You got some sweet tones to come out of that bunch of flowers. Ha ha, (geraniums, get it?) Whatever, my humor is lacking, but that pedal's awesomeness is not.
I just got done (like two minutes ago) wiring my first pedal. If you go to Beavis Audio's Website, you will find lots of DIY guitar effects projects.
I never could understand schematics, until last night. Then it finally clicked, and I haven't slept since. For real.
If you're dead set on using Ge transistors,then you could check out junk shops for old (1960s) portable radios,you'll very often find a complimentary matched pair AC127/AC128 used in the AF output stage.
this is true for most of the effects, but in fuzz faces the material and the characteristics of the transistor pair are crucial. Even if you pick up two modern Si transistor and swap them with other of the same model, without selecting them measuring gain, the sound changes audibly. With Ge it's even more dramatic. Ge in fuzz faces sounds awesome but is hard to get the right transistors. Si sounds different but you can get them everywhere. Anyway, Ge or Si is a matter of tastes.
No,IMHO. It's not about if you use PNP or NPN, it's about the quality and the matching of the Ge transistors you put in it (by the way you can negative ground a PNP circuit and use it with shared external power supply, it's only a matter of what you decide to use for reference - and I don't think it affects the sound).
excellent playing and it sounds awesome, i just finished making a fuzz face using germanium transistors so much more original sounding than my friends real fuzz face
Sounds great man. Good sounding germanium transistor are hard to find. I've been pulling them out of old radios rather than risking buying sorted out junk off Ebay.
uh yeah ... germanium is the shit ... why do the transistor maker stopped producing Ge transistors and sell us these shitty-sounding Si transistors ... i totally hate Si fuzzes ... and i love germanium fuzzboxes to death , it really gives this hendrix tone , smooth , fuzzy and musical ... not harsh and unmusical such as dunlop Si fuzzfaces ...
Si transistors can sound nice as well... there are a lot of Si fuzz faces that sounds awesome. Ge can sound like shit if transistor are unselected and unmatched. Plus, there are a lot of fake reeditions of AC128 or OC44 that are plain trash.
The point is that a fuzz face, Si or Ge, has to be manual tuned to sound good, that's why mass produced ones suck and and the ones that sound good they come from small companies that handmade them.
awesome i love DIY . i'm a mic designer .. i have some vintage germanium transistor too if your interested .. i'm gonna list them on ebay soon .. let me know .. your friend jeff
Thanks fo a comment. I understand very little about building effect. I liked this germanium more than silicon tonebender. I give a tip to a guy who made pedal.
Nice vid man
caste0 7 months ago
Wah is first. Fuzz is kind a tricky with other effects.
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Ei oo ollut laudassa vähään aikaan kun on volan kannalta keikoilla hankala.
Jiii65 1 year ago
very cool dude, areyou running the wah before the fuzz?
rafasounds2010 1 year ago
You got some sweet tones to come out of that bunch of flowers. Ha ha, (geraniums, get it?) Whatever, my humor is lacking, but that pedal's awesomeness is not.
I just got done (like two minutes ago) wiring my first pedal. If you go to Beavis Audio's Website, you will find lots of DIY guitar effects projects.
I never could understand schematics, until last night. Then it finally clicked, and I haven't slept since. For real.
I built a Bazz Fuss. It works great.
JoshuaBoDean 1 year ago
haha aksentista kuulin samantien että nyt on suomalainen demoamassa:D melkone futsi, tiiätkö mitkä germaniumit sieltä sisältä löytyy?
stratmaniac 1 year ago
how i crave for your tone man :P :P awesome sound and playing
TFKofBD 2 years ago 2
Could I get the exact schematic you use for this fuzz face? It sounds great.
bob5679 3 years ago
What kind of fuzz face is this? Or where did you get the schematic? It sounds great.
xCorpseyx 3 years ago
nice guitaring
davididutdacoon 3 years ago
If you're dead set on using Ge transistors,then you could check out junk shops for old (1960s) portable radios,you'll very often find a complimentary matched pair AC127/AC128 used in the AF output stage.
lynington 3 years ago
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The semiconductor material has no bearing on the sound produced,this is purely down to circuit design.
lynington 4 years ago
this is true for most of the effects, but in fuzz faces the material and the characteristics of the transistor pair are crucial. Even if you pick up two modern Si transistor and swap them with other of the same model, without selecting them measuring gain, the sound changes audibly. With Ge it's even more dramatic. Ge in fuzz faces sounds awesome but is hard to get the right transistors. Si sounds different but you can get them everywhere. Anyway, Ge or Si is a matter of tastes.
UZILSD 4 years ago 8
are germs better in negative ground fuzz faces? i just build the byoc fuzz face and its awesome. it has those philips ac127/01 or something
ckyvick666 4 years ago
No,IMHO. It's not about if you use PNP or NPN, it's about the quality and the matching of the Ge transistors you put in it (by the way you can negative ground a PNP circuit and use it with shared external power supply, it's only a matter of what you decide to use for reference - and I don't think it affects the sound).
UZILSD 4 years ago
yeah great job!!
massdoll 4 years ago
excellent playing and it sounds awesome, i just finished making a fuzz face using germanium transistors so much more original sounding than my friends real fuzz face
capodastaro 4 years ago
what make is this fuzz face? it feels good . I can't stand it when the amp sounds like it's starting to fry it's speakers off.
hypnoxic 4 years ago
Sounds great man. Good sounding germanium transistor are hard to find. I've been pulling them out of old radios rather than risking buying sorted out junk off Ebay.
afodis 4 years ago
uh yeah ... germanium is the shit ... why do the transistor maker stopped producing Ge transistors and sell us these shitty-sounding Si transistors ... i totally hate Si fuzzes ... and i love germanium fuzzboxes to death , it really gives this hendrix tone , smooth , fuzzy and musical ... not harsh and unmusical such as dunlop Si fuzzfaces ...
tenebrae654789 4 years ago
Because geranium transistors are inconsistent and would ruin persision quality digital crap.
DOSphantom 4 years ago
Si transistors can sound nice as well... there are a lot of Si fuzz faces that sounds awesome. Ge can sound like shit if transistor are unselected and unmatched. Plus, there are a lot of fake reeditions of AC128 or OC44 that are plain trash.
The point is that a fuzz face, Si or Ge, has to be manual tuned to sound good, that's why mass produced ones suck and and the ones that sound good they come from small companies that handmade them.
By the way, Hendrix used to prefer Si.
UZILSD 4 years ago 2
nice tone
jonny1251 4 years ago
nice tone ! i'm amazed
tenebrae654789 4 years ago
Sounds good man. Use Germanium yes?
loradora132 4 years ago
Yes, hard to handle but sounds good...
Jiii65 4 years ago
Awesome sounding pedal. Classic Fuzz-face!
GibsonFTW 4 years ago
hello i love the sound of this pedal and i was wondering where you either got the plans for this pedal or where to find similar ones thank you
charveldean7 4 years ago
I will sent ti You the mailbox for Lari who made pedals.
Jiii65 4 years ago
How does it sound on a bass? Also, are there any DIY Pedals for a bass guitar?
Teriton 4 years ago
awesome i love DIY . i'm a mic designer .. i have some vintage germanium transistor too if your interested .. i'm gonna list them on ebay soon .. let me know .. your friend jeff
capo420420 4 years ago
Thanks fo a comment. I understand very little about building effect. I liked this germanium more than silicon tonebender. I give a tip to a guy who made pedal.
Jiii65 4 years ago