Sunflower Fuzz - Problem: Fuzz pot only kicks in about a quarter of the way down.

[Super Delta Blues]

Hello,

I just finished my Sunflower. Sounds perfect, but the Fuzz pot only kicks in about a quarter of the way down. Someone else happens? Any solution?

Thanks!!!

 

[music6000]

Hello,

I just finished my Sunflower. Sounds perfect, but the Fuzz pot only kicks in about a quarter of the way down. Someone else happens? Any solution?

Thanks!!!

Have you tried adjusting the internal Clean trimmer to get more Gain?

 

[Super Delta Blues]

Have you tried adjusting the internal Clean trimmer to get more Gain?

Yes, but no better results.

 

[Super Delta Blues]

When you say "quarter of the way down", do you mean toward the end of the knob range, i.e. almost all the way up?

If so, this is normal. The Fuzz control on a Fuzz Face doesn't do much.

That is, only reaching the end of the journey is when it begins to act. So it's normal, we're fine.

 

[Coda]

The Fuzz Face shouldn’t have a Fuzz control. It sounds best all the way up. The sundial is where you can generate different shades…

 

[hamerfan]

My fuzz face clone has a fixed resistor on 4/5 full up. Works for me.

 

[jesuscrisp]

Despite the nihilistic comments here saying it shouldn't have a fuzz pot at all, with a rev log pot it usually works decent enough. Full gain all the time is fun but if you plan to stack it into anything more than ACDC levels of gain, you'll wish you had a fuzz control.

And yes, before anyone starts on about this, I know you can use your guitar's volume control to clean it up, but why fiddle with that while you could just have a fuzz control?

 

[Coda]

Despite the nihilistic comments here saying it shouldn't have a fuzz pot at all, with a rev log pot it usually works decent enough. Full gain all the time is fun but if you plan to stack it into anything more than ACDC levels of gain, you'll wish you had a fuzz control.

And yes, before anyone starts on about this, I know you can use your guitar's volume control to clean it up, but why fiddle with that while you could just have a fuzz control?

Because morer is gooder…

 

[Kroars]

Even with a 1kC pot, it's nigh on useless.

Now the MK II Attack pot, that's a useful control and 1kC makes it even more useful.

Good to know, thanks!