Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Bernarddur, the schematic and tracing wizard over at FSB got hands on a FM-2 a while ago. It turns out that the circuit went through some revisions during its short lifespan. The Fuzz Adjust (Tone) control had been reowrked and the recovery stage had been altered. Since it is one of my favorite vintage circuits … Read more
Traced and generously shared by Dirt Monger Instruments. Schematic can be downloaded HERE.
I’d somehow missed this one. The Ace Tone FM-3 Fuzz Master is similar to the Ace Tone FM-2 in looks and name, but that’s where the similarities end. The FM-2 is based on the Univox Super Fuzz and the FM-3 is a Big Muff variant. Schematic can be found here on Kit Rae’s BMP … Read more
I had a request for a stock Ace Tone FM-2 Fuzzmaster and realized I only had a quite heavily modified circuit in the library. So here it is Alex!
One more for the vintage Japanese Fuzz collection The Ace Tone FM-2 Fuzz Master – a variation on the venerable Super Fuzz. It’s a little different as the “Expander” control is missing (bypassed), which is the same as running it full-tilt all the time. It also uses silicon diodes instead of germanium and has a strange … Read more
Ace Tone FM-3 Fuzz Master without the boost option. From kitrae schem
Another Japanese Big Muff variant, this one has some substantial modifications. This has a footswitch to select between boost or fuzz, but you can’t use both at the same time. The boost mode has it’s own volume and tone pots. There are also other differences in biasing, filtering, as well as the location of the … Read more
