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Just made it and I'll have to agree with you here, It sounds pants, but then I've never been a fan of the fuzzface but I thought this might sound different but not to my ears.
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Why build FFs over and over again - there must at least better silicon fuzzes out there that offer the same smooth, light fuzz. Fuzz kit with a positive or negative ground with regards to the power supply.Seems like a nice effort for making the FF better. Almost all DC adapters and power supplies that are intended for use with guitar effects have a negative tip. Positive ground effects were more common in the 60's, but today, the overwhelming majority of guitar effects have a negative ground. Negative ground is the same thing, only everything is connected to the negative terminal of your power supply. The silicon version used NPN transistors and had a negative ground. PNP transistors lend themselves better to a positive ground and NPN lend themselves better to a negative ground, but as with most rules there are always exceptions. It just refers to the polarity of the transistor. Q: What's the difference between PNP and NPN, what's the difference between positive and negative ground, and how will this affect my power supply? The BCC version has a little more fuzz, a little more sustain, and a little more treble, but it also has a little more noise. The circuit remained exactly the same as the original, they just used higher gain BCC transistors. The trademark "Fuzz Face" has changed hands several times and there have been several reissues. These were actually only made for a very short period of time. They become essentially useless in any settings that are warmer than room temperature. The gain of germanium transistor will increase as the temperature goes up. One big advantage of silicon or perhaps a better way to put it is a big disadvantage of germanium is that its gain does not fluctuate with temperature. The people who prefer silicon are usually going after a very specific tone such as Hendrix on Band of Gypsies, or David Gilmore on Dark Side of the Moon. The typical example of famous recordings that compare the two are early Hendrix Experience vs. Silicon transistors have a little more gain, sustain, and brightness. They can also "clean up" with the guitar's volume knob much better than silicon transistors. Germanium transistors have a slightly darker, warmer, and woolier sound. Q: What's the difference between Silicon and Germanium transistors? At the end of the 60's, Dallas Arbiter began using BC transistors instead.