"Shaftsbury Duo Fuzz" ?? Brian hello hello !

[MartyMart]

I was just reading about this very, very rare fuzz from the early '70's made by "Rose Morris" in London.
Aparently used by "Steve Hackett" on "watcher of the skies" ( Genesis )
and offering a nice "octave" harmonic and smooth........
Of course it's SERIOUSLY expensisve, if you can even find one, anyone know what makes it tick ? ..... schematic ? .....    
Mr Wenz......!

Marty

[Dan N]

It's a Super-Fuzz. Named Jax, Apollo, Companion, Univox, LRE, Mica Tone etc... One was called Shaftsbury. All the same circuit in the same enclosure. Univox was gray, the rest were black.

[brian wenz]

Alright already...Hello Hello!!!--
          Yep,  another example of the wonderfull Japenese fuzz madness.
Before I logged on to the forum I was messing around with my Kay Fuzz clone......cripes, I love these Shin Ei circuits!!
Hi Dan......whatta think of the correction to the Kay Fuzz circuit???  Have you tried it yet?
Hi Marty!!    Did you already build a Super Fuzz circuit??
Brian.

[MartyMart]

Thanks for the replies guy's !
This version is so rare that Bryan Adams tried to buy one for £800 !!!
and was refused  !!  :shock:
So its the "Super Fuzz" eh ?  I must try one/make a layout,  so I didn't hear one yet .... :cry:

Is it a cool sound ?

Marty.

[petemoore]

Love that Super Fuzz...RDV's posted a buncha clips of it, definitely a fun playing OctaFuzzer.

[Dan N]

Hi Brian!

No, have not tried it yet. My first thought was it would give a bigger sweep, but R.G. pegs it as a volume control. I'll try it tonight!

A really nice Indonesian guy on the HC forum (karamat8) has a Shaftsbury Dou Fuzz and took some photos. Here is the schematic pasted to his unit.

http://users.rio.com/senorris/junk/shaftesburyduofuzz_sch.jpg

As you can see, 100% small box Super-Fuzz!

[brian wenz]

Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello..............
   Hey Dan--Thanks for that link!  The more schematics the better...
 I keep forgetting that the Kay Fuzz never had a proper volume control [I added one on mine].  Seems strange for such a  'fuzzy" pedal.
Brian.

[brian wenz]

Hello Hello Marty Marty---
       YEAH...it's a great sounding fuzz!!    Build it at all costs!
Brian.

[Ge_Whiz]

I had the same thoughts as you when I saw the article in 'Guitar Buyer', Marty! RDVs clips sound good. SIX whole transistors, though!  :wink:

[col]

The schematic looks interesting but I can't make any of the detail out. Is there another scan of it available?

[Ge_Whiz]

http://www.geocities.com/j4_student/superfuzz.gif

[brian wenz]

Hello Hello-
   Any more Super Fuzz reports....................I've been messing with my Kay Fuzz clone and it's got me in a Shin Ei mood!
Brian.