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So there are less set rules with fuzz, what constitutes good, bad, and good-bad. Fuzz covers tones from crapping-out to unbelievably harmonically rich. There seems to be more set rules about what people want in a delay (it needs to have at least X amount of delay time, or needs to be darkish and analog, or needs to be pristine and perfect).where there's a whole range of fuzz sounds, and people don't just want one or two (like delay, sticking with the example), but might want a gated fuzz, crunchy fuzz, and overdriven and sustaining fuzz, a crackly and noisy fuzz, an oscillating fuzz (and there's even a huge variety in the oscillation you can produce with different fuzzes). And even though fuzz is just a niche in the overall pedal world, fuzz fans flock together.I think partly because there's a lot to talk about! I'm not sure you could have a whole message board dedicated to delay love (and if there were/is, I imagine there would be 2-3 factions all debating the merits of 3-5 hot delays). Tom: My search for the perfect fuzz was what got me into pedals in the first place. P90Noir : Fuzz seems to be your forte, what is it about fuzz pedals that you like so much? (Though I've got to thank Laura Bennett and Pat Corrigan for painting some FuzzHugger pedals, Inga for shipping and moral support, and Pete for working on some new circuits.) But even though things have really grown, at the end of the day, it's still me painting and wiring pedals. I've been building pedals for.12 years? I started small and slow, with bypass / signal-routing boxes, really just out of personal need, or bandmates' needs-it was a long time before FuzzHugger came into being. Most of my pedals were designed and tested on P90s. Tom: First, I've got to say, hi and thanks! And that P90s happen to be my favorite pickups. P90Noir: How long have you been building pedals and how did you get started? P90Noir Interview with Tom Dalton, FuzzHugger(fx)