Madbean Bumblebee - Sound Demo and Build Report

[chromesphere]

Hi all,

Been on a Germanium, binge i guess youd say, lately.  I've just finished the Bumblebee.  Really nice fuzz, kind of reminds me of a fuzz factory when, you know, you set to something that sounds good

I have made this video build report / sound demo, i hope you like it and thanks for checking it out!
Paul

[bigrigg]

Thanks very much for the demo!

[Haberdasher]

hey that sounds pretty good.  are those the tiny little gt's in there, the ones that are so small?

[chromesphere]

Thanks guys.  Yeah they are the Russian GT's and they are very small.  No expect on germaniums but they sound really good to me!

[whitebread47]

Thanks as always for the videos, man!  I've got a lot of Germaniums coming in and some are GT313s, so I might have to build one of these, which gives me a great excuse to incorporate a Road Rage as well.

[midwayfair]

Where do you find the GT313s? I've seen them in some other builds (Dan Zink uses them constantly) and I'd like to try them out.

[whitebread47]

Where do you find the GT313s? I've seen them in some other builds (Dan Zink uses them constantly) and I'd like to try them out.

Mine are part of a trade I made for a lot of various Ge trannies, but you can get loads of them for cheap on ebay, direct from Moscow.  I'm talking some pretty good deals: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GT313-B-Germanium-PNP-HF-Transistor-RUSSIA-QTY-100-/310192241797

My guess is the guy who traded them to me got 'em on the bay. 

[Bret608]

Yours sounds really good--I have a Buzzaround from Ghost Effects in the UK with lots o' mojo parts, and yours sounds very, very similar. Does the timbre knob get things sounding more thin and treble-y as you go counter-clockwise? I like all the settings for one reason or another, but the place you have yours set does seem to be a sweet spot. This circuit is my favorite GE fuzz for sure.

[chromesphere]

Hi Bret,
yeah, the timbre knob does just that.  i havent had alot of time to play around with it but yeah its awesome
paul

[maxiclick]

I built this more than a year ago and was happy and put it aside to deal with life. I've been playing a lot lately with PRS se with P90's, Strat...champ 12, Rivera Pubster... thank you. This is a wonderful gizmo to have on your board. Not sure if the cleanup with the guitar vol control is quite what I expected (first in chain) but it plays nice with a considerable number of other pedals and I don't turn it off, e v e r! I also built the compressor, vibrato, 3timeChamp. They are all keepers thus far.