Tag: Fuzz Face

  • The Sultan v1.1

    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 to move this project out of the prototype phase. This was my entry in the…

  • Elktronics Fuzz Build

    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 two box caps, the two glass diodes, and the CA3046. I put a socket in…

  • Elktronics Fuzz

    Elktronics Fuzz

    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 3046/3086. This is a pedal from Elktronics. Looks like they sold out of their first run of these. Here’s a demo video: Sounds pretty good! It’s got some great fuzz…

  • The Sultan Fuzz

    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 this post: The Sultan. I was pretty happy with the sounds on the breadboard so…

  • The Sultan

    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 classic circuit. There are many Fuzz Face variants out there that sound great. The classic…

  • Woolly Mammoth clone

    Woolly Mammoth clone.

  • 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.

  • D*A*M Meathead Clone

  • Haunting Mids Mini

  • Build a Fuzz Face

    Build a Fuzz Face

    This is a guide to building a Fuzz Face. It’s a step by step set of instructions. The build uses perfboard and mounts the pots on the board which makes a for a clean build with little board wiring. This is a great sounding project the parts are pretty easy to get. Fuzz Face Build…

  • Some Fuzz Faces

    Some Fuzz Faces

    Finally getting back to building some Fuzz Face’s I started a while back. Here’s a picture, you can see the sockets for the transistors, two sets of three in a row, in the center. The input socket is two small socket pins on the right center, and the output cap is on the bottom center.

  • Millenium Bypass – Working!

    Millenium problesm all solved with the help of R.G. Who kindly pointed out that I probably didn’t have a path to ground on the out put of the effect. Which was exactly right. After having the Millennium work so well on the SHO, I decided to add one to a Fuzz Face. This Fuzz Face…