Finished my PUFF

[Bradley]

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.

 

[Barry]

Excellent! I love the triangle tread cut-out.

[Playsforfun]

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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