Hey guys! I haven't been around in a while, but I'm happy to announce that Fuzz Central will be getting a complete facelift, complete with new hosting, in the very near future. Once I've completed the new website, I will begin adding new projects to the site once again.
The Schematics & PCBs section will also be making a long-awaited return.
The site will hopefully feature a lot of PHP features, making it very easy and trouble-free for me to maintain and update.
The biggest surprise...the website will no longer be called Fuzz Central. Along with a new website, it will also be getting a new name! No worries though, it will feature the same great content...still completely free...just more of it!
I would like to thank Aron and all the members of Aron's Forum for their continued support over the past FIVE YEARS that Fuzz Central has been around. Here's looking forward to another 5 years!
Phillip - Fuzz Central
yeah Phillip, I know I miss your Schematic and PCB page alot. Glad to hear it's getting a facelift and updates.
Thats great. I havent been making pedals for very long, but have definately read your site and its great. I cant wait for more stuff on there!
Glad you're getting back into it.. Really looking forward to seeing the new site!!!!
Hey, welcome back! You and I may not have "history" but I can say that I was one of the first to hop on to your board, took a break for a while and returned to, well..... "hello, anybody in here?"... (sound of crickets). Hope all is well for you with respect to whatever kept you away.
Peace
......excellent!....the fender blender I built from your site kicks ass, Phillip!!!!thanks!!!!
Cool! Looking forward to it!!
:D
Very, Very Cool :icon_cool:
Please keep us updated on the progress.
I can't wait!!
Hi Phillip, good news about your site. :icon_cool: It'll be nice to see you around again. :icon_smile:
Great news.
I hope you can retain the fuzz central URL so typing it in will forward you to the new URL.
You probably alreay thought of this, baby stuff compaired to PHP.
Good luck on your next 5 years!!
I've been waiting a couple of years for the schems to be back up! Better late than never!
Thank you, Phillip. You've been a real oasis, for the diy community for years. Many more!pl
Quote from: tcobretti on August 31, 2006, 12:54:27 AM
I've been waiting a couple of years for the schems to be back up! Better late than never!
archive.org
Thanks guys! Hopefully it won't take too long to muck through all the HTML. Since I have to redo ALL the HTML on the site, it may take a week or two to get it all finished.
Working on it tonight I have the "template" pretty much finished and everything appears to work just fine. Now the challenge comes when adapting all the main content to the new design.
Phillip
That's great news Phillip :D
Vanessa, thanks for that, I was able to find quite a few of the "old" schematics, though
many come up with "Path error" ..... worth a try though :D
( the later 2004 list pages seemed to provide the initial connection )
MM.
very cool ! FC was one of my original sources of inspiration....looking forward to the new site !
AC
Awesome! I have been waiting some updates over a year now... :-X
Moonface
a.k.a
Matlock @ Fuzz Cent. forum
New Name eh ? I can't count the times I've linked to FC.
Facelifts...cool !
*Schematics and PCB's...havne't used a PCB, but nice to know these are coming back...Cool !
Great schematics and Related Texts...FC has been inspirational around here !!!
Thanks Phillip, I'm looking foreward to seeing the new site / results of your work !!
:icon_cool:
Great news Phillip. I really like your layouts. Looking forward to seeing the new site.
AL
Any news on the Schematics and PCB section. I have been checking a lot and still nothing. I cant wait to see it! :)
Quote from: call1800ksmyazz on November 01, 2006, 08:17:19 AM
Any news on the Schematics and PCB section. I have been checking a lot and still nothing. I cant wait to see it! :)
Same here!
Good to know and good for you Phillip!
B.
Still working on it :) There's a LOT of stuff to convert over to the new format...all this manual HTML coding has me going cross-eyed sometimes!
Phillip
Congratulations, Phillip! ;D 8)
Best wishes for the next 5 years and thanks for making the world a fuzzier place. ;)
Congrats on the new baby!
I have used your site many times and have enjoyed it very much!
Thanks for your efforts in making a new site.
Fuzz central was excellent, so it will be interesting to see this one.
cheers
Getting closer! Made some more progress on the new files...shouldn't be too much longer :)
Phillip
Yay! Make sure you post when it gets up! :)
Cool. Just earlier today I was looking at your Clyde page.
nice!!
Phillip-
Let me know if you need some help. I waiting to get back to layout work for PCB................
Bill
Quote from: Peter Snowberg on November 01, 2006, 03:46:51 PM
Congratulations, Phillip! ;D 8)
Best wishes for the next 5 years and thanks for making the world a fuzzier place. ;)
Hey Peter! How are things in your part of the country? I really like that "making the world a fuzzier place" thing...can I use it? ;D
Phillip
Quote from: BILLYL on November 06, 2006, 09:15:36 AM
Phillip-
Let me know if you need some help. I waiting to get back to layout work for PCB................
Bill
Bill...start warming up ;)
Phillip
Great news, Phillip! :)
Fuzzcentral is great, good to hear it's back and better!
Always good to get that "new site" feel, I love it. I can't wait to see it, if you need any help with the hosting/design/anything for that matter, feel free to contact me. I have some friends at ssguitar.com that would help :-)
Quote from: Joecool85 on November 07, 2006, 01:39:37 PM
Always good to get that "new site" feel, I love it. I can't wait to see it, if you need any help with the hosting/design/anything for that matter, feel free to contact me. I have some friends at ssguitar.com that would help :-)
Actually, ssguitar.com is where it's going to be hosted :) Chris Mroz from ssguitar.com offered me a subdomain for Fuzz Central which is great because there will be no ad banners, popup windows, etc. that are on Tripod.
By the way, I decided not to change the name...Fuzz Central it has been for 5 years, and Fuzz Central is shall remain! :)
Phillip
Hello Hello Phillip!
Great news! I really missed FZ.....
Brian.
Quote from: phillip on November 07, 2006, 04:09:21 PM
Quote from: Joecool85 on November 07, 2006, 01:39:37 PM
Always good to get that "new site" feel, I love it. I can't wait to see it, if you need any help with the hosting/design/anything for that matter, feel free to contact me. I have some friends at ssguitar.com that would help :-)
Actually, ssguitar.com is where it's going to be hosted :) Chris Mroz from ssguitar.com offered me a subdomain for Fuzz Central which is great because there will be no ad banners, popup windows, etc. that are on Tripod.
By the way, I decided not to change the name...Fuzz Central it has been for 5 years, and Fuzz Central is shall remain! :)
Phillip
Haha, thats funny, I was going to ask him if he'd do it for you. He said he would host for "special" people, I figured you'd count. And apparently you do :-) Rockin' Our server is practically never down, it should work out real well for you.
**edit**
And for those of you that don't know, Chris and I are the admins at SSGuitar.com, it was my idea and Chris's webspace, but now he has gotten into it and it is a big part of both of our lives. </end of ssguitar.com history lesson>
http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/ (http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/)
Everything except the "Submitted Schematics" page should be working...that page was a last-minute addition so I haven't had a chance to get that page coded yet. The index page is also still a little sparse for the time being, but I'm working on ways to pretty it up a bit ;)
Let me know if something's not working so I can get it patched up.
Phillip
Great! Thanks Phillip & heres hoping it keeps going another few years at least...
pyrop ;D
Looks great Phillip, everywhere I went on the site came up perfectly :D ( Mac OSX/Safari & Firefox )
The world is certainly fuzzier now !!
Marty.
Phillip-
Looks good. Tripod can be to much to work with.
Bill
Congratulations Phillip, looks & works smoothly.
Is it me or this new server is way faster than the previous? Each page takes less than a sec to load now!
The server is blisteringly fast actually. Chris picked out a super sweet server for SSGuitar.com, he got a good deal on the webspace because he has had an account with the same place for 7-8 years.
Quote from: phillip on November 09, 2006, 02:48:54 AM
http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/ (http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/)
Everything except the "Submitted Schematics" page should be working...that page was a last-minute addition so I haven't had a chance to get that page coded yet. The index page is also still a little sparse for the time being, but I'm working on ways to pretty it up a bit ;)
Let me know if something's not working so I can get it patched up.
Phillip
Looks good. Gotta love a world with more fuzz.
Ron
Awsome Phillip. Cant wait to view the whole thing.
I got up before work this morning and saw the new site was up, and spent so much time surfing schems I was late for work.
Phillip, thanks again for your contributions to this community.
Quote from: tcobretti on November 09, 2006, 11:12:07 AM
I got up before work this morning and saw the new site was up, and spent so much time surfing schems I was late for work.
Phillip, thanks again for your contributions to this community.
Same here!
Nice job Phillip! 8)
Thanks guys! Yes the ssguitar server is very fast, plus there's no javascript ad stuff inserted into the HTML like tripod put in there. With all that ad stuff that Tripod was inserting, my HTML files were suffering from "code bloat" which certainly also slowed down the loading.
I'll probably be making some changes to the site later this evening...after I spend the afternoon outside since the weather has finally cleared and the sun has finally made a return ;)
I've just uploaded an updated version of the Colorsound One Knob Fuzz to the Schematics & PCBs page. Stuart Castledine caught an error in the original schematic for me, and it has been corrected :)
More new schematics coming soon.
Phillip
Oh, I forgot to mention that the website was designed around the open-source Bitstream Vera Sans font...most computers don't have it, otherwise the site will default to Arial, but it looses a bit of effect when it does that ;) Here's a link to download the Bitstream Vera fonts for free:
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=bitstream_vera_sans (http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=bitstream_vera_sans)
Phillip
What a great site. Very nicely done, extremely helpfull! Thanks! ;D
You're going to want to fix the address in your sig. :P
Quote from: Joecool85 on November 09, 2006, 04:17:20 PM
You're going to want to fix the address in your sig. :P
Done and done ;)
BTW, does anyone have one of those floating "Back to Top" javascript links? I used to have a nice one, but that was on my last desktop... I'd like one that displays the link in plain text and "floats" in the bottom left side of the screen.
Thanks!
Phillip
Quote from: phillip on November 09, 2006, 03:07:43 PM
I've just uploaded an updated version of the Colorsound One Knob Fuzz to the Schematics & PCBs page. Stuart Castledine caught an error in the original schematic for me, and it has been corrected :)
Phillip
Phillip...
are you sure about the values on the CS one knob ? from my calculations, which admittedly could be "off", q2 wont be anywhere near bias with a 82 ohm and a 2k2 on it....
maybe i'm mistaken, but with a average hfe around 200, wouldn't that put the bias at q2's collector a bit over 7 volts ? just wondering...
maybe i should check my calculations again...
ALSO...on the Univox Squarewave fuzz schemo...should the resistor off Q1's emitter really be "680k" ? 680 ohms would make more sense ...just wondering...
AC
ps...the site looks fantastic !
Yep, the 680K resistor in the Squarewave schematic should indeed be 680R. I just uploaded the corrected version of the schematic.
I think that the 82R resistor is probably correct, especially coming from Stuart. He said that the 680R would make it quite a bit louder, though.
Phillip
Hello Hello--
Great site Phillip! Good to have it back.
What about those values on the Colorsound One Knob??
Brian.
Hello Hello Again--
I just checked my old schematics for the One Knob [hey.... now THERE is a name to gripe about!] and they all have a 820 ohm res. in there.
Brian.
Quote from: brianwenz on November 09, 2006, 07:40:14 PM
Hello Hello Again--
I just checked my old schematics for the One Knob [hey.... now THERE is a name to gripe about!] and they all have a 820 ohm res. in there.
Brian.
thats what i was thinking.... 820 ohm, not the 82 ohm thats listed....
what value resistor do you have for Q2's collector Brian ?
thanks,
AC
Quote from: phillip on November 09, 2006, 04:32:50 PM
Quote from: Joecool85 on November 09, 2006, 04:17:20 PM
You're going to want to fix the address in your sig. :P
Done and done ;)
BTW, does anyone have one of those floating "Back to Top" javascript links? I used to have a nice one, but that was on my last desktop... I'd like one that displays the link in plain text and "floats" in the bottom left side of the screen.
Thanks!
Phillip
Maybe this one?
http://www.maxxblade.co.uk/bak2top/
Gilles
Quote from: Gilles C on November 09, 2006, 08:54:29 PMMaybe this one?
http://www.maxxblade.co.uk/bak2top/
Gilles
That will work! :)
Phillip
http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/rangemaster/blaster1.jpg (http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/rangemaster/blaster1.jpg)
That's beautiful work, Phillip.
Your site looks great!
Hello Hello Andy--
Q 2 collector is 2K2 on my schematic.
Brian.
Quote from: brianwenz on November 09, 2006, 11:53:40 PM
Hello Hello Andy--
Q 2 collector is 2K2 on my schematic.
Brian.
cool...thanks Brian....sol its just the "82 ohm" thats off...should be "820 ohm"....
cool....
AC
I dunno guys...Stuart has owned real ones, so he's had access to the actual circuit boards. I'd take his word for it since other schematics might've been drawn from a single original which had a resistor that was read incorrectly.
Phillip
Hello Hello--
The schematic that I'm looking at was on the Fuzz Central site and was traced by Stuart. Did he make a mistake when he read the res. value? 82 ohms is such an odd value.....has anybody built this fuzz?? [I guess if anybody DID build it they used the 820 ohm res.] This is one of the few Fuzz Face-type circuits that uses different trannys for Q1 and Q2.
Maybe this should be a new thread??
Brian.
Hi,
I have some old Ampage info on the range,master including a couple of pictures, don't know if I'm allowed to post them here, however. Here is one:
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/alfafalfa/?action=view¤t=View9.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1 (http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/alfafalfa/?action=view¤t=View9.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1)
RG was given one to have a closer look at it. The OC 71 should originally be an OC44.
Alf
Quote from: phillip on November 10, 2006, 12:38:09 AM
I dunno guys...Stuart has owned real ones, so he's had access to the actual circuit boards. I'd take his word for it since other schematics might've been drawn from a single original which had a resistor that was read incorrectly.
Phillip
stuart is generallry "right on"...i'll give you that....
i just dont think it'll bias with those values....in fact, even with the 820R/2k2 combo it'll take some "serious" hfe selection to get any kind of biasing happening...i'll try to find a few minutes to breadboard it today though, just to be sure...
AC
Hello Hello--
Hey Andy, check yer email!
Brian.
It's confirmed guys...the resistor is 82 ohms, not 820. Stuart emailed me and said that the resistor measured 81.7 ohms and the voltage on Q2's collector was 7.02V. It was just misread the first time as being 820 ohms instead of the correct 82 ohms.
(http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/misc/82R.jpg)
Phillip