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[characterzero]

Alright, my first fuzz is finished!!!  It sounds like  and is just as I imagined.  The output is realllly high though, if I crank it past noon I'm apt to introduce some buzz, blow my amp, or pick up a radio station  .  Do you think that was due to the 1M pot?  If so, I figure in the future like a 500k would do the job well.

I'm loving this pedal right now.  The insides are a bit of a mess, but for now it's working great.  Maybe soon I'll record some sound clips or something.  And by the way, Pedal Parts Plus is highly recommended.  They sent everything in nice little individual labeled bags, and emailed me quickly about shipping stuff.  Also the case I got ($5) is the EXACT same kind they use for the Electro Harmonix XO line (mine's the size of the nanos).   

Woohoo!

[floydmoline]

yeah your 1M pot is going to have some effect on that if you would have put a 500K pot in there as i had suggested :-P you would have had about a 1/4 less travel for max output and about 25% less output, but it is primarily due to the collector going directly to the coupling cap, normally in fuzz face style fuzz pedals there are 2 resistors on the collector side of Q2 with the output being tapped between them e.g. moving the output to the other side of the 10K resistor, and adding a < 1K resistor between the coupling cap and the 9V supply. but congradulations :-D fuzz pedals are fun, out of curiiosity what was the exact model number on the case of the transistor you used, and post an MP3 :-P i wanna hear hehe

[characterzero]

I made a quick mp3 in my gear-space, nothing special.  Please pardon the playing.  Anyway, I think the fuzz sounds better in person.  Also It works great with my delay for crazier stuff.

[characterzero]

Oh also the transistors are two 2N3904s, as seen here: http://www.pedalpartsplus.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PPP&Product_Code=4003&Category_Code=TRANSBP

[floydmoline]

not bad sounding, i would recommend usinf lower gain trasistors to get a more claassic sounding fuzz if you wanted,  ala 2N2412 are my personal favorite fo Si transistors...... central semi-conductor's variety come in a metal case and are a little lower gain makes them sound smoother.

[characterzero]

Cool, I don't really know the difference between the different kinds of transistors, but I do recognize the metal cased ones being associated with a more vintage sound.  Again, thanks so much for sharing your pedal knowledge. 

[jeffreyliu838]

Wow, that's cool. That's an inspiration to stay in school.

I can read schematics and stuff, but they never carry everything you need for a pedal at radio shack. Germanium transistors for example. And I don't have enough knowledge to know what can replace what... So, where do you get all your stuff? I want a TS808, but they don't exist, hehe.