SumOne

Nice one. I think I might be overthinking it a bit, obsessing over fuzz while I should be working from home during lockdown! But yeah, the EHX deluxe Sovtek might be what I need for my slightly OCD pickyness about fuzz (also ideally trying to keep pedals small to have as many as possible on my board though!). I'm interested in 2nd hand so give me a shout if you sell any, I'm considering anything in the list above, or possibly others.

I've had the EHX Bass Big Muff (and deluxe) but am looking for something a bit smother and fatter sounding, warm fuzzy harmonics without being synthy or farty- which I think leads me to the Green Russian. My search has led to: - EHX Green Russian - Earthquaker Hoof - COG Tarkin - Way Huge Russian Pickle EHX sounds good but is it too muddy not having mid control? Same with Way huge. Because of that I'm leaning towards the Tarkin with its mid switches, but it costs nearly double the EHX and has at least 6 week wait time. Or perhaps the Hoof, but that costs even more. Any other suggestions?

Something about the Aftershock didn't do it for me. I bought it to replace a big muff and an overdrive but I found it wasn't quite as good at either of them - very close though. It's a good versatile pedal but perhaps jack of all trades and master of none? Possibly that's me being unfair and its a mental thing: I might have been put off by too much choice and endless fine tuning - too much mucking about via laptop and phone when I'm trying to get away from them when playing Bass. It gave a feel of being clinical rather than soulful/musical analog pedals that you learn idiosyncrasies and what works with them in a way that feels more like learning a musical instrument than how to programme software.