GGG '69 Fuzz - trimpot

[Bucksears]

I got my '69 Fuzz working tonight, a great-sounding, versatile little box. I'm still playing with the Bias and Contour controls, getting used to what they do, but have a question on the trimpot.
Is the idea to get the collector of Q2 set to 4.5v?

Thanks, (Easyvibe coming up next)
- Buck

[Bryan B]

im having trouble getting that same pedal to work my self, howd you do it?

[Bucksears]

I rewired it for positive ground. It worked right off the bat. Sounds really good, a lot of gain range (does a nice overdrive). I was (naively) hoping to sound a bit closer to Eric Johnson, but.....it still sounds good.

I'm guessing that the collector on Q2 needs to be at 4.5v, so I'll give that a shot.

- Buck

[DeeBug]

So, do you figure there's a problem with the negative ground layout?

I'm planning to convert mine from positive to negative ground.

[Bucksears]

Not sure on the neg-ground layout, all I know is that the pos-ground config worked for me.

- Buck

[bumblebee]

Haha,me to,i been messin with mine for weeks,partly because i dropped it to start a tone machine,but i need to order some more diodes for that.

I can say neg ground is pretty sucky,pos ground makes lots of difference,in a good way. I'm just gonna use a trimpot for the bias resistor and  increase input/output caps ,its to thin for my liking,i can see it being a sick fuzz tho! eventualy!

Edit: i thought you meant the standard fuzzface ,yea well mines starting to look more like the 69 anyways,just about everythings been substituted ,lots of fun tho!