Members Dinosaur Sr. Posted January 30, 2013 Members Share Posted January 30, 2013 Into a clean amp: Buzzy as crap. No dice.Into a slightly dirty amp: Probably my favorite fuzz of all time. Texture changes tremendously with the volume knob. Doesn't clean up like a Fuzz Face, but you can go from light breakup to full-on fuzz territory and then some. The Attack knob never cleans the sound up, even at its minimum, but every position is very usable to my ears. Works well with single-coils and humbuckers, where I feel that my Fuzz Face tends to favor single-coils and fart out with humbuckers.I'm sold, I have a feeling that this might kick a couple pedals off my board if the honeymoon lasts.Been hunting for the fuzz tone in my head for a long, long time now, think this might be the one for me. Anyone else have a similar experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted January 30, 2013 Members Share Posted January 30, 2013 I built one a couple of years ago using a Tonepad PCB and OC-77 transistors from Smallbear. Yeah, the gain knob on mine is nearly useless too, it's pretty fuzzed out with the gain all the way down. I haven't put it on my pedalboard because I need to fix the power adapter and LED wiring. :catindifferent: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KuntfacedKunt Posted January 30, 2013 Members Share Posted January 30, 2013 Dinosaur Sr. wrote: Into a clean amp: Buzzy as crap. No dice. Into a slightly dirty amp: Probably my favorite fuzz of all time. Texture changes tremendously with the volume knob. Doesn't clean up like a Fuzz Face, but you can go from light breakup to full-on fuzz territory and then some. The Attack knob never cleans the sound up, even at its minimum, but every position is very usable to my ears. Works well with single-coils and humbuckers, where I feel that my Fuzz Face tends to favor single-coils and fart out with humbuckers. I'm sold, I have a feeling that this might kick a couple pedals off my board if the honeymoon lasts. Been hunting for the fuzz tone in my head for a long, long time now, think this might be the one for me. Anyone else have a similar experience? nice. did you build it from a kit? if not, where'd you source the parts?I'm interested in building one as well. I have a Rotosound Fuzz Ri on the way that's a variation on the circuit, can't wait to get it.I just got a BSM Fuzzbender which is a Tonebender MKI and a Fuzzface switchable in the same pedal, sounds amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dinosaur Sr. Posted January 30, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2013 nice. did you build it from a kit? if not, where'd you source the parts? I'm interested in building one as well. I have a Rotosound Fuzz Ri on the way that's a variation on the circuit, can't wait to get it. I just got a BSM Fuzzbender which is a Tonebender MKI and a Fuzzface switchable in the same pedal, sounds amazing. No kit, I just found a random Veroboard layout online that looked good to me, sourced all the parts through Small Bear, minus the control knobs from Mammoth. I used OC75 germaniums, only issue was that one of them got shattered in the mail, but Small Bear sent a replacement out without a fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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