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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: sevenisthenumber on August 15, 2009, 01:19:30 AM

Title: Whats the best "Classic Sounding" Negative Ground Fuzz Design?
Post by: sevenisthenumber on August 15, 2009, 01:19:30 AM
I have built herds of positive ground Arbiters, etc... I want to build a nice classic (60's type) fuzz face and need it to be negative ground so that i can put it and a sparkle boost in one enclosure. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Whats the best "Classic Sounding" Negative Ground Fuzz Design?
Post by: jacobyjd on August 15, 2009, 01:23:13 AM
Si fuzz face. To vintage-ize it, add a 22-68pF cap across the collector and base of Q2.

That's worked for me before :)
Title: Re: Whats the best "Classic Sounding" Negative Ground Fuzz Design?
Post by: brett on August 15, 2009, 05:56:29 AM
Hi
Roger Mayer's "Axis" Fuzz is very good.  Also the Axis Face.
cheers
Title: Re: Whats the best "Classic Sounding" Negative Ground Fuzz Design?
Post by: Meanderthal on August 15, 2009, 09:58:53 AM
 npn germaniums.
Title: Re: Whats the best "Classic Sounding" Negative Ground Fuzz Design?
Post by: Johnny85 on August 15, 2009, 10:29:29 AM
I've built two negative-ground Fuzz Faces using Soviet-era GT404B transistors.  You can get them from eBay in bulk.  That's an NPN germanium component.  I like the sound they give.
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