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Yes, the coils draws about 5x as much current as the fuzz circuit. There is an interesting phenomenon that occurs when the coil is deactivated. Since the coil draws so much current it lowers the supply voltage down to about 6-7 volts when the coil is energized. When the coil is de-energized, due to the rather high output impedance of the tiny transformer, the filtering caps and the dropping resistor, there is a lag time of more than a second where the fuzz circuit drops out of normal operation before the supply voltage finally rises back up to the nominal 9V.
The whole power supply and the rest of the circuit layout effect has a rather poor design. The input stages are closest to the power supply, making the output stages the farthest down the power rails away from the power supply. The whole thing just seems backwards and poorly thought out.
BTW The original circuit has a 100n capacitor across the coil.
The whole power supply and the rest of the circuit layout effect has a rather poor design. The input stages are closest to the power supply, making the output stages the farthest down the power rails away from the power supply. The whole thing just seems backwards and poorly thought out.
BTW The original circuit has a 100n capacitor across the coil.
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