Loafing Lounge

[Paradox916]

Maybe I’ll come back later I’m still having trouble with this

I can’t seem to figure out how to pick off the guitar signal with out grounding it out, or turning into some crude noise gate or clipping circuit... lol... back to the drawing board I guess...lol

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

I don't like that circuit.

 

[Paradox916]

I don't like that circuit.

I’m with you it’s not working out like I was wanting it to.

 

[BuddytheReow]

Here are my 2 LPB-1 based circuits. An overdrive (LPB OD) and a fuzz (L-BMP-1 Fuzz). I’d like to think they’re original, but I’m sure someone else has built them. Schematics can be found in the LPB-1 tutorial thread. Edit: Link found here.

 

[music6000]

@caiofilipini ,

I saw a nice spread of bread on another thread.
A lot of hard work, and maybe frustrations,
They are beautiful to us, your electronic creations!

Anyone else have any breadboard shots?

Is breadboarditis even a word, if not fig should get it registered!!!

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Here are my 2 LPB-1 based circuits. An overdrive (LPB OD) and a fuzz (L-BMP-1 Fuzz). I’d like to think they’re original, but I’m sure someone else has built them. Schematics can be found in the LPB-1 tutorial thread.

What? No link. I am sooooo lazy.

 

[BuddytheReow]

What? No link. I am sooooo lazy.

Haha. I added the link above.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Thanks, Sandy. I did end up finding the LPB mods among your plethora of instructional posts. You've done a lotta great work there! Hard clippers on a single transistor stage? Check Lovepedal COT50 and Electra Boost for similar examples.

 

[fig]

It happens every time I assume I have enough of something....

TC1044S added after pic taken.

 

[BuddytheReow]

Here's an originally designed circuit so profound and so simple that may stand the test of time. I call it the Fuzz Face!!!

Ok. Not original, but I wanted to see what all the fuss was about with this one. It's an NPN version and I used BC109Bs. When I fired it off it sounded, well....kinda cool, I guess. With my guitar volume maxed out this got very glitchy and 8-bit sounding which was fun to play with and had to dial guitar volume back to 1 or 2.

Then it dawned on me...

I have a tuner right before my test box that has buffered bypass!! Now it makes sense to me. Fuzz Faces don't respond well to buffers and now I know why. Plugging directly into the test box and bypassing my tuner opened up a new world on the sound of this. It's warm, creamy, and definitely Hendrix sounding so naturally I popped off a couple Jimi tunes through this.

A nice, simple, and relatively quick build

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Isn't great when you can feel stupid & smart at the same time? I know I like it!

One of the magic things about a FuzzFace is how it interacts with the guitar. Sometimes it's the good kind of magic and sometimes it's the other kind. When we find ourselves disgruntled with how the FF interacts with the pedal (or active pickups) driving it, just connect a resistor (or pot) in series with the input cap. Some FF derivatives already have a pot there.

A question for the group: I've been disgruntled many time, but I've never been gruntled. How about you?

 

[fig]

Isn't great when you can feel stupid & smart at the same time? I know I like it!

You been smokin' Small Bear again?

 

[Mcknib]

It happens every time I assume I have enough of something....

Sorted

 

[fig]

There goes my coffee again, ya right bastard!

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

You been smokin' Small Bear again?

 

[JamieJ]

@Chuck D. Bones - I have been underwhelmed several times but never whelmed.

 

[fig]

After reading that, I've become disillusioned. I was perfectly illusioned prior to that!

 

[fig]

Sneak Peek!

You might notice the somewhat unconventional use of a power rail.

 

[Coda]

Sneak Peek!

You might notice the somewhat unconventional use of a power rail.

So, it’s a Fuzz Face?…

 

[fig]

So, it’s a Fuzz Face?…

You betcha!