USSR
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
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
Borisov Solo II Distortion
Distortion circuit found in Borisov Solo II guitars with added Gain and Body controls.
Borisov Formanta Fuzz
A really good sounding fuzz found in old soviet Borisov Formanta guitars. Added a pre gain control in front and a cap blend for the body control in the tonestack. I also tweaked collector resistor of connecting Q2 to 8,2k. Sounds loud, gnarly and heavy. Original has KT315B transistors but 2N2222A, 2N3904 and BC107 works … Read more