My first finished fuzz, from way back

[Somicide]

I went back to my first fuzz, and I remember being floored that it worked on first fire-up.  Now that I think about it, it's kind of quiet.  Its an NPN silicon Fuzz (no germanium, i know, but what can i do with limited funds?) it just seems rather quiet, even at full fuzz and volume.  

Any remedies?  Would the added tone knob steal volume?  Or am I just being a spazz?  I'm thinking i could add a gain stage from the black fire or something, is that ok?  Peace, love, n thanks!

Jeff

[petemoore]

Yes a tone knob network, being passive, will use gain, FF will sound too quiet, there is not enough gain to drive the passives and come out at unity.

[ErikMiller]

If you have a 330 ohm resistor in there, swap it for a 470.

Then measure the voltage on the collector of the second transistor to make sure it's still between 4.5 and 5 volts. You may need to adjust the collector resistor.