Ge transistos in a muff

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Hoof schematic in question:
http://www.bigmuffpage.com/Big_Muff_Pi_versions_schematics_part4.html

Cody

Thanks! It does verify that I got the parts right. This sounds nice with the AC125's in it. I tried a couple of AC187's in the Q2 and Q3 positions of a different muff I built a while ago and, although it did sound good, it wasn't as good as it is with the AC125's. I attribute that to the nature of the AC187's, but I don't have any other NPN Ge transistors to test with. Is there anything special about 2n1308's?

yep, those are quite expensive and hard to find
Bjorn Juhl uses them in many of his designs. People often said the have low leakage and Hfe is pretty constant, but I've seen people using russian MP38A instead with good results.

That said, the Hoof fuzz and Bearfoot Fx's Pink Purple fuzz are really thick (almost distortion like, similar to the Rat to me...) and both use 2n1308s. I love them