Lovetone Big Cheese

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lovetone Big Cheese

Lovetone Big Cheese

The Lovetone Big Cheese is a discontinued true bypass fuzz pedal which was made by the Lovetone company in England from 1995 to 2001.

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)

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
Maze Valentin of Union Youth

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../l/o/v/Lovetone_Big_Cheese_fa0c.html"

Categories: Incomplete lists | Effects units

Advanced Search include all of these words: include this exact phrase: include at least one of these words: exclude these words: language: file type: last updated: limit domain to: that link to: related to:

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links
This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.