BYOC Lil' Fuzz build w/Mods
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 4:15 pm
This one is semi-DIY.
I call this my Fanta Fuzz...because the orange knobs remind me of Orange Fanta.
I started with a BYOC Lil' Fuzz kit, which suddenly has been deleted from the BYOC website.
I made a couple of changes to the stock Lil' Fuzz:
I always run my Gain/Fuzz knob on max so I hard wired the Fuzz to maximum (2k resistor) and removed the Fuzz pot.
I like having access to the BIAS pot so I installed an Alpha 25k pot for added flexibility.
The stock 2.2uF input capacitor is too bassy for me so I added a Bright/Fat switch to select between 33nF (Bright) and 0.33uF (Fat) input capacitors.
This Fuzz sounds pretty incredible and is amazingly small!
As you can see, I have the 33nF cap board mounted and the switch puts the 0.33uF in parallel.
I might bump that one up just a bit for a touch more low-end.
And here's a bonus shot of it next to a ginormous EJ Fuzz and a Fuzz Factory clone that used to look smallish.
I call this my Fanta Fuzz...because the orange knobs remind me of Orange Fanta.
I started with a BYOC Lil' Fuzz kit, which suddenly has been deleted from the BYOC website.
I made a couple of changes to the stock Lil' Fuzz:
I always run my Gain/Fuzz knob on max so I hard wired the Fuzz to maximum (2k resistor) and removed the Fuzz pot.
I like having access to the BIAS pot so I installed an Alpha 25k pot for added flexibility.
The stock 2.2uF input capacitor is too bassy for me so I added a Bright/Fat switch to select between 33nF (Bright) and 0.33uF (Fat) input capacitors.
This Fuzz sounds pretty incredible and is amazingly small!
As you can see, I have the 33nF cap board mounted and the switch puts the 0.33uF in parallel.
I might bump that one up just a bit for a touch more low-end.
And here's a bonus shot of it next to a ginormous EJ Fuzz and a Fuzz Factory clone that used to look smallish.