Burnside Fuzz

[idsnowdog]

I built this two weeks ago but I didn't have the right sized knobs. I'm calling it the Burnside Fuzz in honor of Major General Ambrose Burnside because it's a different type of fuzz face. The enclosure is a nice Hammond that came from some sort of AV converter that I scrapped. It has two PNP Silicon BFX88 transistors, a green LED soft clipping diode, volume, presence, fuzz, bias control, and bandpass output filter. It is a loud, tight and aggressive fuzz.

 

[GuitarStv]

Cool! Does it do that zipper fuzz kinda thing?

 

[jeremy]

im totally gonna shave my beard like that before i take it off for summer.

how does the fuzz cut through a mix? does it clean up well?

 

[Artie]

Sweet! But as much as I think I know something about electronics, these positive ground circuits always confuse me. When you plug in your guitar, why doesn't it feed 9-volts back into the axe? That's a bit of a rhetorical question, because I know it doesn't. I just have a hard time visualizing why not.

But it's still a cool circuit, with a small parts count. Could make a nice weekend project.

 

[idsnowdog]

Cool! Does it do that zipper fuzz kinda thing?

The bias control makes it a bit looser. Running it at 6v would probably really loosen it up.

 

[idsnowdog]

im totally gonna shave my beard like that before i take it off for summer.

how does the fuzz cut through a mix? does it clean up well?

This is a microphone into the Shure M67 and then into a Line6 Toneport. Fuzz at 70%, bias at 40%, Volume at 70%, and presence at 60%.

 

[jeremy]

sounds good!

 

[GuitarStv]

Yeah, that does sound cool. I have put the bias control as a mini pot inside pedals before, and always regretted it. Bias makes so many changes to a fuzz that I think you did it right by sticking it on the outside.