Thanks Alex, I can't thank you enough for your efforts.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Alex Frias' schematic of the Pussy Fuzz
Alex Frias from the freestompboxes.org bulletin board has figured out the schematic for the Pussy Fuzz. No small feat given my poor photography and dubious help of my attempts at reading the values on the components.
Thanks Alex, I can't thank you enough for your efforts.
Thanks Alex, I can't thank you enough for your efforts.
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You are THE guy, your help was excential and what an amazing good will.
I found two pertinent responses about this pedal from the builder Mr. Bill.
"That is one of the original ones made back in the day.
I recognize the case and the pots and the board.
The case was from Radio Shack, the pots were CTS and the board was hand etched using Datek dry transfer resist materials. The case was marked with Kroy lettering machine labels. The knobs were just like Fender amp knobs in size and shape, but were marked 0-9 in smaller sized numbers.
The circuit was based on the Harmonic Percolator but was modified to sound more like Steve Albini's personal pedal, which really sounds like no other. Steve still has one of these versions in his collection."
"The sub for the 47uF cap was only due to what was available.
The original HP used a tantalum.
The diodes have color coded bands indicating that they are 1N34A.
The original ones were 1N695 (IIRC).
The resistor values that Alex has on the schematic are correct.
These are the same values as the original.
The blog photos show an original unmodified version of the original builds, as ugly as they are."
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