Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 I just finished building it today. Its another fuzz face variant, the Joe Gagan EASY FACE. I think this is by far my favorite fuzz face variant I've heard and built. The tone has just the right amount of fuzz and not to muddy sounding like the fuzz face and its variants. This fuzz pedal is a hybrid, uses one silicon transistor and one germainium transistor. By bluesguitar65 at 2012-06-20 By bluesguitar65 at 2012-06-20 By bluesguitar65 at 2012-06-20 Here are all the fuzz face clones I'vbe built so far, L-R (70s Boutique Fuzz Face, a fulltone 70 fuzz clone, 69' Boutique Fuzz Face, also a 69' Fulltone fuzz clone, and the Joe Gagan Easy Face, my favorite of the bunch.) By bluesguitar65 at 2012-06-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 nice work ! Easy Face was quite popular here about 10 years ago when JoeGagan was posting here a lot (he was a very helpful and knowledgeable chap). Later on Joe got a bit of a bad rep here because of some issues with a batch of Brontoboost pedals that were ordered and paid for but it took forever to build these. I think in the end some people never received their pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mmolteratx Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Joe's still present on the D*A*M forum. Nice and knowledgeable guy. I've heard some horror stories regarding Nine Volt Nirvana though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 He had some private issues that needed sorting out first and was short of funds and at some point seemed to have given up making pedals while people were still waiting on theirs. So he vanished from the forums and came back a year later trying to make things good again. He did attempt to pay back or deliver the pedals, but it took a couple of years and some people had just given up on him and did not get anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Wow...never knew about Joe Gagan's story. Pretty sad that many have gotten ripped off, but his easy face pedal is an awesome pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 in his own words"basic story is that i tried to grow too big too fast.got divorced and got slapped with huge debt from previous business failures.tried to keep nvn afloat in the midst of all that, making too many promises i couldn't keep. bottom line - poor financial management and an undercapitalized venture." some old threads where did he go? in which he reappears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A.P. Ryder Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Wow! A blast from the past.Seems like a nice guy, despite the {censored}storm. That was, what?, like 10 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Man, I had huuuuge GAS for his Dinosaur fuzz, but I was broke and/or {censored} with money and it never happened. OP: what's the difference between the Easy Face and the other FFs you've built- sonically and electronically? The '70 clone is Si and the '69 is Ge, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Wow! A blast from the past.Seems like a nice guy, despite the {censored}storm. That was, what?, like 10 years ago? yup, very nice guy, very helpful, anyway, it will be 10 years ago next yearI added him as a friend on FB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 DIY Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 I heard that you can jam in Joe's garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members digital Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 in his own words"basic story is that i tried to grow too big too fast.got divorced and got slapped with huge debt from previous business failures.tried to keep nvn afloat in the midst of all that, making too many promises i couldn't keep. bottom line - poor financial management and an undercapitalized venture."some old threadswhere did he go?in which he reappears i kinda forgot if i got my money back or not... it's been 5 years... but i think i did.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 i kinda forgot if i got my money back or not... it's been 5 years... but i think i did.. good, I think Gappie was forgotten, and GainsterI dunno, indeed long time agowhat have you been doing lately digital ? digitall stuff ?I still have that Chile Picoso I got from you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A.P. Ryder Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 The things we remember.I remember he and his brother (?) were both lefties, so it was an all lefy band. Maybe one of them played a double-neck? I might be pulling this stuff out of my ass. Used to love the look of his pedals and heard they sounded brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Man, I had huuuuge GAS for his Dinosaur fuzz, but I was broke and/or {censored} with money and it never happened.OP: what's the difference between the Easy Face and the other FFs you've built- sonically and electronically? The '70 clone is Si and the '69 is Ge, right? The Easy Face is much more versatile, does not get too muddy and wooley. The Easy Face also is very sensitive to the guitar's volume, lowering it really cleans up really well and at full, you get that smooth, musical fuzz. The easy face uses one Silicon at Q1 and one Germanium at Q2. I recommend building one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warioblast Posted June 22, 2012 Members Share Posted June 22, 2012 I have only been Jbrazz'd once. It was Joe Gagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WeStartToDrift Posted June 22, 2012 Members Share Posted June 22, 2012 DIY Thread! Yes, join us in the DIY thread and stop cluttering up the main page! You've been doing some cool builds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted June 22, 2012 Members Share Posted June 22, 2012 oops wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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