Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
They don’t come much more straightforward than this – said to be a Dick Denney design, the Colorsound Fuzz Box is a one-knob silicon fuzz face with a couple of value tweaks, but other than that, you know what you’re getting here. This circuit is also found in the Vox V1141 Super Beatle solid state amplifier. … Read more
And I thought some of my layouts were big… The D*A*M Head Buzz is a standard Fuzz Face clone made in limited numbers for a Japanese Guitar shop. D*A*M HEAD BUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
This has now been traced by Aion FX – it turns out the NG-3 is very different to the NG-2. Miles apart… While this still makes for a decent fuzz, it’s NOT a NG-3. Layouts have been removed for this reason. Here’s the link to the trace The Pete Cornish NG-3 is pretty much the … Read more
The Emanating Fist Black Dust is yet another one-knob Fuzz Face variant. Emanating Fist is part of the D*A*M family of effects. EMANATING FIST BLACK DUST – VERO LAYOUT VIDEO DEMO
So after a couple of larger than necessary layouts, I thought I might go small and simple: I give you, the D*A*M Meathead, which is of course a one-knob silicon Fuzz Face variant. This has a small input cap for a fuzz face type circuit – expect it to be very midrange focused. D*A*M MEATHEAD … Read more
And on the eighth day… well not exactly that long ago, but close – and yes others came before, but it’s hard to not acknowledge the Arbiter Fuzz Face as being a giant of vintage fuzz, a design icon if you like, with possibly the most widely recognised enclosure ever made. It’s hard not to like a Fuzz … Read more
The Lovepedal Fuzz Master is a silicon Fuzz Face with a blend control on the input shifting between two capacitors to increase/decrease the frequency range at the input stage. It uses silicon PNP 2N3906 transistors with a standard power supply – so if the layout looks a little odd, that’s what’s happening. V+ goes to the … Read more
Yeah it’s another Tone Bender…. The Vox was one of the longest running in production, and it’s a variation of a Fuzz Face, or vice versa. VOX TONE BENDER – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT VOX TONE BENDER MODS Increase the size of the output capacitor. 4n7 is pretty small, considering a Fuzz Face … Read more
The mysterious Sola Sound MK1.5 Tone Bender, which is pretty much a Fuzz Face, or a Fuzz Face is a MK1.5 Tone Bender – either way… just don’t try and bias it like a Fuzz Face. You can the find history of the Tone Bender on Kit Rae’s Big Muff Page and also on David Main’s (D*A*M) … Read more
The Earthquaker Devices Dirt Transmitter is basically a silicon Fuzz Face with a pot to control the input level and a tone stack. The bias for Q2 is external. But gotta love a tricked-out fuzz. EARTHQUAKER DEVICES DIRT TRANSMITTER – VERO LAYOUT