Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Univox Super Fuzz is indeed super – possibly my most favourite octave fuzz ever… that was until I discovered the Foxx Tone Machine. It’s now second on the list, although it’s kind of special to me, largely due to Poison Ivy from the Cramps. It’s a legendary fuzz sold under many different names, … Read more
So it’s a Super Fuzz… well, almost. The Ibanez No59 Standard Fuzz has a JFET booster, as opposed to the more complicated 2 x transistor arrangement in the Univox Super Fuzz, and a very slight change in the tone filter section; apart from that, same same. It’s more Super Fuzz than the Ibanez Standard Wau Fuzz, … Read more
Not one seen often in the wild – this is the fuzz section from the Roland AD-50 fuzz wah. ROLAND AD-50 DOUBLE BEAT – VERO LAYOUT
The Ibanez Standard Wau Fuzz is a variation on the Univox Super Fuzz (like so many others). It’s slightly more compact as it uses a JFET instead of 2 x transistors to boost the signal. IBANEZ STANDARD WAU FUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
This is a bare-bones Roland BeeBaa. I built the full version and found that all I really used was the scooped fuzz sound – so this is just that. Nothing but unadulterated vintage Japanese fuzz…. I think this works best with low-gain transistors. I made a version using weird KT315 Soviet BCE transistors, and it sounds mean. … Read more