Home built fuzz face

[Turret]

I hope I don't act against any rules doing this, but if you guys dig the fuzz boxes, check out my website

http://www.turretboard.org/

I have hundreds of projects and most of them are in fact Fuzz's in many flavors

From the Fuzz Face, to the Tonebenders and with everything in between

My website is vintage gear orientated, so you'll find other tasty projects to, like replica Univibe files. If you look further you'll find the Octavia, and VOX wah's - and that's my friend all you need for Jimmy tones

[vibratoking]

This place has a great PCB that will let build almost any flavor FF.

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pro ... fuzz-faces

+1 on the GE transistors, biasing, etc... You'll know when you have it wrong and also when it's right. It's a great circuit when done right. The hardest thing is to get the gain of the transistors correct so that it cleans up nicely when backing of the guitar volume.

FWIW, I don't like the Tonedbender circuit...to much splat for me.

[Turret]

FWIW, I don't like the Tonedbender circuit...to much splat for me.

There ware few TB circuits back then mate

- MK1 - Maestro Fuzztone based
- MK1.5 - similar to fuzz face
- MKII Professional - two versions, early short board without the input cap to ground, and long vero one, with the cap to ground. This circuits can be also found in Marshall Supa Fuzz
- Mk3/Mk4 - my personal favorite, smoother, greater sustain IMO, with addition of tone knob. Also issued under Rotosound, Park (with or without fuzz knob), and few others
- there was more, like Jumbo tonebender - kinda simplified big muff...

In short - kinda the same shit name-wise, but in lots of different flavors

[HeeBGB]

I have built the boutique 60's FF from GGG

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pro ... fuzz-faces

I have matched Germanium transistors in it from Small Bear Electronics.

I love it. My only complaint is that I built the original PNP version which is not compatible with many tip negative pedals so I need to run it off battery or buy a VooDoo labs isolated PS. I actually just bought a JOYO PS2 off Amazon. Haven't received it yet. I have read they are NOT isolated outputs but the sales blurb says it is so I will see and report back here.

[cbass]

I built a FF with silicon transistors I found some low gain transistors in a mixer.Worked pretty good cleans up decent as long you don't max the fuzz.

I got about 5 NOS GE's At a Music/Gun/pawn/Radioshack Store.For a buck But they are all higher gain.They had a bunch of older components but I didn' see mmuch besides those

[cbass]

The GGG guy lives bout 45 mins from here back up in the bojiggys