MP > FF
MP > TB > GR > FF
MP > GR > TB > FF
FF > TB > GR > MP
FF > GR > TB > MP
FF > MP > TB > GR
FF > MP > GR > TB



You could, however change up the pairings for a slightly different combination of signal-chain orders...



Make the MP the outlier instead of the FF, but keep the GR & TB together OR...

...mix up all the fuzzes more or less together and then have the GR come before or after all the fuzz...

Many combinations ...