[sdiy] Fuzz

[Joe Kramer]

Dear Niklas,

Here's an even simpler version of a similar fuzz.

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/v2/diagrams/fuzzface_b_sc_nn.gif

It's known to work, has a lot of tonal variation, and sounds good.  There
are plenty of circuit variations on this site.  You can use just about any
transistor you happen to have on hand.

Regards,
Joe

Rönnberg Niklas wrote:

> Hi,
> Long time since I posted on this list, but I've been reading, laughing,
> thinking and reading again! :-)
>
> I tested this rather simple fuzz circuit:
> http://www.montagar.com/~patj/jshfuzz.gif
>
> But I have run into problems, that I'm pretty sure you can help me to
> solve. I can't get the circuit to work. I tested with my scope and I have a
> nice signal at Q1 base, and a signal at Q2 base but there is no signal at
> Q2 emitter or collector. So I tried to replace Q2 with a new one, but that
> didn't help. Then I discovered that I had put a 22k resistor instead of
> 22ohm (in some versions there is a 220ohm instead) at the Q3 emitter, maybe
> this did destroy the new Q2?
>
> I don't really know how to continue to trouble shoot the circuit. Do you
> have any suggestions?
>
> Regards
>
> /Niklas