V1.3 Triangle Big Muff Fuzz

[thesoundofjusticefx]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

Built this for a friend. He asked for all the bells and whistles. Dual clipping stages with toggles, a bright toggle and an input level control. Used 2n5088 transistors and it’s a monster! I’m calling it a V1.3 because we used the version that uses 3uf coupling capacitors. And even though it sounds like it would have a ton of bass it’s still surprisingly balanced.

 

[Feral Feline]

Very cool-looking control arrangement for the 3 switches amidst 4 knobs, and aesthetically-pleasing guts too.



I've been wanting to build a version using 3µF, too.

What size of clipping caps did you use, did you stick with the stock 3µF?
Was it built for guitar or with bass-guitar in mind?

 

[Big Monk]

Built this for a friend. He asked for all the bells and whistles. Dual clipping stages with toggles, a bright toggle and an input level control. Used 2n5088 transistors and it’s a monster! I’m calling it a V1.3 because we used the version that uses 3uf coupling capacitors. And even though it sounds like it would have a ton of bass it’s still surprisingly balance

Just out of curiosity: What is the input level control doing that the sustain control isn’t already doing?

 

[182julien44]

Cool build! I love big box fuzz pedals!

 

[thesoundofjusticefx]

Just out of curiosity: What is the input level control doing that the sustain control isn’t already doing?

It pushes the input harder because because the potentiometer replaces R1. I also made it 100k so it can also cut a little of the input as well. But it screams when pushing it harder. I think I like it more than putting a boost in front of it. Two different things though.

 

[thesoundofjusticefx]

Very cool-looking control arrangement for the 3 switches amidst 4 knobs, and aesthetically-pleasing guts too.



I've been wanting to build a version using 3µF, too.

What size of clipping caps did you use, did you stick with the stock 3µF?
Was it built for guitar or with bass-guitar in mind?

Thanks. Took me a while to settle on this layout because it's near impossible to put toggles under pcbs. It was built for guitar. He wanted to slam his Marshall stack with it. I used 3uf for all the coupling capacitors including the clipping stages. It's a beast but still well balanced tone.
When you build it try removing the clipping from the first stage and push the sustain. I found it on an old colorsound supa tonebender schematic and it gets nasty!

 

[DeadAirMD]

Nice job man! Gives me some great ideas for some mods to do this weekend to play around with. I literally covered that entire board in sockets, so I can switch out any component. I can't remember what exactly I did, but I blended together 3 different Muffs circuits into one, to shape the tone for my style of play.