Thursday 29 August 2019

Way Huge Conquistador Fuzzstortion



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  1. I built two of this and with the gain maxed up, it self oscillate, but no musical thing like fuzz factory. And if I put a resistor to limit the gain on the pot, it no has enough gain. Any suggestion?

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    1. Hmmm. I don't know. This layout is verified(not by me but by AlexS). Have you triple checked the usual things like solderbridges, solder joints etc. Are you using the stock transistors?

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    2. What transistor did you use? Mine is very gated, but sounds just like the demo videos.

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    3. I didn't remember the germanium one, it's a russian low gain. The hfe is about 80, but the germanium one seems act on the last amplification part and not the gain part. And i used 2n3906 to silicon part. I built 2 board and I have the same problem. Its gated, sounds like the video, but with gain maxed up it oscillates.

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    4. All three are supposed to be silicon. Try another 2n3906 there until you can get what you need. It sounded ok in mine. Right now it has a BD136 as I read it's close to the stock MJE210.

      As an experiment, I also tried several germanium transistors in Q3 when I first built it and it oscillated, like yours.

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