Fuzz Box schematic from Popular Electronics about 1967!!

[MrHandy2013]

Back in 1967, I was an avid reader of Popular Electronics AND a fledgling rock and roll guitar player. I had built as "Fuzz Box" that was in an article and It was the BOMB. I could sustain a note for weeks with that thing and instead of being "fuzzy" it made notes sound "round"...that is the only way I can describe it. I actually built 5 or 6 for other guitar players because the sound was so great.
I was wondering if anyone would know how to either find that article(I know Popular Electronics has changed a lot,,but I actually had a copy of the edition up until about 10 years ago when my second ex wife decided I didn't need any of my stuff anymore. It was a pretty simple circuit,,,a transistor preamp into another transistor causing the signal to clip at the output. Certain caps would change the amount and shape of the tones.

If anyone has any idea, it would be great.

[Jazz P Bass]

Here are the scans for 1967.
Popular Electronics 1967

[Jazz P Bass]

Popular Electronics Magazine 1967 9 Issues | eBay
Mid to Late 1960s Lot 14 Issues of "Popular Electronics" Magazines TV Radio | eBay

[MrHandy2013]

Wow! Thanks for the info but apparently it was not 1967 because the actual project was on the cover. I'll keep looking.

[52 Bill]

Try February of 1968, and there was a correction to the schematic a month or two later. I know that I still have that issue somewhere and can scan it if it isn't already out there on the interwebs.

[The Dude]

There's one HERE down the page a bit. Is that the one your looking for?

[MrHandy2013]

That's the one!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much. Back then...1967, 1968,,,who knew!!!!!!

[MrHandy2013]

The change

Try February of 1968, and there was a correction to the schematic a month or two later. I know that I still have that issue somewhere and can scan it if it isn't already out there on the interwebs.

The error was the way the bypass was shown in the schematic. The input signal was bypassed by the switch and in the schematic, it shows it as being wired to the junction of R4 and R2 when it should be connected to the input jack at C1 isn't it amazing that I remembered that! I am amazed , I was 15 at the time, that I still remember anything from then!!! Yeah I was one of them "hippies"!

[Enzo]

ANy chance it was this one:

Popular Electronics, February 1968

I think I built that one myself.


Oh, I see you found it while I was busy.

[Enzo]

Well check out the April and May issues, a two parter building a guitar amp!!!

[J M Fahey]

Well check out the April and May issues, a two parter building a guitar amp!!!

Well, believe it or not, I actually built it !!!!!!!!!!

Not in full; because it was modular, made out of many individual PCBs, so I built a lot of the Reverb modules as add ons for my friends' amps, and the "normal" preamp coupled to the Power Amp as a general purpose (Guitar/Bass/Keyboards/whatever) amplifier.

Nobody used the tremolo nor liked the Fuzz, so why build them?

But there was a market for a low cost 60W clean amp.

Edit: of course, I made the PCBs crudely, by transfering the hole pattern to the raw PCB surface, and using my Mother's nail enamel applied with the built in brush.

No 2 PCBs were alike

[52 Bill]

Well check out the April and May issues, a two parter building a guitar amp!!!

I remember building that SWTP MMM amp. Not a bad design, but really under powered for the day. Great tremolo, kinda like the Musicman trem.

[vintagekiki]

Back in 1967, I was an avid reader of Popular Electronics AND a fledgling rock and roll guitar player. I had built as "Fuzz Box" that was in an article and It was the BOMB ...

Popular Electronics January 1967
Fuzzbox for under $3

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/caseyseffectpage/library/3%20Dollar%20Fuzz

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Everyday Electronics’ December 1971
Simple fuzz box

http://electronicmusik.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/1972-fuzzbox-circuit-project-full-instructions/

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Electronics Australia August 1967
Fuzz box for electric guitar

http://www.retrovox.com.au/ea0867fuzz.pdf

[Jazz P Bass]

Craig Anderton's speaker output sawtooth fuzz is cool.
(3 Dollar Fuzz Photos by caseyseffectpage | Photobucket)
Thanks Tiki.

[Mark Hammer]

The Anthony Leo fuzz is actually very similar in some ways to the Mosrite Fuzz-Rite and Orpheum fuzzes. Take a look at those and any related forum posts for some ideas on how to optimize it.