Algal Bloom + Fuzz War Mk 1

almondcity

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Sorry I didn't get a gutshot of the Fuzz War.

I used some Amperex A104 from Smallbear in the AB and it sounds really nice.

I made a bunch of changes to the Fuzz War, mostly using 470nF caps instead of the 680nF in the build docs, plus changing the 680pF tone cap to 3.3nF for now. I also put in some LEDs in the optional diode spots and some small resistor for that 27K optional one. Still I don't find the tone control very useful on this pedal simply because the low end is so boomy, so my knob probably won't venture outside of a very small useable range. I also used a A1M volume pot and pretty glad I did because I imagine it would be very loud with a linear pot. If I did this again I might even use a C100K for the drive knob because I think having it dimed is the only sound to go for really.
 

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Nice builds and modding! You could replace the pot with a fixed resistor and make it a two-banger. Just off-board the tone knob for correct positioning.
 
I read that John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees had DBA mod his to remove all the knobs and set everything to max destruction, but I'm not sure the exact details. It would be a cool pedal to have a 0 knob version of for sure
 
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