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by royaltoots
22 Oct 2011, 19:15
Forum: Stuff Seen for Sale
Topic: UK Fuzz zine - Good Fuzzy Sounds!
Replies: 14
Views: 6089

Re: UK Fuzz zine - Good Fuzzy Sounds!

ah - the 80s! [irony warning:] weren't they great?
I started on music zines in '84, then some comics and weirder stuff, until about 10 yrs ago - this is my first proper zine since then. Thanks for the order!
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by royaltoots
21 Oct 2011, 08:24
Forum: Stuff Seen for Sale
Topic: UK Fuzz zine - Good Fuzzy Sounds!
Replies: 14
Views: 6089

UK Fuzz zine - Good Fuzzy Sounds!

Hi all http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6243901045_eab930fbfe_z.jpg I've written and drawn a zine, all drawings, no photos, 28 pages of fuzz and more fuzz. There's a big 2-part history article centres around 1960-62 leading up to the Maestro Fuzztone FZ-1 and the London scene in 1964-65 leading t...
by royaltoots
20 Apr 2011, 20:24
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]
Replies: 127
Views: 97073

Re: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]

drewl wrote: The author didn't seem to know much about his pedal though.

true, true
by royaltoots
20 Apr 2011, 18:50
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]
Replies: 127
Views: 97073

Re: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]

bootle wrote: don't suppose anyone has that Toop article?
would love to read it, his books are great.
pdf attached - Enjoy!
Mark Hammer sent it to me a couple of yrs ago
by royaltoots
23 Mar 2011, 18:17
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]
Replies: 127
Views: 97073

Re: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]

Thanks for confirmations - I thought the layout was ok, but tried 2N270, OC71, 2G381 and didn't get far.
It's simple enough so I was dismayed at lack of success - will try again! Maybe i've got a short or something...
by royaltoots
22 Mar 2011, 23:30
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]
Replies: 127
Views: 97073

Re: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]

Anyone tried this yet? I've built it but it has very low power, tried it with various Germs, no fuzz or fun. Is there something special about these transistors that other Ge PNPs can't match, or did I just do my layout wrong? It's been a while since I did one... I'm using a 50k pot for Pep/Attack an...
by royaltoots
15 Mar 2011, 09:29
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]
Replies: 127
Views: 97073

Re: WEM, Watkins, Rush - Pepbox, Rush Pep Box [schematic]

Wow - thanks guys! I feel ridiculously like it's xmas in March, as I only just saw the Music Ground guts pics yesterday, on their ridiculous £2K Pep Box auction - so much fun to have a 'new' circuit to build - and I do love ye olde 60s fuzz. I don't have much time at the moment, but will be on it so...
by royaltoots
02 Feb 2011, 23:50
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Maestro - FZ-1 Fuzztone (1962) [schematic]
Replies: 90
Views: 88679

Re: Maestro - FZ-1 [schematic]

what is the hfe of your current transistors? - i think i got mine going with around the 70-90 range, they don't have to be high gain (or leaky) in my experience. i was never one for checking voltages though. it's not really like a "proper" fuzz sound, you should get crude blasts of blatty ...
by royaltoots
23 Nov 2010, 21:51
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Pepe Rush - Fuzzy
Replies: 46
Views: 23738

Re: Pep Fuzz?

I guess the Fuzzy and the Pepbox might not be related after all. :hmmm: I was (and still vaguely am) in contact with Pep Rush - he confirmed that he made the red Fuzzy pedal, but the chronology is definitely strangel. I was going to meet up with him to find out what happened with WEM etc, but I thi...
by royaltoots
24 Sep 2010, 14:44
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Maestro - FZ-1 Fuzztone (1962) [schematic]
Replies: 90
Views: 88679

Maestro FZ-1 [schematic]

guilty as charged - I noticed this mistake some time ago, but forgot about it again - final correction done! remember - blue border = wrong, purple border = right 4329619267_e4184ff6c5_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4329619267_e4184ff6c5_o.jpg Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-1correct schem by simonm...
by royaltoots
28 Feb 2010, 11:25
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Maestro - FZ-1 Fuzztone (1962) [schematic]
Replies: 90
Views: 88679

corrected Maestro FZ-1 schematic? [schematic]

i don't come around here much anymore, but here's that amended schematic again - my old image host died http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4329619267_27de1a3983_o.jpg I got a bunch of NOS 2N270s from Langrex in the UK, but none had gains over 80 - I can't find a full data sheet but the min hfe is m...
by royaltoots
11 Jul 2009, 17:56
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: a good UK hammond distributor?
Replies: 3
Views: 1527

Re: a good UK hammond distributor?

Eddystone are a branch of Hammond IIRC, and their boxes are pretty much the same sizes, but not sure of the codes.

Rapid has them, cheaper than Maplins

http://www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Fasten ... /eddystone
by royaltoots
21 May 2009, 08:07
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Baldwin-Burns - Buzzaround [schematic]
Replies: 345
Views: 230218

Re: Baldwin-Burns - Buzzaround [schematic]

well - there will be a difference, but your other choices will still sound good!
by royaltoots
20 May 2009, 18:31
Forum: Stuff Seen for Sale
Topic: Buzzaround Transistors
Replies: 7
Views: 3523

Re: Buzzaround Transistors

where do you live? Small Bear sells sets of 3 for the 3-knob Tone Bender, which is similar to the Buzzaround, so those would probably be good http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=11 Or you could by a few Russian ones on ebay for less and just try them - there's thread on here about Germanium t...
by royaltoots
20 May 2009, 08:23
Forum: Stuff Seen for Sale
Topic: Buzzaround Transistors
Replies: 7
Views: 3523

Re: Baldwin-Burns - Buzzaround

hello, i have got myself a buzzaround CLONE i am fairly happy with.. ..but (always a 'but' haha..) if i had one complaint, it is that mine is quite 'hissy' I'm pretty sure the hiss would be from the transistors - you can test for gain and leakage, but AFAIK not for hiss in old transistors... If the...
by royaltoots
12 May 2009, 10:30
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!
Replies: 39
Views: 7761

Re: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!

excellent! - very comprehensive - thanks!
by royaltoots
11 May 2009, 15:38
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!
Replies: 39
Views: 7761

Re: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!

I just built an FZ-1 on turret board for a friend. It turned out GREAT! I used the original schematic with the corrected parts values that Modman has posted in Wiki article about the FZ-1. .... The trick seems to be to have fairly leak-y transistors for Q2 and Q3 to help it bias rightly. Photos and...
by royaltoots
10 May 2009, 22:32
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!
Replies: 39
Views: 7761

Re: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!

FWIW I think that was a fairly accurate reissue, and at least some of them are meant to be good, but Gibson chose (?) the 2nd version from 1965, the FZ-1A (3 x 2N2613, 1.5V), rather than the original version from '62 (3 x 2N270, 3V). I think it was on eyelet board though, just looks like turrets in ...
by royaltoots
08 May 2009, 13:44
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!
Replies: 39
Views: 7761

Re: Maestro FZ-1 on Turret Board!

I built one of these on vero a while back (from the bad schem) and it didn't work at 3v atall, but sounded good with a 9v battery... yesterday I added the missing 470K and it's a monster! I got some black 1950s 2N270s off ebay a while back - they are low gain (about 40-50) but with very low leakage ...