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Got NOS Germanium transistors in there. HELL YEAH.



Pumps lots of low end, I can't wait til the weekend. I'm gonna crank the Ampeg to breakup and then slam it with fuzz

Niiiiiiiiiice!!! That should sound like sex with that Ampeg!!

I'm such a dumbass. Was playing my JCM600 the other night and stopped for a minute. Forgot I had my FF turned on. Wondered why it sounded so fuzzy and gainy even the the gain way down on the amp. Looked down, was almost blinded by the brilliant LED saying "Hey, Dumbass, stomp on me!"

Digging the colors and labels. What transistors did you use?

ovid9 wrote:Niiiiiiiiiice!!! That should sound like sex with that Ampeg!!

I'm such a dumbass. Was playing my JCM600 the other night and stopped for a minute. Forgot I had my FF turned on. Wondered why it sounded so fuzzy and gainy even the the gain way down on the amp. Looked down, was almost blinded by the brilliant LED saying "Hey, Dumbass, stomp on me!"

I can't wait to crank the Ampeg. I feel like the Fuzz Face really sounds best pushing an overdriven amp.

elder_things wrote:Digging the colors and labels. What transistors did you use?

NOS Germanium NPN from Small Bear. The labels were done by hand with an acrylic paint marker. I'm stoked with how it came out.

Nice! Did you build from scratch or is the pedal from a kit?

hwy1 wrote:Nice! Did you build from scratch or is the pedal from a kit?

from scratch with a random board I bought from radio shack. I didn't even use a layout, just when by the circuit. I'm just stoked it works

_ej_ wrote:
I can't wait to crank the Ampeg. I feel like the Fuzz Face really sounds best pushing an overdriven amp.

Yeah, it sounds amazing on either a clean channel right at the verge of break up, or a slightly overdriven amp to make it go RAWR!!!!!

And good other ways too, but those are both lots of fun.

I myself got most the parts for a FF clone. All I need are jacks and a TBP switch... oh and to stop being a lazy ass.

Congrats dude, it looks really good!

ovid9 wrote:Niiiiiiiiiice!!! That should sound like sex with that Ampeg!!

I'm such a dumbass. Was playing my JCM600 the other night and stopped for a minute. Forgot I had my FF turned on. Wondered why it sounded so fuzzy and gainy even the the gain way down on the amp. Looked down, was almost blinded by the brilliant LED saying "Hey, Dumbass, stomp on me!"

I don't know how you could miss it. It's a pretty freaking bright LED.

Steveijobzz wrote:
I don't know how you could miss it. It's a pretty freaking bright LED.

Pretty bright doesn't begin to describe it! Blinding is more like it!

It just shows you how aware of my surroundings I am.

*Will totally die eaten by a grue after failing a spot check*

ovid9 wrote:

Steveijobzz wrote:
I don't know how you could miss it. It's a pretty freaking bright LED.

Pretty bright doesn't begin to describe it! Blinding is more like it!

It just shows you how aware of my surroundings I am.

*Will totally die eaten by a grue after failing a spot check*

Haha. I did that on purpose. All of my other pedals have super lame dull LEDs and its hard to tell if they're on half the time. So I just decided to make all my future pedals have super bright green LEDs so I can see if they're on from, you know, across the room.

Steveijobzz wrote:hey're on half the time. So I just decided to make all my future pedals have super bright green LEDs so I can see if they're on from, you know, across the room.

Yeah, being colorblind the green doesn't really pop, but the sheer intensity does. I thank you for that. I'm pretty sure under normal (ie not a couple stiff drinks into things) circumstances I'd have noticed.

*Thinks about his condition when playing his guitar* Well, ok, nevermind.

Looks good, any gut shots?

Needz vidz nao

Excellent job!


Another request for gut shots...

you know we all love the pedal pr0n!

the guts are awful. The only wire I had lying around was 20gage, I had to wrestle everything in there

clips this weekend.