I ran across this while looking at some music videos. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3tycj_marty-robbins-dont-worry_music)

Well, as usual the video won't load on a dialup. What is it about Marty Robbins that was surprising?

When Marty Robbins was recording his 1961 hit "Don't Worry", session guitarist Grady Martin accidentally created a fuzz effect[3] during the session. This came about because of a faulty channel in the console where Martin's guitar was plugged in. The effect was left in the recording and this is rumored to be the birth of the fuzz guitar. The song made position 1 one on the country charts and position 3 on the pop charts .

Others followed to recreate this effect in the psychedelic scene ect.

Ahhh! Interesting. Sorry to be a PITA, but my stupid ISP can't seem to provide us with anything besides a 31.2K connection.

Ahhh! Interesting. Sorry to be a PITA, but my stupid ISP can't seem to provide us with anything besides a 31.2K connection.

I feel your pain :tears:

That was a fabulous clip! Thanks for finding & posting it!

Link Wray's "Rumble" from 1958 predates this. And one of the first "fuzz distortion" guitar recordings is claimed to be "Rocket 88' by Ike Turner, in 1951, according to Wikipedia....

Interesting though.. they said the buzz was in the bass guitar in the setup, funky looking bass.. :\