Finished Tim Escobedo's Triple Fuzz

[Rodgre]

I'm loving this circuit. I've put it in a cool brushed aluminum - overcoated with transparent red box (I'll post a photo later this week).

It's a great fuzz which loves to go into a Plexi. It's a little bright for a Twin (those are the only two amps I've tried so far.) It sounds gargantuan through the Marshall. At medium gain, with a Jazzmaster, it's crunchy and meaty sounding. At full gain, it gets splatty and squishy in a most fantastic way. It has the overall vibe of a 60's fuzzbox, with the artifacts you get with an octafuzz at extreme gain settings. I would put it somewhere between a silicon Fuzz Face and a Superfuzz in tone.

It's another brilliant and simple circuit. I built it in about an hour. The only drawback, besides it not sounding as great through the Twin, is that it can be a little noisy (maybe just mine) but I think the key with this is that you're playing it... so you don't hear the noise.

Roger

[b_rogers]

the tripple is a fun pedal..you can play with lowering the 5M resistors value a little for even more fun. i think i left the diodes off too..

i like all of tims stuff ive built.

Brent

[jmusser]

I'm glad it came out well for you. I've been on vacation this week and it's been raining, so I've been building some of his stuff. Bronx Cheer, Jinx, Phuncgnosis. I believe the Bronx Cheer has more growl to it than any fuzz I've built so far, plus it has the fizz "aftertaste' which is cool. I have the Jawari and TMK on the back burner waiting for a couple parts. I may build his little Octup circuit in the morning, just to see what it sounds like. I need to stop the circuit building part and get the things in boxes though!

[Rodgre]

Here it is. The photo doesn't do the brushed look justice, but you get the idea.

Roger

[Marcos - Munky]

Very beautiful, Roger.

[RDV]

1590S? I seem to remember seeing your 'handle' on the purchase list when I bought mine off ebay. I wish they'd get some more in!

RDV

[Rodgre]

1590S? I seem to remember seeing your 'handle' on the purchase list when I bought mine off ebay. I wish they'd get some more in!

RDV

Yep. I love those boxes. great size for those in-between circuits (though I easily could have fit the Triple in a smaller box)

The finish was a happy accident actually, I used a sanding disc on a dremel tool and just went in semi-random patterns along the face. After a minute or so, you can feel the disc starting to bend a little and you figure out how much pressure to apply to get it to swirl nicely. I ended up going through about five discs before I was done - they kept ripping on me.  I then overcoated it with two coats of Testors Candy Apple Red Transparent, baked for about 45 minutes at 200 or 250 between coats. I'm still debating on whether to do a final flattening wet sanding job to take out the orange peel, which I think will make the texture come out stronger, but I'm afraid to ruin it at this point.... Next time I'll do the wet sanding and whatnot.

Roger

[Doug_H]

;lkj

[Ge_Whiz]

I told you guys the Tripple was good. Just boxing mine up now.

[ryanscissorhands]

Rodgre - what kind of paint did you use that let the brushed finish show through? You wouldn't be able to use a primer because the aluminum shows through, so how durable does the paint seem to be?

I say this because I want to do it to my own, once I finally box up my beginner project. That looks awesome!

[Rodgre]

Rodgre - what kind of paint did you use that let the brushed finish show through? You wouldn't be able to use a primer because the aluminum shows through, so how durable does the paint seem to be?

I say this because I want to do it to my own, once I finally box up my beginner project. That looks awesome!

I use transparent candy colors. I used to get them from an autobody supply store but now I'm using Testors spray paints. I have red, grape, green and blue transparent colors that I've used on pedals. So obviously I didn't use a primer. I'm a little concerned about that but I'm hoping the finish is as durable as anything else I've tried. I figure the fact that the surface is sanded as it is gives me a leg up. If it makes a difference, I painted light dusting and baked it while the paint was still wet, hoping it would dig in a little more. We'll see. I always have issues with boxes getting scratched after a while anyway. I've never tried etching primer....

As for transparent colors though, if you have a simple airbrush setup (I bought a Badger clone a few months ago at a dollar store for $10! but I have several other airbrushes going way back...) you can spray anything onto your boxes, including transparent colors that you can buy at hobby shops.

Roger

[petemoore]

wWOWw
 I would further testing with that type of finish on a box bottom before considering doing anything to that box. It looks superb 1!

[brian wenz]

Hello Hello Rodgre or Anybody--
  Would you rate the output [volume] and amount of distortion as the same [or less or more...] as a Fuzz Face type circuit??
Thanks.
Brian.

[Rodgre]

I would say it has a ton of output. More than a Fuzz Face. The amount of distortion can get pretty heavy, though at full out, it gets splatty and kind of Superfuzz sounding. It has a lot of useful tones. Check out the soundclip link on Tim's site.

Roger

[Doug_H]

'lkj

[brian wenz]

Hello Everybody--
       See other thread!!
 Finally got Version III going!
I'm really appreciating these circuits that use PNP and NPN trannys........gotta look into these types of circuits some more.
Thanks--
Brian.