Was always partial to the SuperFuzz...I have had this for about 9 years...LOVE IT.

Yea yea, I know about my flight control board...too much stuff, even for me.

If you're handy with a soldering iron you can build your own.

eddiekatcher
I never use a fuzz for surf but I do use the Ibanez tube screamer in the wedding band (yeah damnit...wedding band) I play in. It's the only fuzz pedal I've had for overdrive. It's very flexible and easy to set and sounds awesome at low amp volumes. Most of the time i just push the front end of a 40 watt Fender amp with my '68 Les Paul Custom, and Mummmmmm good! Don't need no stinkin' pedals......ed

Nop this future what ever "Fuzz" pedal I get is not going to be used for surf but for other projects.

-Kyle

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The Fuzz Face is a great Fuzz pedal...and a true FUZZ...but it sounds mushier, bassier, and smoother than a Si Fuzz like the Fuzzrite or Shin-Ei (which sound more trebley, biting, and wasp-like which I think is closer to to the sound that Kyle's looking for).

thanks surfmole....

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bomboraboy
I put in a pot to create sounds like a Theremin. I'm very pleased with it. Plus there's no feeling of:"oh no, not again new gear." but "yes, it works, I can do it."

Where did you put the pot?
When you play guitar it sounds like a Theremin?

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What transistors did you use for your Fuzzrite clone (and what schematic)?
Si or Ge?

The Fuzz Face is a PITA to build and have it sound good! That's why every Dunlop reissue and many of the originals are so terrible due to the choice of transistors and/or lack of tweaking each fuzz individually. To get a good Fuzz Face you have to have good non-leaky Ge transistors that are in the right gain range for each stage...then you have to bias them properly (which usually requires tweaking the circuit and not using standard resistor values). Germanium Fuzzes are the one pedal in which it's necessary to build it yourself and/or buy a boutique clone in my opinion due to the amount of tweaking required to have it sound "right". When it does though it's a great sounding pedal!!

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I remebered this net-store in germany which carries matched sets and triplesets of germanium transistors, for anyone who cares. Im sure you can get the same stuff in the US, but I thought Id pass the info anyway.

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I put in a pot to create sounds like a Theremin. I'm very pleased with it. Plus there's no feeling of:"oh no, not again new gear." but "yes, it works, I can do it."

Where did you put the pot? Confused
When you play guitar it sounds like a Theremin?

I put a 100K pot between the Emitors of the transistors and the ground. When the Resistor is on, it creates a buzzing. The pitch can now be adjusted with the new pot and the fuzz pot.
It was just luck, I'm not a technician but it's very funny to play with. You can dial in an E and then play Misirlou, sounds very funny.
Maybe I can get the hooter like on squad car.

Bomboraboy, so you are saying, that with the 100Kpot installed, that you
can change the pitch?

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Hangin8bits
Small Bear Electronicsin the US has matched Germanium transistors and includes resistor values. Heck of a nice guy with everything you need for pedal building.

-H8b

Agreed!! Smallbear is the best source for pedalbuilding goods and a cool guy to do business with. His Germanium trannies are good too although I've found the resistor values he includes to be "questionable" (in other words I seldom go with his values).

I've got a stash of 2N2222A transistors I can use and am planning on building a prototype this weekend...

diceophonic
That's the the ticket Scot

I'll see how the Fuzzrite with Si transistors sounds....

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Hangin8bits
Small Bear Electronicsin the US has matched Germanium transistors and includes resistor values. Heck of a nice guy with everything you need for pedal building.

-H8b

Agreed!! Smallbear is the best source for pedalbuilding goods and a cool guy to do business with. His Germanium trannies are good too although I've found the resistor values he includes to be "questionable" (in other words I seldom go with his values).

I've got a stash of 2N2222A transistors I can use and am planning on building a prototype this weekend...

diceophonic
That's the the ticket Scot

I'll see how the Fuzzrite with Si transistors sounds....

Scot use what ever you think will make this Fuzz pedal sound killer and vintage like

-Kyle

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