hemmo bazzfuss single transistor fuzz

This is a very simple fuzz circuit designed by hemmo/christian (http://personal.inet.fi/

koti/holmberg/schem.html). It uses a transistor and a diode to make a sweet fuzz sound
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out of a minimum of parts. + - + -
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9 volts + 3 3
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R1 10uf
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D1 10K
1N4148 Output
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C1 C2
Input 10uf C 8 8
10uf
B
10K 9 9
Q1
E
2N5088
10 10

1N4148
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12c 12
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2N5088
in
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out 16e 16
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Mods! 19 19
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Try different NPN transistors. The 2N5088 is a fairly high-gain version, try lower 21 21
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gain ones for a different sound. 22 22
10uf
You can experiment with different diode types for D1. 23 23
Change the values of the 10uf input cap (C1) to a really low value (like 200pf) to 24 24
get a trebly sound. 25 25
You can sag the voltage to dial in the sweet spot for fuzz. I found around 4 volts 26 26
to sound very nice. 27 27
Remove the diode to go from fuzz to dirty boost. You could also wire the diode 28 28
using a switch to easily change between both modes. 29 29
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revision: 1.0 28 may 2008 2008 beavis audio research

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