The Fuzz Thread

[maguchi]

I got a couple three fuzzes and my favorite right now is my newest, a maestro Fuzz FZ-M. Built like a brick shithouse and has the sound of classic '60s fuzz. And this pedal also gots a toggle switch to go between classic and modern fuzz. It sounds great and the upper mids are emphasized with the tone knob set at 12 o'clock. Moving the tone knob to brighter and darker also brings in some very good sounds.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Can you builders tell what’s in this fuzz pedal ?
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It's a fuzz face of some description with Russian germanium transistors. Possibly a sunface clone? I can't see enough of the board to determine the capacitor values or see where the third pot is connected. I can't even make out the word under the third pot.

 

[Orvillain]

This was apparently a Foxx Tone Machine Fuzz. It sounds pretty damn cool.

 

[Orvillain]

I just ordered one of these:

Demhe Fuzz

A city crouches upon Lake Demhe’s shore, maybe it is Carcosa? Maybe it is Alar? Maybe it doesn’t matter? Once you have peered into Demhe’s cloudy depths, what lies upon the shore ceases to be a concern. The Demhe Fuzz features chunky lows and scintillating highs that can be tamed by the...

www.spiralelectricfx.com

From @Tom Von Kramm

I get the impression it might be a Carcosa inspired kind of thing. It sounds great in the videos I've heard!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I just ordered one of these:

Demhe Fuzz

A city crouches upon Lake Demhe’s shore, maybe it is Carcosa? Maybe it is Alar? Maybe it doesn’t matter? Once you have peered into Demhe’s cloudy depths, what lies upon the shore ceases to be a concern. The Demhe Fuzz features chunky lows and scintillating highs that can be tamed by the...

www.spiralelectricfx.com

From @Tom Von Kramm

I get the impression it might be a Carcosa inspired kind of thing. It sounds great in the videos I've heard!

That sounds great. Gonna need some gut shots after you get it.

 

[Dave Lewis]

It's a fuzz face of some description with Russian germanium transistors. Possibly a sunface clone? I can't see enough of the board to determine the capacitor values or see where the third pot is connected. I can't even make out the word under the third pot.

This is the pedal.
It was given to me by Jonny last year.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

This is the pedal.
It was given to me by Jonny last year.

The budget guitar show needs to budget for a tuner and a power supply that doesn't add that amount of noise. I cant take anyone seriously who doesn't realise their guitar is that out of tune.

Like I said it's a fuzz face with Russia germaniums but I can't tell anymore without better pics of the vero board.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I love to watch YT food channels that visit McDonalds

 

[the swede]

I just ordered one of these:

My envy is not even possible to describe in a human language.

I get the impression it might be a Carcosa inspired kind of thing.

Yes, and more.

But I take pride in having OG Carcosa Currently every pedal I have is dialed in to accept the Carcosa, it’s becoming my base sound

 

[metropolis_4]

Silicon or germanium? Where are you based?

I’m thinking silicon, but not too aggressive. Somewhere in the ballpark of the Dunlop teal Hendrix FF is where I’m aiming

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I’m thinking silicon, but not too aggressive. Somewhere in the ballpark of the Dunlop teal Hendrix FF is where I’m aiming

Matched bc108s with hfe between 250 and 300. The unit which was traced by freestompboxes had matching hfes of 261 in each position. Five cats pedals in the UK do a PCB for the JHF1 or it'd be pretty easy to adapt a standard Fuzzface pcb or vero to accept the extra parts.

 

[metropolis_4]

Matched bc108s with hfe between 250 and 300. The unit which was traced by freestompboxes had matching hfes of 261 in each position. Five cats pedals in the UK do a PCB for the JHF1 or it'd be pretty easy to adapt a standard Fuzzface pcb or vero to accept the extra parts.

Thanks for the info!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

It's done and it fucking kills. Just finished testing but still need to tidy my wiring. Took a pic cause the sun hitting the copper enclosure looked cool

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Thanks for the info!

No problem. Let me know if you have trouble getting transistors. I've got bc108s in the right range.

 

[gearJunkie]

 

[EOengineer]

This thread inspired me to pull this guy out. I’d totally forgotten I owned this Lovepedal. I think it’s more or less tonebender inspired rather than a faithful recreation, but it sounds great and cleans up way better than any tonebender I’ve played. I’ve been using it though a Bassman head.

 

[gearJunkie]

First play through the Gas Giant was a ton of fun. Even on its most diminutive settings, this thing sounds MASSIVE!

The bump & scoop settings are accurately labeled, and activating the gate while maxing the gain led to an inspired riffing session.

The gain at min was still quite fuzzy, but I was playing via a wireless, so I'll have to try again later with a cable to see how it reacts when loading down the pickups.

It's not an everyman fuzz, but definitely a cool addition to the tonebox.

 

[dronerstone]

This thread inspired me to pull this guy out. I’d totally forgotten I owned this Lovepedal. I think it’s more or less tonebender inspired rather than a faithful recreation, but it sounds great and cleans up way better than any tonebender I’ve played. I’ve been using it though a Bassman head.

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Had one for a longer while, and it's a good start into the mkII realm. Sold due to noise issues tho. A bias/starve/gate knob, and I'd probably still have it.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Interesting discovery tonight. I was having a look at Marcus Reeves page and read the description for his Facet Fuzz Face, specifically the part about the trim control.

Well the smooth control on Thorpy Tacit Blue, Veteran pedals and Analogmans clean trim pot on the sun face seem like they're basically the same control.

Just had a play with my tacit blue clone and the wah is actually pretty usable with the smooth pot knocked back to about 1 o'clock. It's not perfect but it's usable which is certainly better than any other experience I've had of using wah before a fuzz face.

I'm going to try it out at proper volume with my sun face and my thorpy clone at rehearsal tomorrow night. I'll report back

 

[dronerstone]

Interesting discovery tonight. I was having a look at Marcus Reeves page and read the description for his Facet Fuzz Face, specifically the part about the trim control.

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Well the smooth control on Thorpy Tacit Blue, Veteran pedals and Analogmans clean trim pot on the sun face seem like they're basically the same control.

Just had a play with my tacit blue clone and the wah is actually pretty usable with the smooth pot knocked back to about 1 o'clock. It's not perfect but it's usable which is certainly better than any other experience I've had of using wah before a fuzz face.

I'm going to try it out at proper volume with my sun face and my thorpy clone at rehearsal tomorrow night. I'll report back

By the description, it works the same way as the input trim on the Twin Bender (fully clockwise is "stock" too). Very handy knob, that one.