Tag Fuzz Face

Fuzz Face NPN Ge

I have this bag of NPN Germanium transistors. These are rare and you don’t see them much in pedals. They offer a huge advantage over the typical PNP types found in Fuzz Face’s, you can use a regular power supply!…

OSHPark PCBs

OSHPark.com is PCB service in the US. I’ve used them a few times. Here is the results of my most recent order. OSHPark charges $5 per square inch. The size of your board matters! You get three board and free…

The Sultan v1.1

Heres an update to the Sultan. Read about my error in the first version of the pcb here. I made a mistake and the jacks grounds were not grounded on the first version. I ordered an updated board from PCBWay.com…

Elktronics Fuzz Build

This PCB came from Elktronics. It’s fuzz similar to the fuzz face and Tonebender built around the CA3046/3086 transistor array. Here’s a demo: The board came with all of the surface mount parts in place. I needed to add the…

Elktronics Fuzz

Electronics PCB

Here is an interesting fuzz built around the CA3046/3086 transistor array. Looks like a Fuzz Face/Tone Bender built around the low gain transistors in the 3046 This is a pedal from Elktronics. Looks like they sold out of their first…

The Sultan Fuzz

This is my entry in the End of Days Fuzz Challenge 2022. Based on the Fuzz Face with an added two band tone control similar to the tone controls on Orange and Ampeg amplifiers. I wrote about this circuit in…

The Sultan

The Sultan is my first entry to the End of Days Fuzz Challenge. Based on the fuzz Face with a Bass and Treble tone control similar to tone controls used on Orange and Matamp amps. The Fuzz Face is a…

Fuzz Face Ge NPN

This is a NPN germanium Fuzz Face. It’s never sounded quite right I think the bias is off. Willl need to open this up and take a closer look.