Three-Transistor Germanium Fuzzrite (2024)

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The pedalpcb Toupee Fuzz is a 3 transistor fuzzrite variant, albeit silicon.
And this 3 transistor (also silicon) fuzzrite has been my best seller for years.

Tequila_Buzz_1.1.pdf

drive.google.com

Shade is a good last name for him. Dealing with him is a nightmare. And that is coming from someone who champions their Hallmark.

Uggggh I was afraid of that. Thanks for the heads up- sounds like it’s just not worth it. Kind of a shame, as they do sound really good. Hopefully Ed Sanner is getting his fair share…

I messed around with the Tequila Buzz on a breadboard and I really, really like it! I just figured it was essentially a Toupee/Merkin but in comparing the schematics I saw quite a few differences. Guess I’ll have to build both and see! Thanks Betty, you rock!

 

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Ok… A very helpful owner of one of the 2024 3-Ge models made by Ed Sanner posted these for me. Can anyone make sense of what’s going on here? @Robert if anyone can decipher this from two photos it’s you!

 

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No distractions! I’m on a mission!!

See folks, this is what happens to other boards when 4chan goes down.

 

[owlexifry]

The results are insane.

 

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Hahaha… yup. To be clear, @owlexifry is quoting me quoting the uh, “facilitator” of these new Fuzzrites… until we can build our own, the level of insanity is very much up in the air.

 

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Looks like the transistors may be MP40a, judging by the previous photos I posted. Gonna see what I can decipher in the recent ones, but I’ll need some help! I’m really just trying to figure out where he put that additional gain stage.

 

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Halp! Here's what looks to be the additional gain stage at the beginning of the circuit- I can't tell what the electro or the resistors are, though... the B-C resistor looks to be 470K maybe? How bout those metal films - can anybody tell?

 

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Here's a pic showing the battery, but I can't for the life of me figure out where the + side of the power is going after the on/off switch in the lower right (there's a blue wire leading from the switch, but it goes under the board - absent in the other pics... argh!) Plus, this 3PDT is wired in a way I've never seen before... seems similar to the AMZ diagram below, but on its side...