Something of a classic, the Fender Blender is a monster octave fuzz. I’d be tempted to remove the Blend pot myself, as I don’t like fuzz pedals with clean blend. Probably advisable to add LEDs to the Tone boost switch too. Layout has been designed for a wide enclosure to accomodate the switching and 4 x knobs. Should be enough room to add a few extra columns for mounting points.
FENDER BLENDER – VERO LAYOUT
FENDER BLENDER – SCHEMATIC / LTSPICE
Looking at the schematic, essentially what you have here is a Foxx Tone Machine, with a bit more going on. Certainly more extreme on the fuzz side of things, and unlike the Foxx, you can’t turn off the octave (unless you wanted to add a switch to disconnect C6 from the emitter of Q3).
Signal on the collector and emitter of the inverter stage, before being joined together to form the octave
Post diode clipping – the signal is throughly destroyed by this stage
The Tone Boost switch – notch filtered or raw fuzz
Looks a little different by the time it hits the output – tone control in circuit








