I do like some of the Beatles fuzz tones, and coincidentally I have a couple of Gretsch Guitars to match – so when I saw this, I thought I had to give it a try.
It’s very closely based on the preamp from the Vox UL series amps, which were used on Revolver and in some cases Sergeant Peppers. Hence the name.
The Schematic can be found here, on Pedal PCB.
CREEPY FINGERS LONELY HEARTS FUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
Updated from V1 as it had an error – this layout (V1b) works just fine. The 1k gate trimmer could be an external pot. It is quite useful.
Note that I used a different transistor for Q1, so the orientation is different to the layout above. I didn’t have a BC319, so I used a 2N3565 instead.
This is the signal taken from the collector of Q1 – it’s dirty from the first stage.
Q2 collector, full fuzz.
