Wow, I've been gone for a while! Thanks to all those who responded to my questions, but I was able to find out via other means what everyone has confirmed here. MPSA18, MPS6519, "backwards" Q1, etc... 6) My negative ground GGG build sounds exactly the same. The GGG schematic has Q1 reverse...

Howdy folks, first post here. This thread is pretty old with a good bit of "link rot", but from the surviving gut shots it seems Q1 is reversed from some of the common schematics floating around the web (GGG and Fuzz Central), with emitter connected to the 220r and 220k etc. The Jeorge Tri...