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The Fuzz Face boards are finished and on their way!
A few things to note about the design. First off, the transistor pads are spaced so I can solder in the nice Mill Max transistor sockets, so anyone who wants to experiment with transistors can do it easily.
Second, if you'll notice, C1 and C5 are set up for big axial capacitors. I have a pretty big stash of old-school axial caps for the turret builds and I thought the mojo would be nice for these.
C2 and C3 are for trimmer capacitors (25-120 pF), so the high end response of each transistor can be tailored to suit the player's tastes.
R5 is the Vactrol controlling the auto-bias circuit. I have high hopes for this. This pedal should never drift out of bias due to room temperature, which has always been a problem with germanium circuits. You set that, "Bias" potentiometer and it's going to keep the transistors at that level of current consumption no matter how they drift operationally.
If you'll notice, there are jumpers in the bottom right area to switch from PNP to NPN and there's a socket for a voltage inverter, so this can be built for either polarity of transistors.
I'd like to imagine that this is the Fuzz Face that solves all the issues people have ever had with Fuzz Face pedals. Time will tell.
OK, you can't mess with the input cap on the Fuzz Face. I tried several workarounds to change the input impedance, but it kind of stops sounding like a Fuzz Face the farther you get from the original circuit. And not in a good way, IMO.
Here you can see I've gone back to a 2.2 uF input cap, although now a ridiculously overkillified 250 volt cap. And it works like it should again. It doesn't care if it's a polarized electrolytic (my first guess, since I was using a non-polarized .68 uF), but it does want a certain amount of input impedance. Essentially it wants what goes there.
Now it makes more sense to me that Analog Mike builds those Sun Lion pedals that combine a Rangemaster and a Fuzz Face in one pedal. Those two were built for each other.
Dual fuzz made for Ian Jones of Code Blue. (Note: this is a custom one-off and won't be produced since Schumann Electronics makes the original "Two Face Fuzz")
Well not really Russian, just soviet themed.
FuzzFace with Ge transistors on perf.
Jumbo white LED in vintage green bezel.
Switchable smoothing cap on Q2
Glow in the dark paint, waterslide decal then clear.
The new Infinite Fuzz circuit board is pretty compact with the transistors moved off the board. Yeah, that's a 1971 Denver quarter just like on EVH's old Frankenstein guitar. I never said I wasn't a nerd.
Yeah, Analog Man Guitar Effects is run by a genius. This is the answer to sharpening up the attack of the Fuzz Face. Post-processing it with a Rangemaster. No wonder people love his Sun Lion pedals.
Man, if I was smarter my R&D process would take a LOT less time. I've been waiting for some diodes to come in to finish this little voltage inverter board that attaches to the 3PDT footswitch. They finally showed up today. I'm like, "That'll be a perfect solution!"
Just one tiny thing I hadn't considered...
Well not really Russian, just soviet themed.
FuzzFace with NOS Ge transistors on perf.
Jumbo white LED in vintage green bezel.
Switchable smoothing cap on Q2
Glow in the dark paint, waterslide decal then clear.
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