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My TC1 fails to read some transistors, sometimes it thinks they are diodes, sometimes resistors or caps :) But generally I don't worry because they're probably bad units. What can you do with an hFE of 13 anyway? But all those with gain between 60 and 90 I would just pop into a Rangemaster and...

I'm a mere buffoon, a soldermonkey, but here's what I know about leaky transistors: Q1 and Q3 in a Tone Bender MKI, as @Stickman393 said, or it won't work at all/sound bad. This circuit is supposed to be gated. Q2 in a Tone Bender MK1.5 so Q2c is at about 8V, otherwise it will just be a dark...

I'll read (and listen to) anything by Joe Gore. Thaks for the link!

Well done! The enclosure and graphics remind me of so called Cassette Futurism. This pedal belongs next to a Radial JDI in every studio. Now play endless E power chords with it :)

Obligatory Zappa making great use of the Minnow sample and hold filter back in the 70s And here he stomps on it at 2:12 - what a badass solo

I use a thin dish sponge the few times I do. Usually it's just the brass afro. The sponge cleans better.

Yeah just leave it on the whole time

Ordering from Tayda to Poland is exhausting, ordering from Europe expensive. I have a gig in 10 days and need to finish 5 songs or I'm dead. Is that a good enough excuse?

Not really. But I have populated 20 boards and can't be bothered to order and drill the enclosures and turn them into pedals I'll never use.

The original Germanium Fuzzrite used a C pot for Depth. The blend is more natural that way.

Well yours is 900 Fuzz, not ~900 😀

Build report incoming? With demo compared to the original? I have a board but not a Peak, just a TC1 tester. I can't test all those parameters for the J201s

Whoa that's a dark tone. The kind that disappears on stage :) Pretty strange that you couldn't get cleanup with non leaky transistors. You sure the voltages were in the ballpark? Low voltage and leakage usually gates and cleans up less (but sounds cool). I go as low as 3V on Q2c, like Eric...

You could try and hit up Joe Gore for tips on this. He has put his Cult Germanium circuit (a modified Rangemaster, I believe) in some of his guitars. I'm sure he'll help you out if he can. Contact him on TheGearPage.

Looks great!

Scratch That. It's regular spacing. I checked my Jazzmaster

Is this a J Mascis JM that you stripped? The vibrato plate looks to be closer to the bridge than normal.

But that's a Fuzz Face, or rather a One Knob fuzz, not a Copper Clad fuzz (which is a Golden Fleece by Mythos, which is an Elektra)

I don't know where you put a trim pot. It's not part of the circuit. And there is only Q1. I buily mine stock. Anyway Increase the resistance between VCC and the collector to lower the voltage.

Yes, first component in the circuit and going to ground. It just takes some high end off, including radio and hiss, if you have them. It won't solve your popping issue, however.