D*A*M - Head Buzz

johnnyg · Post by **johnnyg** » 13 Jan 2010, 08:04

stumbled on this and don't think it's been posted before - a DAM pedal for the Japanese market only... lots of yen...

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/dam/headbuzz

Prob not of interest to most as a YAFF - if not a complete replica of the Fuzz Face... (2 transistors - silicon in one BC108B, ge NKT 275s in the other); 3 caps - one 2.2uf input; 4 resistors (never sure of the colours on these carbon ones - seem to have 33k; 80K?... others I can't work out... is the band blue, purple, gold, grey or what!

Prob nothing interesting - unless there some slight differences here to what you get in standard fuzz face.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 13 Jan 2010, 08:13

Thanks johhnyg

I'll save some more info and pics here for posterity:

•This pedal is a custom order by a music store in Tokyo, Japan: Hoochies. There are two kinds of "Head Buzz":

◦One "Head Buzz/1966 Arbiter Fuzz Face Replica with NOS NKT275 Germanium transistors
◦One "Head Buzz/1968 Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face Replica with military specs BC108B Silicon transistors
10 pedals were made, 5 of each kind, but it's possible more pedals will be made in the future.

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 13 Jan 2010, 08:39

Greg_G wrote:I'll save some more info and pics here for posterity

The site is not meant to go away

johnnyg · Post by **johnnyg** » 13 Jan 2010, 08:57

DiscoFreq wrote:
Greg_G wrote:I'll save some more info and pics here for posterity
The site is not meant to go away

Very cool site DiscoFreq - had I realised it belonged to you and was so easy found I wouldn't have put up the link, sorry!

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 13 Jan 2010, 09:11

johnnyg wrote:
DiscoFreq wrote:
Greg_G wrote:I'll save some more info and pics here for posterity
The site is not meant to go away
Very cool site DiscoFreq - had I realised it belonged to you and was so easy found I wouldn't have put up the link, sorry!

No, that's more than ok, I appreciate the link, it seems like a lot of people still don't know the site

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 13 Jan 2010, 09:32

DiscoFreq wrote:
Greg_G wrote:I'll save some more info and pics here for posterity
The site is not meant to go away

Sorry DiscoFreq.. it's just that you never know on the big ol' web.
I hope it's OK that I copied the pics here ?

And.. how come you didn't post them for us..

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 13 Jan 2010, 10:39

It's ok as long as it doens't happen systematically

I'm adding new pages almost every day, I can't post them all here

If you want to see what's new, check this page (or subscribe to the RSS feed of it

):
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/recent/add

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 13 Jan 2010, 11:27

DiscoFreq wrote:It's ok as long as it doens't happen systematically

I'm adding new pages almost every day, I can't post them all here

If you want to see what's new, check this page (or subscribe to the RSS feed of it ):
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/recent/add

Thanks..
It's a very cool site and I end up there often.

dennism · Post by **dennism** » 13 Jan 2010, 13:13

Where can you get those little wire clips that seem to attach to the sides of the box, see pictures above of the insides of the Head Buzz?

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 13 Jan 2010, 13:25

dennism wrote:Where can you get those little wire clips that seem to attach to the sides of the box, see pictures above of the insides of the Head Buzz?

They're cable ties like this:

They sell them at a lot of places here: DIY stores, computer stores,...

dennism · Post by **dennism** » 13 Jan 2010, 13:32

OK, but those in the picture looked like they were affixed to the side of the box somehow. Maybe I'm just misinterpreting what I see. Or maybe they are just cable ties tacked on with a little hot glue or something?

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 13 Jan 2010, 13:38

They don't look affixed to the box to me...

johnnyg · Post by **johnnyg** » 13 Jan 2010, 14:07

dennism wrote:Where can you get those little wire clips that seem to attach to the sides of the box, see pictures above of the insides of the Head Buzz?

As DiscoFreq says, they're just cable ties... sure you're not thinking of a different DAM build? ...like this one:

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/dam/1966

That has some kind of stick on clip things at the sides... seen these used in a few pics of the inside of DAM pedals - like the TB MK II. I have seen these clips for sale somewhere... by accident though and I can't remember where! Maybe Ebay or Banzai - shouldn't be hard to find.

phibes · Post by **phibes** » 13 Jan 2010, 15:59

Just another batch of fuzz faces but I must say they're sexier then a lot of shit on the market.

Resistor values are basically the same as the original Germ and Sili models. (Germ - 33K, 100K, 8K2, 470R) (Sili - 33K, 100K, 6K8, 330R)

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 18 May 2010, 21:05

Ok, here it is, I believe is oki!

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 18 May 2010, 21:44

Fuck, NPN again, mod please trash the old file

RnFR · Post by **RnFR** » 19 May 2010, 00:17

done.

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 19 May 2010, 18:17

Senq

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 17 Nov 2010, 19:41

The Styroflex cap is 470nF (470000pico) not the 10000pF I've listed in my drawning... In one of the picts in this tread we clearly see 474 code on the cap... My bad

I'm a shit

phibes · Post by **phibes** » 17 Nov 2010, 20:14

The 474 is just a manufacturer code. You can still clearly see the 10000J marking above it which clarifies .01uF with a 5% tolerance.