pussy fuzz! jon spencer blue explosion pedal

[Alex Frias]

Good point mr hammer!

But I would like to add that I have seen some HP-1 guts pics with this 4K7 value, what I didn't see until I knew this unit is the way it is arranged in relation to the diodes. anyway theres a lot of clones being shot as originals, so who knows...

[RNFR]

good call, mark. this could possibly be (part of) a good workaround for those that don't have any of the 1n695's on hand.

[Dave Kerr]

Does this look correct? I'm a bit of rube when it comes to mapping schematics out on stripboard. And I know, there's no R5 or C5, thought I'd keep it consistent with Alex's work.

[Alex Frias]

My gess about Albini's unit joining every new info about it:



Just built it and it sounds more close to the Albinis's HP-1 unit than the Pussy Fuzz circuit shown here, IMHO.
Anyway, the guitar, amp and Albini's playng do make a real difference, as I tested with different guitars and tried several playing styles and found different behaviours...

[Mark Hammer]

The initial pictures show what appears to be a 10uf electrolytic cap to ground from the two emitters, rather than the 47uf tantalum that Alex shows.

It's a fairly simple matter to insert a toggle to switch between the two and see if it makes a useful difference in tone.

[Alex Frias]

The initial pictures show what appears to be a 10uf electrolytic cap to ground from the two emitters, rather than the 47uf tantalum that Alex shows.

It's a fairly simple matter to insert a toggle to switch between the two and see if it makes a useful difference in tone.

Right, but the pictures here show the Pussy Fuzz unit, not the original one owned by Mr Albini. I did coincidently the test you suggested and there's a real difference in overall sound. I've tried a suggestion a friend gave me about to put a 1nF poly cap in parallel with the lytic but it didn't have much effect. I used the same parameters and component materials Mr Bill posted on another forum from his own measures and notations. The cap in question is 47uF.

[Alex Frias]

The Albinati - supposed clone

My boxed HP-1 clone based upon Mr bill annotations:

[banksyfan]

cool! got any sound samples or youtubes for this sucker yet?