DEMO Soul Vendor

[Quirkey]

(sorry I'm totally bombarding the builds as I'm about to move and packing up all my gear for a little while ...)

This was a super fun build! I bought a bunch of germanium sets the last time small bear had a sale including a Tone Bender matched set and so I was craving building a simple classic fuzz after a couple of really complex boards. I picked up a few odd shaped enclosures the last time I had to do a mouser order, too. So here we are! I ended up swapping Q1 and Q2 for pair of "unbranded 9275" from small bear and it sounds so much better! Doesnt really "clean up" fully but definitely goes from creamy to gated wild the more you push it.

Looking forward to building another like this soon.

Here's a quick rock out. Don't mind the kids listening to TV in the background.

 

[swyse]

Awesome build! Those knobs with that trapezoid enclosure is such a vintage look.

 

[szukalski]

Looks and sounds great! +1 on the trapezoid!

The Soul Vendor is one of my favs.

 

[danfrank]

Great job! The Sould Vendor (TBMK3) is a great fuzz... Q1&Q2 form a Darlington pair so they can be low gain and low leakage... I have a bunch of germanium Qs that have gains in the 20-30s range and had nothing to use them in... Well, the SB is a great place to use them in positions 1&2.