For a simple, no frills but easy to get working fuzz I'd suggest the Sandspur, with the proviso that you might need to add a small cap to the second transistor to tame weird noises. For an amazing OD/fuzz which is based on a Fuzzface Chuck is right - the Skreddy Screwdriver is fantastic. And for a Strat player the Skreddy Lunar Module - or Fuzz Aldrin here (similar to the Screwdriver) is a wonderful pedal too. Skreddy stuff is amazing.
What's your favorite Fuzz Face build?
- Thread starter jwyles90
- Start date
Big Monk
Well-known member
You can bypass the feedback resistor as well to get rid of oscillations as well.
Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
The Mechanic is also a killer Fuzz Face if I do say so myself.
jubal81
Well-known member
~Tu3ePh0x~78~
New member
Skreddies are out of reach for the Working Poor
Really is a term from Sociology! Seriously though, I dream of a Lunar Module on a daily basis and bummed out so turning to the DIY community and looking for a good soldering station that won’t fracture the piggy bank. 1st post
Dean~Tu3ePh0x~78~
New member
Sorry! Forgot: a Fuzz Face (hopefully GeSi selectable will be my 1st build as it looks simple enough. Been an electronics fan for 40 years. Took classes and 20 years low voltage field tech/GC/PM but very little on the iron. So nervous I’ll kill $10 PCBs for a few attempts -Skreddies are out of reach for the Working Poor
Really is a term from Sociology! Seriously though, I dream of a Lunar Module on a daily basis and bummed out so turning to the DIY community and looking for a good soldering station that won’t fracture the piggy bank. 1st post
Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
How much do you know about germanium transistors?
Nostradoomus
Well-known member
or the search function on this very forum?
We circumvent sociology here, for the people.
zeropluszero
Active member
Stickman393
Well-known member
spi
Well-known member
Skreddies are out of reach for the Working Poor
Really is a term from Sociology! Seriously though, I dream of a Lunar Module on a daily basis and bummed out so turning to the DIY community and looking for a good soldering station that won’t fracture the piggy bank. 1st post
The Lunar Module has been my favorite (I built the Fuzz Aldrin from pedalpcb).
Check the forum search, you'll find some good threads on soldering station recommendations.
Also, check your assumptions that a DIY hobby actually saves you money--you'll learn that quickly too.
Feral Feline
Well-known member
... nervous I’ll kill $10 PCBs for a few attempts -
Pretty hard to kill boards, although one of my first boards I managed to lose a pad and lift a trace — yet my Solder-sifu showed me how to salvage that board and build though by soldering components directly together over the messed up part of the board.
Making yourself some soldered patch-cables for your board, is one good way to useful practice.
Or, for another example, solder some SMD-JFETs onto adapter boards = practical soldering practice AND introduces you to SMD builds — I think it's pointless to practice on stuff you can't use ie so-called "practice
boards".I'll jump on the OKF train and suggest an Emanating Fist "Black Acid" fuzz, it's a silicon fuzz BC109 — NO weird-parts-chasing nor leakage-testing, for which you can find a couple of different vero layouts (another great way to practice soldering and trouble-shooting skills) or get a PCB from ELS. You could build the Black Acid on just about any Fuzz Face PCB, such as right here:
Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
You can save some money using BC549C what are the same specs as BC109C, but in a plastic package vs. metal can.
Big Monk
Well-known member
I agree. I use the BC547 series for everything.