P2P Reeves Zo clone

Guilherme Collateral said:
I did, but I actually used hotter transistors and liked it much better. HFE around 300! Nice sustain and cleans up really well
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I’ve recently made my own Zo clone, and I’m gathering the parts to do a P2P version too, it’s a great pedal, and I have no other fuzz that does what it does.

Marcus commented on the video that he uses 500k for the Drift pot, if you look at any of the wonderful build shots you can see he now uses a A100k, he also tweaks some of the resistor values, so I think he is continually tweaking this circuit to extract every last bit of fuzzy goodness out of it. I found I preferred using B taper pots for the Drift and Texture, I just felt the change was more evenly spread over travel of the pot, but I feel this is counterintuitive on the drift pot as it’s acting in a similar way to the guitar volume pot, which is a log pot!

I’m using 2N3904 transistors with an hFE of 183, but they are socketed so I’ll try something with more gain like you have.
 
Guilherme Collateral said:
Thanks a lot man! And I’m not as brave as you with the PTP builds, your projects are insane!
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Hahaha---I'm just naive! I'm like, sure, why not, let's do it.

My next 6? 8? builds will be PTP iterations of Boneyard circuits, from the simplest to the most complex. Starting with Animals Diamond Peak and Fudge Factory after I finish this Fuzz & Burn redux.

Anyway, it's just iterations on a theme, which you've got going on, so good on ya. Looking forward to the next!

I do feel especially connected to my PTP builds, though. They feel more like an extension/expression of me than PCB builds even if they are just the same components and schematic. Very gratifying, if slower (especially if you are breadboarding prior, which is what I've started to do). And I really do love seeing other people rock out on PTP.
 
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