Dunlop Fuzz Face and the output cap

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:09 am

I changed out the .1 uf output cap in my germanium mini Fuzz Face to a .01 uf after being told by everyone that it's closer to vintage spec. Woe and behold there's less bass.
Fuck yes....

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Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:04 pm

I used to be heavily into Fuzz Faces, I used a late 80s Dunlop black Jimi Hendrix a lot, until a couple years ago, when I started thinking it sounds like shit, either the transistors started getting bad or my tastes changed, or both.

I have since bought a blue mini on an impulse buy, I got some ok sounds in combination with other pedals, but I don't think it's that great.

I like your playing and that beat you made at the beginning though, I like that a lot.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:38 am

Fakir Mustache wrote:I used to be heavily into Fuzz Faces, I used a late 80s Dunlop black Jimi Hendrix a lot, until a couple years ago, when I started thinking it sounds like shit, either the transistors started getting bad or my tastes changed, or both.

I have since bought a blue mini on an impulse buy, I got some ok sounds in combination with other pedals, but I don't think it's that great.

I like your playing and that beat you made at the beginning though, I like that a lot.

I found the mini silicon was just way to high gain for what I consider a usable Fuzz Face tone. Sounded more muff like in my experience. I already have a collection of muff circuits, don't need a round one too. Maybe the output cap mod would change that though, who knows?

Thank you for your kind words, I'm trying to increase the quality of my demos and stuff and I figure a band context would help a lot in that respect.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:27 am

I rehoused a Dunlop FF circuit a few months ago. I had sold the mic-stand-enclosure to the jcycle 1000 years ago and didn't really remember what to expect it to sound like.

NOT A FAN.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:09 pm

The blue one is probably higher gain than other Fuzz Faces, but really not that high gain as far as fuzzes are concerned. A lot lower maximum fuzz than most real Muffs, it's like overdrive output.

I guess you're supposed to combine it with amp distortion, Jimi just turned up, but he used a variety of circuits. I still haven't found a combination that sounds really cool though.

The blue one is really weird, it has a lot of low end and a lot of high end is there too.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:22 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote: NOT A FAN.

This is a fan.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:25 pm

Freethenoise wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote: NOT A FAN.
This is a fan.

That wont fit on my pedalboard.

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:46 pm

dont put it on your pedalboard, just set it up in front of your mic. instant robot voice

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:19 pm

daftsupernova wrote:dont put it on your pedalboard, just set it up in front of your mic. instant robot voice

GOT MY AUTO TUNE UP