Fuzz Guitar Tones

How to get a fuzz tone — and 63 famous songs that use it, each with researched amp settings and gear you can adapt to your rig.

Dialing fuzz: Fuzz is all-in: huge sustain and thick, woolly saturation. The trick most people miss — roll your guitar's volume knob down and a good fuzz (Fuzz Face, Big Muff) cleans up to a gritty edge, so you can control the whole range from the guitar. Put fuzz FIRST in the chain, before wah and overdrive.
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Songs that use fuzz

Pink Floyd

The White Stripes

Muse

Queens of the Stone Age

The Black Keys

The Smashing Pumpkins

ZZ Top

Led Zeppelin

Måneskin

Nirvana

Steppenwolf

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Butthole Surfers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

David Bowie

David Gilmour

Deftones

Dinosaur Jr.

Eddie Hazel

Frank Zappa

IDLES

julie

KALEO

Kings of Leon

Knocked Loose

Local H

MAN WITH A MISSION

Molotov

Sonic Youth

Steve Lacy

The Cranberries

The Doors

The Heavy

The Kinks

The Raconteurs

The Rolling Stones

Toadies

Weezer

Wet Leg

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Fuzz — FAQ

How do I get a fuzz tone on guitar?

Fuzz is all-in: huge sustain and thick, woolly saturation. The trick most people miss — roll your guitar's volume knob down and a good fuzz (Fuzz Face, Big Muff) cleans up to a gritty edge, so you can control the whole range from the guitar. Put fuzz FIRST in the chain, before wah and overdrive.

What songs use a fuzz pedal?

Famous songs that use fuzz include Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, Time by Pink Floyd, Mayonaise by The Smashing Pumpkins, Entombed by Deftones, Echoes by Pink Floyd, Bound for the Floor by Local H — and 63 tones on this page have researched settings you can adapt to your own rig.

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