Made this one and put in a DPDT where the diodes go switching between silicon and germnanium diodes - inspired by Earthquaker Devices Fuzzmaster General. Make it a DPDT on-off-on, and the middle section (no diodes) makes it work like a Green Ringer, I'm told. Very cool mod - can recommend it to builders.
What a nasty pig this is. I guess I've never really heard a real Fuzzmaster. The up octave is very prominent all over the fretboard. Especially with the right germanium diode. So far 1N34A's are giving the clearest octave. I also like D9K's and 1N270's. Sesh's advice to add a switch and throw some silicons at it and even omit diodes was a good one. Oh yeah, watch your pinouts. I threw 2N3904's in not thinking of where the emitter was on the layout and had absolutely no sound at all. Thanks Sesh! and fuzzhead, hope you're healing up nicely.
I returned to this circuit recently. I decided to try to expand it's functions a little. FWIW, I thought I would add a quick note of my preferences and possible simple mods. I increased the 100nf a little for a bit more girth when needed. I misbiased the bias resistor on Q5 to make it sound a little more ripped. A pot there works well. But for a fixed resistor, I liked it at about 360k or so. I added a diode switch and really liked 1N34a's as well as an asymmetrical 1N4001/1N4148 combo (horrible in a great way). No diodes in the middle setting. I stole the input control from the Earthquaker version (B100K). And lastly I added a switch to eliminate the octave temporarily by lifting the emitter of Q3. Pulling back on the input or on your guitar volume tightens up the fuzz and the misbiasing of Q5 gives the full fuzz setting more character. Fuzzhead's version sounds great as it is but I wanted to get it to do a bit more. Oh and I liked 2N2222a's best. Thanks
Just built this angry octave fuzz, very very nice indeed - I've built myself a couple of super/hyperfuzzes, this one feels rawer and less modern, responds really well to guitar volume control as well. Small mods - I ended up with 2n2222as all around, wired a 50kB as diode lift pot, and biased the Q5 emmiter with 1.2kohm instead of 390ohm. I felt that 390ohm in my initial build was kind of affecting the initial pick attack and the note sustain, and raising this value improved this behaviour to my taste (all subjective of course).
I liked this so much that next I think I might go fo the Wattson EFY6 :)
Made this one and put in a DPDT where the diodes go switching between silicon and germnanium diodes - inspired by Earthquaker Devices Fuzzmaster General. Make it a DPDT on-off-on, and the middle section (no diodes) makes it work like a Green Ringer, I'm told. Very cool mod - can recommend it to builders.
ReplyDeleteIs this layout a more compact version of the Fuzzmaster w/ Beaker mods (as seen on tagboard effects)?
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What a nasty pig this is. I guess I've never really heard a real Fuzzmaster. The up octave is very prominent all over the fretboard. Especially with the right germanium diode. So far 1N34A's are giving the clearest octave. I also like D9K's and 1N270's. Sesh's advice to add a switch and throw some silicons at it and even omit diodes was a good one. Oh yeah, watch your pinouts. I threw 2N3904's in not thinking of where the emitter was on the layout and had absolutely no sound at all. Thanks Sesh! and fuzzhead, hope you're healing up nicely.
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ReplyDeleteI returned to this circuit recently. I decided to try to expand it's functions a little. FWIW, I thought I would add a quick note of my preferences and possible simple mods. I increased the 100nf a little for a bit more girth when needed. I misbiased the bias resistor on Q5 to make it sound a little more ripped. A pot there works well. But for a fixed resistor, I liked it at about 360k or so. I added a diode switch and really liked 1N34a's as well as an asymmetrical 1N4001/1N4148 combo (horrible in a great way). No diodes in the middle setting. I stole the input control from the Earthquaker version (B100K). And lastly I added a switch to eliminate the octave temporarily by lifting the emitter of Q3. Pulling back on the input or on your guitar volume tightens up the fuzz and the misbiasing of Q5 gives the full fuzz setting more character. Fuzzhead's version sounds great as it is but I wanted to get it to do a bit more. Oh and I liked 2N2222a's best. Thanks
ReplyDeleteJust built this angry octave fuzz, very very nice indeed - I've built myself a couple of super/hyperfuzzes, this one feels rawer and less modern, responds really well to guitar volume control as well.
ReplyDeleteSmall mods - I ended up with 2n2222as all around, wired a 50kB as diode lift pot, and biased the Q5 emmiter with 1.2kohm instead of 390ohm. I felt that 390ohm in my initial build was kind of affecting the initial pick attack and the note sustain, and raising this value improved this behaviour to my taste (all subjective of course).
I liked this so much that next I think I might go fo the Wattson EFY6 :)
Thank you for the layout!