Build your own Fuzz Face (Part 1) - Germanium, Silicon or both?

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2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Tone Twins TV
In this episode we get all fuzzy building our own Fuzz face.
Building a boutique style Fuzz Face is one of the easiest DIY pedal projects but should you go with Silicon or Germanium transistors?
With our design, you don’t have to choose because you can have both in one pedal and you can even combine them.
You can find all the diagrams, close up photos and technical information you need in Huw’s article on Guitar.com - link below:
guitar.com/guides/diy-worksho...
In this episode we show you how to prepare the enclosure and cover most of the build.
The second episode will cover transistor selection, biasing by ear for optimum tone and there’ll be a demo so you can hear how this fuzzbox sounds...
Hope you enjoy and please let us know your thoughts and preferences i nthe comments below.
Thanks for watching

Пікірлер: 33

@64_Commuter 5 ай бұрын

Best fuzz face video, approach and explanation of operation I've found. Thank.

@tonetwinstv2863 4 ай бұрын

Glad you found it useful

@hannibalbarkas1350 7 ай бұрын

This is the kind of in depth nerdery im here for. Also your build is very beautiful, maybe next time I won't do a rats nest lol.

@tonetwinstv2863 7 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@mrrootytooty5797 Жыл бұрын

Your channel is amazing, thanks for your hard work :)

@wet_snow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for such great information! I will try it soon!

@HarmFlo 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Definitely gonna try this sometime!

@tylerrosier1068 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to appreciate the amount of research you must have put into this!

@mrmonsoon0001 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 1967 grey Arbiter Fuzz Face that was severely modified and wrecked when I was given it 30 odd years ago. It had AC128 germanium transistors in it. It has been restored with AC128 but I don't care for the germanium sound. The silicon Fuzz Faces are much better to me 👍

@petercornell2002 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Huw, nice vid. Peter

@Killall12 2 жыл бұрын

loved it

@ryanstark2350 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most useful tools when you do things like this is blu tack. It's the easiest way to hold components and wires as you solder.

@Jonathan_Doe_ Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I likely never would’ve thought of that myself, and I’ve tried all sorts of things before!

@reecebower9934 Жыл бұрын

Helping hands are better

@poykehmusic Жыл бұрын

Well you have to choose yout tack wisely, as you may have some crumbs remaining.

@johnrogers2826 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Ta!

@angelopacifici1546 3 ай бұрын

also the black wire at the top end of the trim pots, at the junction of the upper trim pots.... where is that wire going to please. Overall a great vid just missing a few connections that seeemed to not get mentioned.

@chrisdrake447 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, looking forward to part 2. On a semi-related note, somewhere I have an unmade example of the first TGM build -your-own fuzz pedal kit. Must be at least 10 years old, issued around the time when TGM also had the Dave King acoustic guitar kit, I think. I’ve lost track of which issue the instructions were in. Are you aware of this early kit, Huw or any other TT TV subscribers, and if so, do you recall any info about it, such as issue number, the designer, etc? I have a very vague idea that it may be David Peterson (the VOX Guy) but would be grateful for any info. Cheers!

@tonetwinstv2863 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris. Wow, that's going back a few years. You're almost certainly correct that Dave Peterson would have been behind that one and he really knows his stuff. Apologies but I'd have no idea of the issue number. I'd guess you'd need to be looking at back issues circa 2002 - 2004 - H

@abacab666 7 ай бұрын

lovin this, can't wait to give it a go...would you recommend anywhere particular in the UK to grab components from? most of the sites i find sell resistors/caps by the bundle, rather than individually, and i have no use for 50 33k resistors at this point TIA

@tonetwinstv2863 7 ай бұрын

Try Rapid Electronics, RS Components, Cricklewood Electronics and Farnell.

@tonetwinstv2863 7 ай бұрын

Ebay is surprisingly good too.

@angelopacifici1546 3 ай бұрын

hi the 100k resistor has a red lead on the bottom turret, can you please say where that red wire is connected to on the other end?

@RicketyKrickett 2 жыл бұрын

Are the 1k and 47k linear?

@lucasflorentino5893 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, i watched you video so many times and i can't understand what you do and what components you are using. Could you make a eletric schematic? I dont understand why you use a 47 k potentiometer and what type capacitor you using? In your schematic u don´t show this two components. I loved your video, please make more. Desculpa meus erros de inglês, eu sou brasileiro.

@tonetwinstv2863 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lucas. If you look in the description you'll find a link to my article on Guitar.com which has all the diagrams you might need.

@augustusbetucius2931 Жыл бұрын

Link to the diagrams, tech info gives me a big ol' 404! Where can the information be found for this specific build? You mention turning down the temperature on the iron. What temperature? Those details might be needed for some folks.

@tonetwinstv2863 Жыл бұрын

The link is working as of 19th July 2023. Maybe try again or use a different browser? Around 350C - 380C should be a safe temperature.

@reecebower9934 Жыл бұрын

How do you get your solder to stick to the pot? It always wants to come off when I try. Do you need a specific kind of solder?

@petegaslondon Жыл бұрын

Some are made of different stuff, or plated .. Try giving it a good old scrape before you solder to get the plating off If the casings aluminium, you may be out of luck - I wouldn't worry too much ;)

@reecebower9934 Жыл бұрын

@@petegaslondon thanks for the friendly advice!

@MattTee1975 9 ай бұрын

Sand it first@@reecebower9934