Month: October 2019
VFE Fuzz Duo
Happy Fuzz Friday! Here’s a pretty cool Fuzz Face variant from an equally cool builder, VFE. Both transistors are switchable between silicon and germanium, and it’s got a few other cool tweaks too. Schematic here for reference.
Poltava Fuzz Wah sans LFO
Another crazy USSR Fuzz Wah. As with Spektr 1 the LFO section is omitted. Fuzz circuit Wah circuit
Vita Fuzz
Fuzz Face derivate with a Big Muff style tonestack manufactured in Riga, Latvia in the late 70’s. Originals has a foot controlled treadle which adjusting volume. I subbed 30k resistor connecting to collector of Q2 with a 50k trimpot for fine tuning bias. Unverified
Ibanez NB-10 Noise Buster
Had a recent request for this one and thought it’d be a nice break from overdrives. Part of the Ibanez 10-series, it’s a noise gate that utilizes the LM1894 noise control chip. You can still get the chip off eBay and the SMD version is available from Arrow, Mouser, etc. You can wire it for … Read more
Spektr 1 Fuzz Wah sans LFO
Lot’s of love for old soviet circuits here lately, find it very interesting since sometimes the designers started from scratch with no input from the oustide world resulting in some quite unique designs. Here is a gnarly beast, Spektr -1 fuzz Wah. I omitted the LFO section connecting to Wah circuit since it needs a … Read more
Tesla AYZ 025 (Fuzz section)
Fuzz section lifted from of a fuzz wah from former Czechoslovakia which was produced in late 70’s and 80’s. By looking at the schematic it shares some similarites with Foxx Tone Machine.