DeLorean Fuzz
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:58 pm
Hey guys, I've been designing a pedal and it's just hitting the prototyping stage. I wanted to just get some feedback, ideas, concerns, etc. The DeLorean Fuzz is based around my own custom muff variant. But this isn't just you're stereotypical muff clone, because the DeLorean contains 5 muff circuits in one! You have first the triangle, rams head, rams head third addition, the green russian, as well as my custom circuit. The DeLorean fuzz gives you the ability to change a plethora of components across the circuit. For example, the DeLorean section of the pedal contains 8 rotary switches which allow you to change everything from resistors to transistors to diodes. On top of that, rotary switch settings will be depicted by symbols denoting the various big muff versions that the setting corresponds to. So you can set all of the switches to the settings corresponding to you're favorite muff circuit! Or you can mix and match components from the various muff circuits contained in the pedal. The DeLorean doesn't just do the same old big muff circuits, there are additional switch settings that I added myself that give you even more possible combinations and even more tones at your fingertips. In addition the DeLorean section, there is a tone stack selection knob. You may choose from no tone stack (tone wicker), the classic muff tone stack (just the tone knob), and 3 custom tone stacks (Mids/Tone, Bass/Treble, Bass/Middle/Trebble). When the classic tone stack is activated, LED1 lights up and the switches in the Stack 1 section are active. These switches are labeled with the symbols corresponding to various muff versions. When the Mids/Tone stack is activated, the Stack 1 section is disengaged and the Stack 2 section is activated. These switches will not be labeled by version symbols, nor will the other two custom tone stacks, however you still have have the same amount of settings to explore in this section. When the Bass/Treble stack is activated, LED3 lights up and the top section of switches are activated. In addition to this, the Mids and Tone knobs become Treble and Bass knobs. You have an even wider range of tones here than the previous two tone stacks due to the complexity of the circuit. Once the Bass/Middle/Treble stack is activated, LED4 is engaged and the switches below that LED now control your sound. As with the Bass/Treble tone stack, when the Bass/Middle/Treble stack is engaged, the Mids and Tone knobs switch into Bass and Treble controls and the knob below LED4 is now your Mids control. There are also two switches which change the headroom and gain of the output stage, and a Depth control delete switch. I also included a variable voltage regulator, activated by S0, to give you a dying battery sound or an extra hot sound. The flux capacitor section of the circuit is the feedback/oscillation circuit, capable of getting some insane sounds, especially with the heavy muff fuzz. Well it's actually 2 circuits. Both are activated by their own foot switch and are separately controllable. The unit is true bypass of course. If you read this thank you! I've been obsessing over this project for the last 2 weeks so I can't help but blabber on about it. Any suggestions, concerns, and feedback will be greatly appreciated.
I will do that, sir. Along with a torture test where I stomp the shit out and make sure everything is gravy. The prototype should be complete and ready to go in 2-3 weeks. Then it's off to the tourbox with it 
Once I get an official list going for the tourbox make sure you get in on it 