I'm no expert, and I'm certainly lacking the experience and expertise you guys have. But I love my fuzz as much as any of you, so I thought I might just contribute my one cent's worth. :lol:
I use this pedal called the Monsterpiece Two-headed fuzz. Built by this fellow from HCFX, not very well-known I must admit, but it gets the job done.
It's basically two pedals, one germanium and silicon built into one box.
I use it in conjunction with the Tubezone.
Tubezone --> Germanium --> Silicon.
I set the Tubezone to a smooth, low-gain tone, and when the Monsterpiece is kicked in (usually the Germ side) I get this dynamic and pick-sensitive half-fuzz-half-overdriven tone, not idea how to define it.
It cleans up real well, which I like, up the volume knob and the fuzziness becomes more prominent.
Pick softly and it's clean, to a certain extent, pick harder and you get the smooth low-gain overdrive with a sweet, thick fuzziness ringing all about in the background.
I can't really explain it, but fuzz is really something else. It's somewhat orgasmic, the way it splutters and spits sometimes.
Joy oh joy!