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27.1.11

H-FUZZ

here's a pedal i built up for a buddy of mine the other day.  he plays bass in the local chicago trio Hobo and Boxcar, and wanted something that he could use for bass as well as guitar.  i built him up a circuit that i came up with based on the Fuzz Face/Wooly Mammoth model, that shines when it comes to double duty fuzz action.  it's basically a tweaked fuzz face with russian GT309 transistors (a new fave of mine), that has the fuzz factory/wooly mammoth adjustable NFB gate control, an input gain pot, a max gain trimmer, and a LPF/switchable HPF adjustable tone control, similar to the Big Muff, that allows for guitar or bass functions.  the mid shift switch allows anything from fat scooped bass, a dirty overdrive, or mid-heavy motorhead style grind.   for guitar, it's capable of anything from monster thick doom tones to mosquito sixties style fuzz. topped off with some sweet vintage knobs, it's a great switch-hitter.



as an aside, after taking this picture, i realized that i wired the center pots up a little tight, so i simply switched the two middle pots around. now, if the nuts loosen up, the wires on the pots won't get pulled out so easily. a word to the wise- leave enough slack on your pots!

5 comments:

  1. jason reeves23.3.11

    What about a vero board layout?

    thanks,
    Jason

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  2. if i have a chance, i'll do one, but i'm working on some other projects at the moment. it's basically a wooly mammoth, so you could adapt a WM vero easily.

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  3. jason reeves24.4.11

    any possibility of getting a shot of the other side of your circuit board? I'm having a hard time translating the schematic to a board. any pointers?

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  4. jason reeves24.4.11

    What I don't see in the schematic is the footswitch, where might that be?

    thanks,
    Jason

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  5. sorry, this box is no longer in my possession. footswitches are generally left off most stompbox schematics, as true bypass pedals are generally the same throughout. i suggest looking at some of the links on the page to the right. Geofex has a lot of good info, and general guitar gadgets has wiring diagrams of every type of bypass you could ever want. as far as the vero layout, i don't have one drawn up at the moment, possibly some time in the future. i'll try and make it sooner than later.

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