bhcarpenter
Well-known member
My second build in a row that I’ve boxed before I rocked and regretted it. It sounded ok, but volume wasn’t near unity even dimed and some of the controls didn’t seem to do much.
Disassembled and started verifying everything. I had swapped the Volume and Fuzz pots. I saw a build report recently (sorry, can’t remember who!) where they wrote the pot values on the back. I’m going to start doing that as well.
Everything is happy now, and I see why everyone loves this fuzz. It even does the gated thing surprisingly well and doesn’t mind being after a buffer. It did sound a bit sterile through my headphone setup last night, but I’m excited to try it out through the tube amp today.
Overall a really great build. Lots of versatility in a low component count board. The only part I didn’t have offhand was a 750r resistor, so I used two 1k5s in parallel. I even had space to use one of the giant 100u caps that I accidentally ordered a while back. Highly recommended.
Disassembled and started verifying everything. I had swapped the Volume and Fuzz pots. I saw a build report recently (sorry, can’t remember who!) where they wrote the pot values on the back. I’m going to start doing that as well.
Everything is happy now, and I see why everyone loves this fuzz. It even does the gated thing surprisingly well and doesn’t mind being after a buffer. It did sound a bit sterile through my headphone setup last night, but I’m excited to try it out through the tube amp today.
Overall a really great build. Lots of versatility in a low component count board. The only part I didn’t have offhand was a 750r resistor, so I used two 1k5s in parallel. I even had space to use one of the giant 100u caps that I accidentally ordered a while back. Highly recommended.
