JDM Pedals Buzz Hound Germanium Fuzz no-talking demo (Baldwin Burns Buzzaround Clone)

Here’s a demo of the JDM Pedals Buzz Hound, a Germanium fuzz pedal based on the legendary Burns Baldwin Buzzaround, played, amongst others, by Robert Fripp on the early King Crimson records. Joe from JDM gave me the pedal for free in exchange for me making this vid; no money changed hands, Joe has no say over the content of this vid and didn’t see it before publishing. Here we go :-)

00:00 - Pre-credit
00:14 - Intro song (Pixies - Where Is My Mind)
01:38 - Clean tone vs. Buzz Hound
01:55 - John Barry - The Persuaders Theme Song
02:43 - King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
03:31 - The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (Buzz Hound vs. Skinpimp Tonebender Mk. I clone)
04:35 - Knob-Turn Alley
05:23 - Floh de Cologne - Wolfs-Lied (Bin der Wolf und habe Pläne)
05:47 - Buzz Hound & guitar volume knob
06:06 - Bossa Nova loop
07:03 - The Fly
07:28 - Buzz Hound with Wah
07:40 - Outro Song (Buzz Hound with phaser)


In 2015, I wanted to try some new fuzzes. Joe Dochterman from JDM Pedals (https://www.joedocmusic.com/pedals/) was so kind to send me three fuzzes he had built; they were all great, my favourite was the Tonemaster (later renamed to “Vindicator”), a combination of a Tonebender Mk II type fuzz and a Dallas Rangemaster-ish treble booster in a convenient small box. I bought a second one this year, there’s one Tonemaster/Vindicator on each of my two pedalboards now.

Joe’s new Buzz Hound pedal is quite different from the Vindicator: The Vindicator is very convenient for playing live, it runs from standard 9v power supplies, has LEDs, and cleans up well when turning down the guitar volume. The Fuzz Hound OTOH runs from a 9V battery (it can easily be modded for power supply operation, the 9V jack is already built-in; but according to Joe, it sounds best when powered by a zinc-carbon battery), gives you more control over the low end, doesn’t clean up that well, but gives you a fantastic lead sound. Well, hear for yourself :-)


Signal chain for this vid:
1973 Fender Stratocaster and Reverend Club King 290 into JDM Pedals Buzz Hound Germanium Fuzz, into Vintage Sound Vintage 15 with Weber 12" speaker and Real Guitars Little Leo with 2×10" speakers. Recorded with Sennheiser e906 and e606 mics. Pedal board on some tracks: JDM Buzz Hound ⇨ ProStage Remote Wah ⇨ Line 6 HX Stomp, with MXR Phase 95 and Kingsley Page TS Tube Overdrive in the loop.

De Delevee HotRod II Bass recorded through HX Stomp and IGS Volfram Limiter. Yamaha FJ-645A steel string acoustic guitar recorded through AKG C451 mic and Neumann V476B preamp. Elektron Analog RYTM on drums (and analog bass synth on The Persuaders Theme) recorded IGS Volfram Limiter.

Vocals by @mikaduee recorded through Sennheiser 441 mic, Neumann V476B preamp and IGS Volfram Limiter.

All tracks recorded via RME Fireface UC into Cubase 11. Solo guitar parts of the vid recorded to two mono tracks, only minimal eq, compression and limiting added in Cubase. Full songs contain addional FX on electric guitar tracks (especially reverb).

Filmed with Canon 650D and Sony Alpha 7 (also adding some camera audio), edited in Premiere Pro.

“Where is my Mind” written by Black Francis.
“Theme from ‘The Persuaders’” written by John Barry.
“21st Century Schizoid Man” written by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald.
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.
“Wolfs-Lied” written by Vridolin Enxing.

All cover songs © by their original writers and publishing companies; covered here in the framework of fair use for educational purposes.

All the rest © 2024 TheGuacamoleXplosion.