Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:02 pm
Bah, send it to Ian (ghost effects). Good dude. I know. Have a lot of his stuff.
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Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:05 pm
Okay, that seems like a reasonable plan thanks for the help everyone
thanks for the help everyone Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:55 pm
FF's aren't buffered bypass unless they are some Dunlop abomination best not mentioned (or the Classic Fuzz, which seems okay). The switch is a DPDT, so I'm assuming true bypass wiring.
If you solder, you could try reflowing all the connections, especially if anything looks particularly dull. You might get lucky and fix continuity on the signal path.
If you solder, you could try reflowing all the connections, especially if anything looks particularly dull. You might get lucky and fix continuity on the signal path.
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:46 pm
Send it to Ian. Even if you can get it to work the way it is, chances are it'll sound like crap anyway -- those Cornells are really hit & miss.
For 40 quid though you did well. I'd be tempted to just replace the whole guts of the thing.
For 40 quid though you did well. I'd be tempted to just replace the whole guts of the thing.
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:46 am
just got it, haven't plugged it in yet to test but here are some pics!
nothing looks amiss so maybe just a bad switch? we'll see!
nothing looks amiss so maybe just a bad switch? we'll see!
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:52 pm
they look so happy 
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:32 am
transistor 1 was indeed soldered in at the factory the WRONG WAY ROUND!
board is working fine now i switched the transistor round but the fuzz isn't passing through the switch, will investigate this today!
board is working fine now i switched the transistor round but the fuzz isn't passing through the switch, will investigate this today!
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:39 am
so this is where the 2013 dunlop fuzz face gets its design from 0.0
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:15 am
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:03 pm
Just to bring the thread to a happy ending, Fuzz Face is fixed, new switch, new battery snap (floppy one fell apart while working on it, replaced with hard plastic one!), and transistor 1 soldered in the right way round!
Actually doesn't sound too bad as well!
Actually doesn't sound too bad as well!
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:29 pm
I did not realise this thread had continued after id sent the ff off.... But got it back today, Ian (ghost_effects) was most helpful throughout the whole process. Thanks to everyone who helped out with identifying, pointing me to ian, or in general posting advice
By the way, it does sound really good... gonna struggle to sell it i think :P
By the way, it does sound really good... gonna struggle to sell it i think :P
Re: Found a Fuzz Face, no idea what its age or value is.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:47 pm
Ians work is great! Happy all worked out well.