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I finished up my first germanium fuzz pedal over the weekend, a Pumped Up Fuzz Face. It sounds much smoother than the silicon fuzzes I’ve been building lately. I guess all the hype was true. I got the transistors, charge pump chip and board here. The bias pot is set to -6.4V at the moment. It’s not as compressed sounding when it was set lower but has more volume and more clarity. It cleans up nicely with the guitar volume knob too. I had a red enclosure that I was going to use for a EVH style phaser pedal but decided to use it for this. If I had to do it over, I’d go with side mounted jacks rather than at the top to give it more of an even look with the knobs. Amazing how such a simple circuit sounds so good.
I have everything I need to do the Pumped Up Tone Bender so that one is next.
Real nice, Bradley. Exceptional inside work. Personally i’d stick with top jacks to save room on the board. Side jack space adds up is all i’m saying. When not using a battery in your build you could choose a smaller in diameter DC jack to make it easier and gain room. I’ve been using Barry’s wire forever. I’d advise anyone to grab some when you can. Pretinned and takes a beating before it starts to unravel when you are trying to get in those hard to see holes. It’s a frustration limiter in a way. Again premo job.
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