Fuzzonaut
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I'll just say it up front: I really don't like building on vero board. All those cuts and links, then rows to be missed, also wires everywhere and just generally too many occasions to fuck up something.
On the other hand, some circuits are not available on PCBs (or I didn't find those), so I'm often strolling through the dirtbox layout collection of vero designs.
Here are a few vero builds, that I finished recently.
First up, Latent Lemon HURTS, based on the trace/schematic of @PedalBuilder , to be found here. (Thank you very much for that.)
I've built a few Percolator variants and have some sort of love-hate-relationship with this circuit. This take on it is clearly more on the love side of things for me.
Q1 is a Mullard OC45 with hfe 52. D1 and D2 are D9D. D3 and 4 are Russian 2D522B with 0,65V forward voltage.
And a one knob fuzz, the Creepy Fingers Fuzzbud, which according to somebody on the internet is "based on the fuzz circuit in the Colorsound Fuzz Wah, which is simply a modified Fuzz Face". It called for PN2222 transistors but the metal can 2N2222A looks cooler, so I used those
I also swapped the 100R resistor with a 1k trim to have more output if I would need that. Turns out, I would not need it.
Soundwise, theres not much to say except: it's great fuzz and sounds amazing! Stoner rock? Check. Doom stuff? Check. Roll back yer volume and play cheesy solos? Check. No wonder as the guy behind Creepy Fingers plays bass for Fu Manchu.
And something from Death by Audio, although it's not based on any of their pedals, it's actually one of those PCB business cards, Ackermann hands out, the black one. In good old DBA style it's not for everybody and does things ... erm ... differently.
It has dirt and delay. So far so good, but all you get is one knob for the Dirt and Feedback and Time for the Delay. And the thing is loud, I mean really LOUD.
I don't mind that the first repeat is louder than everything else, that's part of the design, I guess and I can embrace that. But the whole output is SO LOUD that it is not really usuable as is ... unless you play in A Place To Bury Strangers.
So, I added a 100k Trimmer at the output of the circuit to tame the machine a bit (not pictured). Now, things are fine and it is a very cool pedal. You can get (almost) infinite repeats without feedback and the loudness of the first repeat let's you sculpt interesting rythm patterns (talking about finger style bass here).
Tecamp Dream Buzz Deluxe. Somebody (on the net) said "a fuzz face for bass with options" and I was like "cool, gimmie-gimmie-gimmie".
Has almost more pots and switches than components
Which shows in the gut shot.
I grabbed a Fuzz Face Transistor set from Fuzzdog, Mullard T1, hFe 69 and 119. Together with a charge pump foot switch thingy for -9V.
That huge Wima cap is 47N and rated for 630V or something. (Courtesy of my "wtf did I order?" bin.)
Sounds really good, the mode switch can kick in some serious sub bass, woo-hoo.
The description got me on the last one:
"The Stony Meat Face Ritual Fuzz combines the best parts of three of my favorite pedals. The grindy bite of the DAM Meathead, the raw low-end of the BAT Ritual Fuzz, and the phenomenal tone shaping of the Grind Custom FX Ultra Stoner. "
Not much to add, good stuff!
Again, metal can 2N2222A instead of PN2222 it called for. And I was a row short on the vero and improvised a bit.
(Also: Spaghetti time!)
On the other hand, some circuits are not available on PCBs (or I didn't find those), so I'm often strolling through the dirtbox layout collection of vero designs.
Here are a few vero builds, that I finished recently.
First up, Latent Lemon HURTS, based on the trace/schematic of @PedalBuilder , to be found here. (Thank you very much for that.)
I've built a few Percolator variants and have some sort of love-hate-relationship with this circuit. This take on it is clearly more on the love side of things for me.
Q1 is a Mullard OC45 with hfe 52. D1 and D2 are D9D. D3 and 4 are Russian 2D522B with 0,65V forward voltage.
And a one knob fuzz, the Creepy Fingers Fuzzbud, which according to somebody on the internet is "based on the fuzz circuit in the Colorsound Fuzz Wah, which is simply a modified Fuzz Face". It called for PN2222 transistors but the metal can 2N2222A looks cooler, so I used those
I also swapped the 100R resistor with a 1k trim to have more output if I would need that. Turns out, I would not need it.
Soundwise, theres not much to say except: it's great fuzz and sounds amazing! Stoner rock? Check. Doom stuff? Check. Roll back yer volume and play cheesy solos? Check. No wonder as the guy behind Creepy Fingers plays bass for Fu Manchu.
And something from Death by Audio, although it's not based on any of their pedals, it's actually one of those PCB business cards, Ackermann hands out, the black one. In good old DBA style it's not for everybody and does things ... erm ... differently.
It has dirt and delay. So far so good, but all you get is one knob for the Dirt and Feedback and Time for the Delay. And the thing is loud, I mean really LOUD.
I don't mind that the first repeat is louder than everything else, that's part of the design, I guess and I can embrace that. But the whole output is SO LOUD that it is not really usuable as is ... unless you play in A Place To Bury Strangers.
So, I added a 100k Trimmer at the output of the circuit to tame the machine a bit (not pictured). Now, things are fine and it is a very cool pedal. You can get (almost) infinite repeats without feedback and the loudness of the first repeat let's you sculpt interesting rythm patterns (talking about finger style bass here).
Tecamp Dream Buzz Deluxe. Somebody (on the net) said "a fuzz face for bass with options" and I was like "cool, gimmie-gimmie-gimmie".
Has almost more pots and switches than components
Which shows in the gut shot.I grabbed a Fuzz Face Transistor set from Fuzzdog, Mullard T1, hFe 69 and 119. Together with a charge pump foot switch thingy for -9V.
That huge Wima cap is 47N and rated for 630V or something. (Courtesy of my "wtf did I order?" bin.)
Sounds really good, the mode switch can kick in some serious sub bass, woo-hoo.
The description got me on the last one:
"The Stony Meat Face Ritual Fuzz combines the best parts of three of my favorite pedals. The grindy bite of the DAM Meathead, the raw low-end of the BAT Ritual Fuzz, and the phenomenal tone shaping of the Grind Custom FX Ultra Stoner. "
Not much to add, good stuff!
Again, metal can 2N2222A instead of PN2222 it called for. And I was a row short on the vero and improvised a bit.
(Also: Spaghetti time!)
