Pedal builders REACT to this guy finally cracking the Spirit In The Sky fuzz

[Robert]

…use JB Weld?

Man I repaired one of those "indoor rollercoaster simulator" rides one time, the PCB in the control module had been shattered somehow and pieced back together with JB Weld....

This thing took people up in the air and swung them around and stuff.... No thanks.


EDIT: This thing... (older version though, it was red)

 

[pettert]

You'll have to goop it yourself. I also added polarity protection and a filter cap but you're welcome to omit them both and live dangerously.
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Is it a Fuzz Face?

 

[pricklyrobot]

Yeah, that’s what I’m curious about. Is it an existing circuit with a tweak or two, or something “original”-ish?

 

[Robert]

It's a modified Boss Tone, as suspected.

 

[jwin615]

Friend in Jesus Fuzz

 

[pricklyrobot]

“Jordan is My Co-pilot”

 

[Cybercow]

You'll have to goop it yourself. I also added polarity protection and a filter cap but you're welcome to omit them both and live dangerously.
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I imagine it will be a few years months weeks before these are available?

 

[Robert]

Should be 2 - 3 weeks I reckon.

I'm going to go ahead and order a bunch of the transistors today and have those ready.

 

[jessenator]

 

[Aentons]

So it uses the bias knob to drop the voltage to the tranny and that produces the custom farts?

 

[Harry Klippton]

Call it "interested fuzz"

 

[drgonzo1969]

Index of /BOOKSHELF-ARH/Technology/Hobbyist-Specials

Holy Shit! So much cool shit in there.

 

[Robert]

I purposely offset the toggle switches to 0.8" spacing (like a 5 and 6 knob pedal).

It just looks less cramped and allows for larger knobs.

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So it uses the bias knob to drop the voltage to the tranny and that produces the custom farts?

That's the "Sustain" pot.

"Bias" is exactly what it sounds like, it adjusts the bias (similar to the pot in the Fancy Fuzz you posted). The original just refers to it as "the knob", oddly enough.

It doesn't have the traditional Boss Tone "Attack" control.

Dialing in the farts is a balancing act between Sustain and Bias. @andare mentioned the demo video sounded "too gainy", you can correct that by turning down the Sustain and then readjusting the Bias to get that broken gated sound.

 

[Robert]

Oh how ironic would it be to find out you'd bought a hastily released heavily gooped clone.

So look, did I ever mention that I have a problem? ...

I pre-ordered one shortly after this thread popped up... then I got impatient... so yeah, I'll end up with two.

We'll see if the second one (technically the first, I suppose?) is the same.


We can A/B them and see if the goop really is the secret.

 

[falco_femoralis]

I purposely offset the toggle switches to 0.8" spacing (like a 5 and 6 knob pedal).

It just looks less cramped and allows for larger knobs.

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That's the "Sustain" pot.

"Bias" is exactly what it sounds like, it adjusts the bias (similar to the pot in the Fancy Fuzz you posted). The original just refers to it as "the knob", oddly enough.

It doesn't have the traditional Boss Tone "Attack" control.

Dialing in the farts is a balancing act between Sustain and Bias. @andare mentioned the demo video sounded "too gainy", you can correct that by turning down the Sustain and then readjusting the Bias to get that broken gated sound.

That's a nice consideration. I built two Paupers over the summer, the first of which I drilled to line up with the board allocations for pots/switch. Then I realized I couldn't fit three big MXR knobs so I had to use a small one for the tone control (pour one out). On the second build I bent the pots' legs over and located the PCB over to the side of the enclosure so I could fit the toggle switch more like in the second template you posted, so I could fit the big tone knob. But it turns out I liked how the small one looked anyway. Go figure



It also leaves more room for labels. Which I didn't do on this one



What about having the toggle below the center knob?

Or, I made a Soup Grape Fuzz a while back that placed the toggle in between the two upper pots. It's maybe a little cramped, but even with the 1" MXR knobs I used, it fits nicely without getting in the way

 

[Robert]

I cringe when I see my old layouts with the toggle between the upper knobs.

The offset switches look best when there are two of them.

 

[BigTopEnd]

I have a Lafayette Reverb unit(Japanese made I believe) that got installed into a Harmony 415H and when running thru the reverb unit it can get a pretty similar sound to the Spirit of the Sky. There is maybe 4 transistors in there, very mediocre reverb tho.

 

[szukalski]

I cringe when I see my old layouts with the toggle between the upper knobs.

We are grateful to inherit your learnings.

Though people can suck a BoD for an offset toggle switch. I don't know how you can mix 4 and 6 knob standards like that. Dirty.