Jus Oborn of Electric Wizard has been seen using one of these so I had to build it. Raunchy fuzz but suffers from lack of output and the Boost control isn't a favorite of mine. So here is two layouts, one stock and the second with volume mod and a more useful Boost control. I also added a small pF cap across base and collector of Q1 to smooth things out a bit.
Stock circuit
Thanks for posting!!!! Built the mod after reading about Electric Wizard but didn't have a BC183C. I think I put a BC182L in there since I had some laying around. Sounds good if you dial it in just right but it's a little temperamental (it seems to squeal if the boost goes too loud). I'll keep playing with it and maybe I'll box it up...
ReplyDeleteAlso used BC182LC, great fuzz sound, but that 220 ohm resistor & the 220 ohm Boost pot are holding the tides back on this one. I suggest using the standard 1kB for the Boost?
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