Daniel Coggins, Fuzz-tone, in: Electronics Today, June 1993 🇬🇧

Post by **modman** » 08 Nov 2021, 13:33

Electronics-Today-1993-05 fuzztone.pdf: (549.25 KiB) Downloaded 134 times

aionios · Post by **aionios** » 09 Nov 2021, 00:47

Simple circuit but it sounds great. I did a board for one awhile back -
https://aionfx.com/project/atom-fuzz-drive/

It’s not dissimilar from the Brown Source, and I do wonder if he may have started with this circuit on the breadboard when developing that one.

Post by **modman** » 09 Nov 2021, 09:25

Ooops!

aionios · Post by **aionios** » 09 Nov 2021, 16:46

Here's Dan revisiting the circuit after almost 20 years (2011):

http://web.archive.org/web/201107181822 ... zztone.asp

Looks like the R6-R9/C6 correction was done by hand on his scan of the article. (Fortunately that's the one I based mine on originally)

Manfred · Post by **Manfred** » 13 Nov 2021, 00:13

Ready to print PDF-files:

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Post by **modman** » 13 Nov 2021, 00:48

Thanks so much Manfred! I might just build one...

aionios wrote: ↑09 Nov 2021, 16:46 Here's Dan revisiting the circuit after almost 20 years (2011):

http://web.archive.org/web/201107181822 ... zztone.asp

Looks like the R6-R9/C6 correction was done by hand on his scan of the article. (Fortunately that's the one I based mine on originally)

Thanks to this link I found this on the home page:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110718181709/http://dinosaural.com/home.asp wrote:Dinosaural® does not represent Lovetone® nor act on its behalf. As from April 2008, Dan Coggins is no longer part of the Lovetone business. From January 2009 he no longer works on Lovetone® products via Dinosaural®. All matters regarding Lovetone® including technical support and servicing of old product should now be referred to Lovetone® through the usual Lovetone® channels. Please note that any enquiries now made to Dan/Dinosaural despite this long-standing notice will no longer merit any reply.

Did he have some involvement in Lovetone? Or only for repairs? I'm wondering

aionios · Post by **aionios** » 13 Nov 2021, 02:13

modman wrote: ↑13 Nov 2021, 00:48 Thanks to this link I found this on the home page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110718181709/http://dinosaural.com/home.asp wrote:Dinosaural® does not represent Lovetone® nor act on its behalf. As from April 2008, Dan Coggins is no longer part of the Lovetone business. From January 2009 he no longer works on Lovetone® products via Dinosaural®. All matters regarding Lovetone® including technical support and servicing of old product should now be referred to Lovetone® through the usual Lovetone® channels. Please note that any enquiries now made to Dan/Dinosaural despite this long-standing notice will no longer merit any reply.
Did he have some involvement in Lovetone? Or only for repairs? I'm wondering

Yeah, he was the lead (or only) engineer of Lovetone and designed all their circuits. He started Dinosaural after leaving Lovetone and released the Tube Bender, OPA-101, and OTC-201. Dinosaural ceased operations for the most part in 2016, and since then he's been designing circuits for ThorpyFX (some updated versions of the Lovetones and other original designs). Last year he formally joined them full-time.

Post by **modman** » 13 Nov 2021, 12:31

Tube Bender,
OPA-101, and
OTC-201.