Fuzzrite
This is a clone of the old silicon Mosrite Fuzzrite pedal. I wanted to do it mainly because of Pino Rucher's tone on, 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' but also because of Iron Butterfly.
I've been told that the magic happens with 80-90 hFE in Q1 and 60 hFE or so in Q2. The idea being that the second transistor has less output than the first. So I put a vintage BC108 in Q1 and a very nice gold-pin 2N3724 in Q2.
It really does sound like that thing. Kind of harsh and trebly and not very friendly. Run it into some spring reverb to get that Spaghetti Western mojo going.
Fuzzrite
This is a clone of the old silicon Mosrite Fuzzrite pedal. I wanted to do it mainly because of Pino Rucher's tone on, 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' but also because of Iron Butterfly.
I've been told that the magic happens with 80-90 hFE in Q1 and 60 hFE or so in Q2. The idea being that the second transistor has less output than the first. So I put a vintage BC108 in Q1 and a very nice gold-pin 2N3724 in Q2.
It really does sound like that thing. Kind of harsh and trebly and not very friendly. Run it into some spring reverb to get that Spaghetti Western mojo going.