fuzz face mod question

[EATyourGuitar]

I have a npn fuzz face on the breadboard that I butchered. its all 2n5088. I put a 100pf>4148>4148>4148>4148>4k7 from base to coll of Q2. I'm getting about 1.7v at the base of Q2. probably 1.7v at the collector too. its a bit gated so I threw a muffmaster boost in front. sounds great and has loads of sustain but right at the end of the note, it glitches out. a real quiet glitch. but the problem is that this fuzz is not a glitchy sputtery mess so the glitch tail doesn't really fit the big picture. another thing, without the boost in front. I get nothing with my strat vol rolled down to 8. and the output of the whole thing gets muddy when rolling down the 100k volume. do I need to use 50k vol? or buffer the output? do I need more diodes from base to coll of Q2?

[EATyourGuitar]

oh yeah forgot to mention the 4148's have cathode to base

[LucifersTrip]

if Q2 collector voltage is 1.7v, wouldn't you expect to get some type of poor decay/sustain...or any number of other problems?

No chance of getting it closer to 4.5v?

[glops]

If both the collector and the base are the same voltage it shouldn't "work."  Try raising the C

[EATyourGuitar]

I actually got it working. the caps and diodes on Q2 BC had no change in sound when I removed them. Q2 base voltage also didn't change. it was just a noob mistake that happens when randomly plugging stuff on a breadboard. all my problems were from resistor values way way off from the stock fuzz face. as soon as I got a little closer to the stock NPN fuzz face schematic, I popped in some 2N5133 and learned how to bias a transistor with 4.5v at the collector. its finished. now I'm breadboarding and modding a new fuzz everyday and I have a tight collection of germanium and silicon transistors to keep me busy. lots of fun.