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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: Juiffi on December 17, 2012, 03:55:15 PM

Title: Yet another fuzzface
Post by: Juiffi on December 17, 2012, 03:55:15 PM
Sorry, this must've been asked thousands of times, but is this layout http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=keyalbum.KeywordAlbum&g2_keyword=Fuzz+Face+vero&g2_itemId=43394 (http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=keyalbum.KeywordAlbum&g2_keyword=Fuzz+Face+vero&g2_itemId=43394) for PNP or NPN transistors? Or does it even matter? I'm quite new to this and I'd really appreciate if you could help me out.

Title: Re: Yet another fuzzface
Post by: rousejeremy on December 17, 2012, 04:14:53 PM
NPN
Title: Re: Yet another fuzzface
Post by: Juiffi on December 17, 2012, 05:19:56 PM
Thanks. I've been experimenting with different Q2 transistors for a while and had a great deal of fun. Didn't quite get the sound right, though.  Guess I'll just keep testing out different transistors, until I find the best combo.
Title: Re: Yet another fuzzface
Post by: garcho on December 17, 2012, 05:28:58 PM
The difference in transistors is part of it, but sometimes you need to do a little more tinkering to get it just right. Consider buying a breadboard if you haven't already. A big part of what makes a transistor sound the way it does are the other components. Swapping those out systematically on a breadboard is a piece of cake.

NPN and PNP transistors can not be substituted for each other.

some great reading here (http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/)