Members mike.sartori Posted February 5, 2007 Members Share Posted February 5, 2007 Ok, I'm puting a fuzz face circuit inside my strat, and I think I'm going with silicon instead of germanium for reliability/cost/ease of finding parts. However, even though finding silicon transistors in not so hard, there are so many that people use for fuzz-faces! I think I want lo-gain, (relatively) so If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would really apreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skr3ddy Posted February 5, 2007 Members Share Posted February 5, 2007 Ok, I'm puting a fuzz face circuit inside my strat, and I think I'm going with silicon instead of germanium for reliability/cost/ease of finding parts. However, even though finding silicon transistors in not so hard, there are so many that people use for fuzz-faces! I think I want lo-gain, (relatively) so If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would really apreciate it! With BC108 and BC109 transistors, they are available in specified gain ranges. The lowest gains are A, mediums are B, and highest are C. Buy a couple BC108Bs and a couple of BC109Cs and mix'n'match, experiment. Good luck! Also check in at http://diystompboxes.com/ for more info (and use the search function there, as there is a treasure trove of data already in the archives). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hanglow Posted February 5, 2007 Members Share Posted February 5, 2007 The colorsound one knob fuzz uses BC108 and 109's. It's a tiny build too (as are most fuzz's I guess - I've just made one up but have yet to test it so don't know how it sounds. http://aronnelson.com/gallery/album21 I used that, getting it through diystompboxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members autopilot Posted February 5, 2007 Members Share Posted February 5, 2007 i like 2n3904 for silicon fuzz face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mlabbee Posted February 5, 2007 Members Share Posted February 5, 2007 Check out the Sili-Face or Sili-Face II from runoffgroove.com - I built the II in a box and am pretty happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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