[sdiy] reamp?

[Antti Huovilainen]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Tim Escobedo wrote:

> The union between guitar and fuzzbox is a holy one, and any "buffer"
> between the two constitutes tampering with God's grand plan...

Amen brother...

Fuzzface input is common emitter amplifier with some feedback from
second stage without a base resistor, so the input impedance is very low
(kind of like running guitar pickup directly to inverting op-amp minus 
node without a resistor). This cuts out a lot of high-end which is
actually good in this case, as it removes a lot of harshness (less stuff
generating those overtones). According to Roger Mayer (who designed the
original fuzzface) this was intentional.

For a good description on fuzzface operation, go to
http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/fuzzface/fffram.htm

Antti

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