Members franjo Posted July 30, 2006 Members Share Posted July 30, 2006 dear effecteers & pedallers,dear builders, i own 3 germanium fuzzes with variations on the 3knob tonebender circuit. i can swap transistors in all of them. fooling around with one, i discovered that i had put in the oc-74 into the q1-position incorrectly. much to my surprise, i didn't get the big buzz i hoped for (of course), but while i had the fuzz full up, it got some germanium crunch with it. in addition to that, i suddenly got a wonderful CLEAN-UP with my volume poti!!! this works as well with oc-70, oc-75,oc-76, oc-82 and the usual oc-44. have i discovered the secret of fuzz clean-ups? it's so mysterious. i just wanted to share this with You. franjofuzzaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members outofmoney Posted July 30, 2006 Members Share Posted July 30, 2006 bump. this is interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Janglin_Jack Posted July 30, 2006 Members Share Posted July 30, 2006 I have read some stuff where there are some optimum values for each of the position/circuits. That is why people like Analogman is testing and tuning his SunFace circuits. Check out his webpage for more. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franjo Posted July 31, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 31, 2006 dear janglin jack, sorry i found nothing like that on the analogman's site, just some tranny discussion of ac18 vs. nkt275 thanks anyway franjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franjo Posted August 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 1, 2006 any comments, please? franjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted August 1, 2006 Members Share Posted August 1, 2006 Perhaps go post this same question in the D.I.Y. forum??? Somebody over there might be able to give you some answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Godin73 Posted August 2, 2006 Members Share Posted August 2, 2006 I'm not a tech expert, but I'll share what I was told by BYOC-Keith. A tonebender is basically a fuzzface circuit with a germanium boost before it, at full blast. That's why, in the original circuit, the amount of fuzz is not very controllable, since you don't control the first germ boost but the second part of the circuit. In later clones, this is usually 'corrected' so there's more control.Now, if I follow your steps and you say you did something wrong with the first tranny then it wouldn't be so strange that you have a good cleaning up germanium fuzz sound. You accidentally got rid of the boost in front of it.Basically that's a step back in time, rather than an improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted August 2, 2006 Members Share Posted August 2, 2006 sounds about right Originally posted by Godin73 I'm not a tech expert, but I'll share what I was told by BYOC-Keith. A tonebender is basically a fuzzface circuit with a germanium boost before it, at full blast. That's why, in the original circuit, the amount of fuzz is not very controllable, since you don't control the first germ boost but the second part of the circuit. In later clones, this is usually 'corrected' so there's more control. Now, if I follow your steps and you say you did something wrong with the first tranny then it wouldn't be so strange that you have a good cleaning up germanium fuzz sound. You accidentally got rid of the boost in front of it. Basically that's a step back in time, rather than an improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tonemeister87 Posted August 2, 2006 Members Share Posted August 2, 2006 Originally posted by ColorsoundKid +1I don't know what's in my Fuzz Factory, but its almost brighter when its cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franjo Posted August 2, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2006 thanx, godin73! franjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Janglin_Jack Posted August 2, 2006 Members Share Posted August 2, 2006 Originally posted by franjo dear janglin jack,sorry i found nothing like that on the analogman's site, just some tranny discussion of ac18 vs. nkt275thanks anywayfranjo Sorry, I didn't mean to mis direct you. Analogman talks about how he tests the transistors and tunes the circuit. I found other webpages that delt with optimum values, etc. I can't find the links, but if you dig, you might be able to find stuff using DIY Fuzz Face search criteria. You will find little things like this: http://www.geocities.com/stompbox2001/ac128.htm Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franjo Posted August 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 3, 2006 c'est mon ami jacques! merci bien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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