DyeNaturally
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So beginner builder here.
built a carbon black fuzz and can get sound threw but it’s clean sound.
the volume pot turns it up and down, and sound stops when I take out the battery.
so that means it’s going threw the circuit correct???
is it clean because I am using the wrong transistors? Generic npn silicon types with varying hfes, not exactly sure, ones I checked varied from 70-150. Unless I am measuring them wrong.
Any tips or ideas why there is no fuzz??? Is it the transistors?? I have them socketed and replaced them with a series of others.
Can I use PNP transistors if I put them in the same emitter/base/collector orientation? Seemed to produce sound if I did this with a few I tried. All had a clean sound, no fuzz or distortion.
I even used some germanium p416bs just to test it and it made sound, that was a little more fuzzy but basically clean still.
should I order the specific transistors for this build, always read transistors could be swapped out for the most part and sound similar, but different…..so thought I could get by with some bulk NOS ones off eBay, test a bunch, and use the good ones. Figuring I might have to switch more and test more to get a better sounding fuzz. But thought it would at least be fuzzy a bit. There ain’t any fuzz to this thing now.
Should I test more transistors to get a better HFE range closer to the ones they call for.
thanks for you thoughts and tips on this.
I did not test components which were bought from pedals parts and tayda. Only transistors were eBay specials. But I tested them with my limited experience and seemed to get working ratings.
built a carbon black fuzz and can get sound threw but it’s clean sound.
the volume pot turns it up and down, and sound stops when I take out the battery.
so that means it’s going threw the circuit correct???
is it clean because I am using the wrong transistors? Generic npn silicon types with varying hfes, not exactly sure, ones I checked varied from 70-150. Unless I am measuring them wrong.
Any tips or ideas why there is no fuzz??? Is it the transistors?? I have them socketed and replaced them with a series of others.
Can I use PNP transistors if I put them in the same emitter/base/collector orientation? Seemed to produce sound if I did this with a few I tried. All had a clean sound, no fuzz or distortion.
I even used some germanium p416bs just to test it and it made sound, that was a little more fuzzy but basically clean still.
should I order the specific transistors for this build, always read transistors could be swapped out for the most part and sound similar, but different…..so thought I could get by with some bulk NOS ones off eBay, test a bunch, and use the good ones. Figuring I might have to switch more and test more to get a better sounding fuzz. But thought it would at least be fuzzy a bit. There ain’t any fuzz to this thing now.
Should I test more transistors to get a better HFE range closer to the ones they call for.
thanks for you thoughts and tips on this.
I did not test components which were bought from pedals parts and tayda. Only transistors were eBay specials. But I tested them with my limited experience and seemed to get working ratings.