Fuzz Study

[mcasemo]

Hello all - I'm planning to make a big fuzz box to help me understand fuzz circuits a little more.  The thought is to make a box with 8 fuzz circuits, the feed them all into a mixer and have adjustable volume on each.  The 8 would be 1 transistor fuzz, 2 transistor fuzz, 3 transistor fuzz....through 8 transistor fuzz.  Thought this would be a useful way to learn a little as i research and breadboard.

Anyway, looking for suggestions on the different fuzzes, here is what i have gathered so far.  was trying to stay all silicon but i have a few germanium transistors around.  let me know if you have suggestions for fuzz circuits to explore for this little project, or comments on the ones below.

cheers,
Mark

1 transistor
ETI Fuzz
Dan Armstrong blue clipper
electra distortion

2 transistor
Silicone Mosrite Fuzzrite
fuzz face
Roger mayer axis fuzz
univox squarewave fuzz
WEM Pep Box Rush
Orpheum Fuzz

3 transistor
tonebender
Jen Fuzz / Jen Fuzz III
Maestro FZ-1 / 1A
Marshal Supa Fuzz
Selmer Buzztone
companion fuzz
z vex fuzz factory

4 transistor
big muff
Ampeg scrambler
Maestro Fuzz

5 transistor
Fender blender
z vex octane 3

6 transistor
Super Fuzz
Tube Sound Fuzz

7 transistor
Death By Audio Fuzz War

8 transistor
WEM Project V

[jkokura]

For 2 transistor, my favourite is the Muff Fuzz, available as the Fuzzy Muff from JMK PCBs.

Jacob

[mcasemo]

Thanks Jacob, I'll add it to the list and grab the circuit.

I just notices the blue clipper uses an op amp, so need to take that off (and re-research op amps and transistors).

Mark