amz fuzz face?

[dudemyster]

hi put this together as on amz site. the fuzz was messy and non amplified. when i took the signal from C3. if though i take the signal from Q2 collector its fine. also is it correct that R5 is 1k as i asked for this but got sent a 100k and all this seems to do is act as a volume contol so i took it out for now!

any ideas?

thx in adv

[Hal]

use a 1k, then...if its the right part...

time to hit up rat shack..

and you shouldn't just bypass the output cap.  It makes bad things happen.  (simply put)

[the_badcliff]

R5 is the fuzz control.  In my build I ran a 2k2 (I think) resistor to ground in place of the 1k pot.  This is like having the fuzz pot at full all the time.   I don't think you would want to omit R5 completely.

[dudemyster]

ok get i get the R5 bit now, but how come i can get the signal from Q2c but not from the other side of R3. i guess that R3 bias Q2. i put C3 of Q2c for coupling (think thats right) but the circuit shows the signal being taken from  between R2 and R3?

thx in adv

[petemoore]

Ff's differ..if you tap Q2 collector for the output, [throught outcap]  output will be greater than 'above' the Q2 collector resistor, the one I'm using taps between the Q2 collector resistor and the little top resistor [330-470ohm in most, this uses a 1k].

[dudemyster]

pardon my ignorance, but when i tap of from between R2+R3 i get hardly any signal?what do u achieve by tapping there and not at Q2collector?

thx

[petemoore]

A little more output, small difference in tone. Tames it a bit I believe.
 You are using an output cap...using non polarized?

[dudemyster]

yea 0.1 mf mylar, just for me wiring the same as the circuit just didnt seem to want to play unless i tapped form Q2 collector. hey guess it works though :-) thats something

thx