Resource: Fuzz Topologies

[finebyfine]

I had been looking for something like this for a while, this is David Morrin's Fuzz Topologies. His website is a really great resource in general. His fuzz topologies pages breakdown the classic fuzz circuits in a way that's really easy to understand.

 

[Big Monk]

I had been looking for something like this for a while, this is David Morrin's Fuzz Topologies. His website is a really great resource in general. His fuzz topologies pages breakdown the classic fuzz circuits in a way that's really easy to understand.

I PDF’d those a few years ago. Great stuff.

 

[Barry]

That's some great bedtime reading, two paragraphs and my heads bobbing

 

[daeg]

Good stuff.

I've been irritated lately because Josh Scott has been broadcasting this idea that there are 2 transistor fuzzes, 3 transistor fuzzes and 4 transistor fuzzes, and that terminology seems to be catching.

Okay, yeah, the most popular fuzzes in history have been Fuzz Faces, Tonebenders and Big Muffs, which coincidentally have those number of transistors, but that's NOT the circuit topology. Drives me crazy.

 

[finebyfine]

but that's NOT the circuit topology. Drives me crazy

Drove me crazy too! Exactly why this was really eye opening for me.

Those transistor count descriptions are pretty useless for understanding the circuitry, especially when you add that modern adaptations of these designs might use additional transistors for buffers and recovery/boosts. I’d figure no one would consider a 3 Darlington pair Big Muff a 7 transistor circuit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[enrosenzweig]

Seems that the site has disappeared...

https://web.archive.org/web/20210509232522/https://sites.google.com/a/davidmorrin.com/www/home/trouble/troubleeffects/fuzz/fuzz-topologies

 

[Big Monk]

Here it is:

David Morrin

www.davidmorrin.com Troubleshooting Amplifiers Audio Probe Basic Electronics Effects Guitar Tech Keyboards Transistors Test Equipment My Modular Synthesizer Overview Modules About Me

sites.google.com

 

[enrosenzweig]

Thanks! Not sure what I was doing wrong, but it was definitely something!

 

[Big Monk]

Thanks! Not sure what I was doing wrong, but it was definitely something!

Not sure!

His stuff has always been hosted at his own site. You must have been using someone else’s copies or redirection from his site.