This one sounds pretty mean and gritty to my ears. As there wasn't any info on the clipping diodes I had a play around and got quite a nice tone out of some BAT48 diodes.
Speaking of tone, unlike the tone pot on the Hagerman fuzz circuit, this one has an almost undetectable sweep. You hear a bit more grunt at the low end and a slight sparkle at the top end. Could be a wiring issue or a dodgy B100k, will look into it.
But yeah, tone wise, this one is pretty good, a nice textured snarl at high level and clears up when you dial back the guitar volume.
This one is gonna get boxed too!!
I'm gutted now, I think I've built all the Hagerman circuits here. What am I gonna build next???
But seriously, thanks Fuzzhead, awesome layouts as usual.
Now to go back to trying to get that mid-fi pitch pirate to work....
Dang man! I'm gonna have to build some of these Hagerman layouts when I have a chance. Is the hfe a little higher on the 2N3906? I have a bunch of mojo globe transistors right around the same gain as 2N3904s but not sure about 2N3906s. I'd assume I have a BJT somewhere in my stash that's similar. Anywho, thanks fuzzhead, you're awesome!
Another hour lunch break well spent!!
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds pretty mean and gritty to my ears. As there wasn't any info on the clipping diodes I had a play around and got quite a nice tone out of some BAT48 diodes.
Speaking of tone, unlike the tone pot on the Hagerman fuzz circuit, this one has an almost undetectable sweep. You hear a bit more grunt at the low end and a slight sparkle at the top end. Could be a wiring issue or a dodgy B100k, will look into it.
But yeah, tone wise, this one is pretty good, a nice textured snarl at high level and clears up when you dial back the guitar volume.
This one is gonna get boxed too!!
I'm gutted now, I think I've built all the Hagerman circuits here. What am I gonna build next???
But seriously, thanks Fuzzhead, awesome layouts as usual.
Now to go back to trying to get that mid-fi pitch pirate to work....
Excellent!
DeleteI'll tag it as soon as I can.
I forgot to write the info on the diodes, it should be 1N4148.
There is a few Hagerman stuff left in the backlog...you might want to have access to LM3900, LM13700 and PT2399 ICs for these, ;-)
Dang man! I'm gonna have to build some of these Hagerman layouts when I have a chance. Is the hfe a little higher on the 2N3906? I have a bunch of mojo globe transistors right around the same gain as 2N3904s but not sure about 2N3906s. I'd assume I have a BJT somewhere in my stash that's similar. Anywho, thanks fuzzhead, you're awesome!
ReplyDeleteOh wait, I see. The latter is PNP.
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