Colorsound - Bass Fuzz  [schematic]

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Post by analogguru »

Thanks for the guts !

What a boring "innovative high-tech design" (yet another Big Muff Clone....):
Take a Colorsound Jumbo Tonebender (Fuzz A) schematic, double the values of the coupling/feedback capacitors and that´s basically what it´s all about. Tone-control section appears to be the same, but must be verified - missing two resistor values, probably 33k.

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Totally disappointing. I thought it was a germanium fuzz all this time.

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very nice gut shoots... thank you Silent Fly.....and I am happy to see AG-s comment :P

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analogguru wrote:(...)missing two resistor values, probably 33k.
100% correct - there are two 33k resistors that I missed. They are above the 220n/250 cap in the middle of the PCB (between the three pots).

There is another resistor that is missing: 8.2k on the left of the Fuzz pot.
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Schematic:
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Please let the image without a transparent second hand, nothing inconspicuous,
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Silent Fly wrote:
bass_fuzz_box01.jpg
bass_fuzz_box02.jpg
Bass_Fuzz_values.jpg
Bass_Fuzz_PCB_back.jpg
Bass_Fuzz_mix.jpg
Enjoy
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Post by reticon »

Anyone tried this pedal on guitar??

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reticon wrote:Anyone tried this pedal on guitar??
Yes - very nice fuzz.
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Post by Dr.Pain-MD »

Has anyone tried out that schematic? I've been in love with this clip for a long time now and I'll be trying out that circuit for sure.

EDIT: Also, that's the output cap going from the collector of Q3, right?

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Post by pinio »

Do You want PCB? I can make project in KiCad :)

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Does anyone have a Vero or PTP layout? Please tell me!

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Post by Solidhex »

Its a muff. You can use any Muff vero. Just leave out the stuff omitted from the regular circuit.

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