Recent content by Chuck D. Bones

Even-order harmonics make for a richer tone. Also more harmonic variation as the note decays.

as used by Rock Icon David Bowie

That is so cool! Where are you in the pic?

One more mod. It lets us set the SUSTAIN lower if we want. Maybe nobody does. Max sustain is the same. I also reduced C1.

Here's an alternate BIAS circuit: Q1 HFE ~ 100 Q2 HFE ~ 140

I recommend Si for D1 and Ge or Schottky for D2.

Mode 4 allows Q2 to be biased at or near saturation. The FUZZ pot not only varies the gain. it also varies the bias.

Please, no trolls.

No. I'm just saying that visual inspection of everything inside the box, including both sides of the board, under magnification, has a very high probability of finding the problem. One bad solder joint, or one tiny piece of debris is all it takes.

I'm still tweaking component values on the Rat Sorbet. But it's close.

He wanted it tuned to sound like a stock Rat that he provided as his "gold standard." Not all LM308s are created equal, which causes some Rats to sound "better" than others. I had to hand select the LM308 and tweak a few component values.

Two words: VISUAL INSPECTION

I built this custom Rat for a client. Fine-tuned per his requirements. The sparkle gold paint looks so much better in person.

C1 cuts treble right at the input. Maybe that should be smaller.

I'll have to look into the Big Cheese. I generally do not like the way Fuzz Faces behave when they are biased into a gating mode. But that one may be the exception.