Roland Bee Gee Fuzz

[tiges_ tendres]

Anyone know much about this effect?  Someone in my area has one for a trade and was curious as to this pedals merits.

[Mark Hammer]

The schem I have (and remember what Puretube said about never trusting posted schems) shows it to be very much like a DS-1, except that the gain is fixed.  Same transistor input/output stages, same Big Muff type tone control.  The preset gain is pretty high (x221), but the feedback cap in the op-amp stage seems wrong (calculated high-end rolloff is at 290hz; that can't be right).  If the cap was 25pf instead of 250, that would make for a better pedal.

Would I trade it for a $40 DS-1 bought at Musician's Friend, or a $30 Rocktek Phaser I found in a 2nd hand store?  Probably.  Would I trade it for a Bee-Baa, or Sam Ash Fuzz?  Probably not.  The schem does not suggest it possesses unique sounds  Its age suggest reasonable resale value, though, so only trade if you're trading up.

[tiges_ tendres]

hmm, thanks for the input.  It definitely wouldnt be an up trade for me as he wants a Hot cake!  But I was curious as the pedal seems pretty rare.

[Mark Hammer]

Oh jeez, KEEP the Hot Cake.  My guess is you can probably get the Bee Gee tones with a DS-1.  I have no idea what would sub for a Hiot Cake.

[tiges_ tendres]

I think the penny just dropped roland=boss! therefore it doesnt surprise me that it's similar to what's already in production.

duh me.

Thanks though!

[phaeton]

Is this "Bee Gee Fuzz" in any way shape or form related to, named for, designed by or otherwise misted upon by the hueberghey 1970s DiscoPopRock band with the castrato singer?

[Mark Hammer]

No more than the Bee-Baa is related to the saccharin blond bell-bottomed Swedish quartet of the same era.