Lovetone Big Cheese
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The Lovetone Big Cheese is a discontinued true bypass fuzz pedal which was made by the Lovetone company in England from 1995 to 2001.
[edit] Sound and Controls
The Big Cheese is famous for having peculiar names for its controls, which are:
- "Curds" (Gain)
- "Whey" (Volume)
- "Hog/Bee" (Tone)
It also has a tone selector switch, with four different settings:
- Off (tone bypass)
- 1 (mid-scoop)
- 2 (mid-boost)
- "Swiss" (gated)
[edit] Big Cheese Users
Notable musicians who have used the Big Cheese include:
- The Edge of U2 (can be heard on "Discothèque")
- Colin Greenwood of Radiohead (can be heard on "The National Anthem" and "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box", only when played live)
- J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.
- Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
- Jeff Tweedy of Wilco (can be heard on "At Least That's What You Said")
- Jimmy Page
- Brian Molko of Placebo
- Bob Rock
- Gary Moore
- Stephen Malkmus of Pavement
- Bootsy Collins
- Tim Bran of Dreadzone
- Billy Duffy of The Cult
- Nick Fyffe
- Larry Graham
- Steve Hackett
- Ernie Isley
- Danny Kortchmar
- Johnny Marr
- Will Sergeant
- Nikki Sixx
- Matthew Sweet
- Doug Wimbish
- Podge Duffy of Mudslide
- Katie Ricotta
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
