EarthQuaker Devices - Hoof Fuzz
- Bernardduur
- Transistor Tuner
Check; nice inside shot!
My guess? Big Muff with 2N130X transistors with LED's as diodes for the fuzz stages.
Edit: found another gut shot at Discofreq
Edit2: from their werbiste:
Hoof Fuzz
EarthQuaker Devices Hoof Fuzz can produce sounds all the way from gritty overdrive to a huge wall of doom! It is a germanium/ silicon hybrid big muff style fuzz (it's based on the old green Sovtek Big Muff but it's a pretty different dude now) with massive amounts of volume and sustain on tap. It has a tighter sound than most muff's which makes palm muting an option and open chords ring out clear. The altered tone control (as well as a few other keys changes) eliminate the problem of being lost in the mix and sends your guitar ragin' on it's way!
My guess? Big Muff with 2N130X transistors with LED's as diodes for the fuzz stages.
Edit: found another gut shot at Discofreq
Edit2: from their werbiste:
Hoof Fuzz
EarthQuaker Devices Hoof Fuzz can produce sounds all the way from gritty overdrive to a huge wall of doom! It is a germanium/ silicon hybrid big muff style fuzz (it's based on the old green Sovtek Big Muff but it's a pretty different dude now) with massive amounts of volume and sustain on tap. It has a tighter sound than most muff's which makes palm muting an option and open chords ring out clear. The altered tone control (as well as a few other keys changes) eliminate the problem of being lost in the mix and sends your guitar ragin' on it's way!
'No more....... loud music.......'
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- MoreCowbell
- Transistor Tuner
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2n1304's for Q2 and Q3 it looks like. 2n3904 for Q1 and Q4.
- devastator
- Cap Cooler
I made a Russian big muff with supposed specifications of this pedal. I tried it quickly , it seems to sound good but I haven't tried it more because I haven't box to put it into.
I believe it used LED in feedback loop, low gain transistor , and a Mids control (AMZ presence control).
I believe it used LED in feedback loop, low gain transistor , and a Mids control (AMZ presence control).
- disorder
- Breadboard Brother
I figured that's what the added fourth control was. Shouldn't be too hard to wire up to an existing Big muff board.
I know it uses LED's in the earlier stage and then silicon diodes as well. Not sure if he changed any of the resistor or cap values.
I know it uses LED's in the earlier stage and then silicon diodes as well. Not sure if he changed any of the resistor or cap values.
- WhiteKeyHole
- Cap Cooler
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- Lawnchair
- Solder Soldier
I had the 3 knobber here for a few months. Didn't quite stand up to a vintage Russian green. It lacked the huge low end when you crank the tone to the left. A bit scoopier too.
Just didn't seem worth tracing.
Just didn't seem worth tracing.
- Hides-His-Eyes
- Tube Twister
Depends on your idea of working well.azrael wrote:Are those high gain Germaniums? I thought you needed at least 300 hFe to make this circuit work well.
Testing, testing, won too fwee
- SpencerPedals
- Solder Soldier
And yes, they are
- Sadcadaver
- Breadboard Brother
A friend wants me to build him a Musikding Russian Muff kit, and I suggested we try swapping out the trannies and diodes to make it more like the hoof. However, those Germanium trannies are a bit expensive to just 'try'. Can anyone else suggest some cheaper alternatives? Doctor Tweek has some AC176's but they only have hfe between 50 and 180. Musikding has some AC141's. What are they like?
- Sadcadaver
- Breadboard Brother
I was planning on socketing the transistors and clipping diodes anyway, and I'm suspecting it's the diodes that make all the difference. I'd still like to try some high gain Germaniums though, but thanks for the input.
- azrael
- Cap Cooler
The diodes make the circuit, of course. That much is obvious. But the germaniums can be seen as having a treble roll off than silicon, so I wanted to use the Miller effect to my advantage and increased that treble roll off cap to make then sound more like germanium.
The transistors themselves are not doing any clipping, so making them germanium seemed useless.
I use some red LEDs, for clipping.
The transistors themselves are not doing any clipping, so making them germanium seemed useless.
I use some red LEDs, for clipping.
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Can anyone suggest any particular mods to help make a straight-up green russian muff clone sound more like a Hoof?
It looks like 4 diodes need to be LED's instead, right? And 2 transistors need to become Ge? Any ideas on how that 4th pot ( "Shift" ) is wired in?
Any other ideas/suggestions? I built the green muff from GGG and didn't modify the design at all. But now I wish it was a Hoof.
Schematic http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf ... a841b3e85a
It looks like 4 diodes need to be LED's instead, right? And 2 transistors need to become Ge? Any ideas on how that 4th pot ( "Shift" ) is wired in?
Any other ideas/suggestions? I built the green muff from GGG and didn't modify the design at all. But now I wish it was a Hoof.
Schematic http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf ... a841b3e85a
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