Looks like someone persuaded original Fuzzrite designer Ed Sanner (87 years old!) to make a handful of Ge versions this year, but with a third transistor:
"This is a tribute to the Fuzzrite designed by Ed Sanner. This one features vintage "germanium transistors" and Ed decided to add a third transistor to this pedal for more impoved sustain and feedback that you can control. The results are insane. You can get Hendrix tones and infinate sustain as well as soundscapes you can melt into with the addition of the third transistor. Or back it off for the classic Fuzzrite Fuzz tone. These Fuzzrite's are each hand built one at time by Ed Sanner the designer. Every solder joint in every pedal was by Ed Sanner himself."
I was planning on messing around with the Ge Fuzzrite at some point, and I like the idea of the third transistor. I know there are a lot of good detectives here, just wondering if anyone has any idea how he might have incorporated the third stage? Not sure if any clones feature this in any capacity. I know the Catalinbread Merkin has a third transistor, but it's an Si circuit.
There's a video of a known Youtuber playing it
rolleyes
, but... I didn't want to link to it. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
"This is a tribute to the Fuzzrite designed by Ed Sanner. This one features vintage "germanium transistors" and Ed decided to add a third transistor to this pedal for more impoved sustain and feedback that you can control. The results are insane. You can get Hendrix tones and infinate sustain as well as soundscapes you can melt into with the addition of the third transistor. Or back it off for the classic Fuzzrite Fuzz tone. These Fuzzrite's are each hand built one at time by Ed Sanner the designer. Every solder joint in every pedal was by Ed Sanner himself."
I was planning on messing around with the Ge Fuzzrite at some point, and I like the idea of the third transistor. I know there are a lot of good detectives here, just wondering if anyone has any idea how he might have incorporated the third stage? Not sure if any clones feature this in any capacity. I know the Catalinbread Merkin has a third transistor, but it's an Si circuit.
There's a video of a known Youtuber playing it