I have a thing for one knobbers. Just having a simple less -- more knob is more than enough complexity sometimes.
The Azathoth Fuzz is based on the one knob version of Dunwich Cthulhu. From my brief research, there are quite a number of different parts used in them. There is some good information to be found at a post at dirtboxlayouts, where the different transistors used and why is discussed (and also why Q3 is more or less useless and unneeded.). Inspired by this, I used an MP35 (soviet germanium NPN) with hFE 40. It doesn't really sound _that_ much different from just sticking a 2N5088 in there, but there is something, it just feels a little bit more alive.
Anyway. This build was rather easy. Good size board with few components. Plenty of room and easy to fit everything. If you're using the breakout board for the footswitch, the led and led resistor are both easily available from there.
How does it sound? Well, it's a nasty fuzz, but it isn't _doomy_ or muddled. It kind of cuts through and keeps note separation in a rather nice way. It cleans up with volume, and turns into a doom machine if you slam it with a boost, or for even more nastiness, a rat. Still undecided how I like it.
For a one knobber it doesn't matter, but I haven't found any drill guides for the Five Cats Pedals stuff. For me it's a bit annoying since I need the actual PCB to measure everything up before I'm able to start working on the enclosure design.
The artwork is by Kim Diaz Holm. A totally amazing Norwegian artist who also shares his art through open license at smugmug: https://denungeherrholm.smugmug.com/As soon as I saw this image of Tutulu, I knew I needed to use if for something. You can also follow him on youtube. He does have a lot of interesting things to say about making art and how to look at AI creation, copyright etc. https://www.youtube.com/user/DenUngeHerrHolm
The Azathoth Fuzz is based on the one knob version of Dunwich Cthulhu. From my brief research, there are quite a number of different parts used in them. There is some good information to be found at a post at dirtboxlayouts, where the different transistors used and why is discussed (and also why Q3 is more or less useless and unneeded.). Inspired by this, I used an MP35 (soviet germanium NPN) with hFE 40. It doesn't really sound _that_ much different from just sticking a 2N5088 in there, but there is something, it just feels a little bit more alive.
Anyway. This build was rather easy. Good size board with few components. Plenty of room and easy to fit everything. If you're using the breakout board for the footswitch, the led and led resistor are both easily available from there.
How does it sound? Well, it's a nasty fuzz, but it isn't _doomy_ or muddled. It kind of cuts through and keeps note separation in a rather nice way. It cleans up with volume, and turns into a doom machine if you slam it with a boost, or for even more nastiness, a rat. Still undecided how I like it.
For a one knobber it doesn't matter, but I haven't found any drill guides for the Five Cats Pedals stuff. For me it's a bit annoying since I need the actual PCB to measure everything up before I'm able to start working on the enclosure design.
The artwork is by Kim Diaz Holm. A totally amazing Norwegian artist who also shares his art through open license at smugmug: https://denungeherrholm.smugmug.com/As soon as I saw this image of Tutulu, I knew I needed to use if for something. You can also follow him on youtube. He does have a lot of interesting things to say about making art and how to look at AI creation, copyright etc. https://www.youtube.com/user/DenUngeHerrHolm
