Home Made Fuzz Pedal

Here's an insane sounding fuzz pedal I built. It's based on a fuzz face circuit with germanium transistors. I say 'based on' because it was supposed to be a clone but I changed bits of it when it didn't seem to work for no reason, plus it sounds more like an edgy version of a big muff than a fuzz face. It's wired point to point (no pcb) as it's quite a basic circuit and the fuzz control is wired backwards (accidentally!) so volume and fuzz are both on full in the video. My setup is a standard Fender Strat into a Blackstar HT-5 combo with a Marshall Reflector reverb pedal in the FX loop.

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• blues
• fuzz
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• big
• muff
• stratocaster
• hendrix
• clone
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[BentElectronics]

Nice Dude!...Super Crunchy!!...What Transistors did you use?,,

[tojwonkle]

A matched pair of AC127s - I didn't expect them to have so much gain though! Makes it a fun pedal for the more crazy buzzy stuff though...

[brandon672008]

@rockandroller007 haha...i cant remember, i made that comment a year ago. but i still reckon your fuzz pedal here has an awesome tone.

[rockandroller007]

@brandon672008 ..... hello, what are the other 2 top pedals on your list ?? CHeers :)

[pacrat90]

Wow! That sounds great man!!! :D

[IoNoobMaster]

it sounds like the one Hendrix used... great job

[bombthesystemsnl]

great job!

[lukemcclelland]

dude this fuzz is amazing! Do you have the schematics for it?

[lukemcclelland]

dude this fuzz is amazing! Do you have the schematics for it?

[brandon672008]

This is the 3rd best fuzz pedal I've ever heard!!!!!!!!!!! (I'm going by demo's I've seen)

[Spleakthelazyman]

That is soooo grunge.

[carlosfrancafilho]

Very good, man!! Excellent sound. Low sustain...What schematic did you use?