Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
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Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
So.. I'm totally fearful, but maybe ready to take the plunge with the right builder here. I have a home-brew fuzz face that is hands down 100000000% better than any other fuzz pedal I've ever owned (which is probably in the hundreds by now). It was a $40 ebay why-not that turned out to be a gem. I have used it on countless recordings and lent it to tons of friends.. so I'm terrified of someone taking it apart to clone it and accidentally fucking it up when they do. Like.. gone forever fucking it up.
It looks mega basic inside, but for whatever reason the values are just perfect or wired right or something. I'd love for someone to A) figure out why it's awesome, B) make me another one, C) most likely make me a few more. PM me for gutshots and whatnot if you're interested in taking it on. If you think you're up for it, I'll mail it off to you and cross my fingers! (oh, and of course I'd pay you for your time/parts/labor/expertise/etc. !) Really looking for one of the more experienced guys here who I know has good ears and a careful iron..
It looks mega basic inside, but for whatever reason the values are just perfect or wired right or something. I'd love for someone to A) figure out why it's awesome, B) make me another one, C) most likely make me a few more. PM me for gutshots and whatnot if you're interested in taking it on. If you think you're up for it, I'll mail it off to you and cross my fingers! (oh, and of course I'd pay you for your time/parts/labor/expertise/etc. !) Really looking for one of the more experienced guys here who I know has good ears and a careful iron..
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
It is an awesome sounding fuzz :)
I think the #1 guy you should seek out is Jerms
Just for kicks, can you post some hi res pics of the board/components? It seems like a fuzz face, but a super awesome fuzz face. Definitely interested in the values for my own usage
I think the #1 guy you should seek out is Jerms
Just for kicks, can you post some hi res pics of the board/components? It seems like a fuzz face, but a super awesome fuzz face. Definitely interested in the values for my own usage
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
Hey Travis. I thought you'd remember it!
I did a big shootout again tonight with a zillion other things, and it won.. again.. as usual. Brad/Creepyfingers reached out. Hopefully we can work it out since he's local.
Any info I get on it will be gladly shared with anyone who wants them. It's probably a super simple boring thing in the end, but whatever. It works.
Here's some pics:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uyS7 ... 24_844.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v46o ... 56_698.jpg
I did a big shootout again tonight with a zillion other things, and it won.. again.. as usual. Brad/Creepyfingers reached out. Hopefully we can work it out since he's local.
Any info I get on it will be gladly shared with anyone who wants them. It's probably a super simple boring thing in the end, but whatever. It works.
Here's some pics:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uyS7 ... 24_844.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v46o ... 56_698.jpg
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
Good luck with this project, Matt. I'm sure Brad will do an awesome job. Be real interesting to see what he finds.
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
Wow this is actually much easier than I thought. 2N3906 is bog standard PNP silicon. Both are socketed. I could reverse engineer that pup in like less than 10 minutes with transistor hfes and everything
It looks like a Joe Gagan Easy Face. Had I seen the guts before I'd tell you to just let me see it for like an hour haha
Anyways, Brad is local? Let's fuzz out!
It looks like a Joe Gagan Easy Face. Had I seen the guts before I'd tell you to just let me see it for like an hour haha
Anyways, Brad is local? Let's fuzz out!
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
I can do it, if you dont have another taker first.
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
Dropping it off around the corner with Bukowski this morning. I'll let you all know how it goes..
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
hm I should try the Easy Face, sounds nice
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
did someone say easyface? oldy but moldy pics
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Re: Who's brave enough to clone my #1??
I think Travis boiled it down to just being a really good Easy Face in the end. We're now working on a few tweeks to get it to my specific likings - but you've laid out a heck of a circuit there, Joe! The one Travis is building for me has a second stomp for 'pregain', which is really just like rolling back your guitar volume to a specific spot. Or something like that. Will definitely be posting here once it's up and running.
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