fuzzface fuzz pot cap alternatives

[m_charles]

Anyone here like something other than the 22uf on the fuzz-pot of your FF?
Just curious...

[joegagan]

 

[mac]

i like 4.7uf at the input because i never use the guitar volume at max. this way i preserve lows. also a 22uf at the fuzz pot. and a bigger box to hold poly caps.

mac

[m_charles]

you mean 2.2uf?
no. I know there's pages and pages about in and out caps. I specifically meant the 22uf and its affect on the fuzz pot.
thanks!

[joegagan]

oh ,man, i am guilty of not reading your post correctly. oops.
i like 47 uf and a 2k resistor to ground instead of a pot. usually requires a 20k trimpot on q2 collector to bias.

sorry for the misfire.

[m_charles]

i built your fuzz joe, while back. really liked it! was a fun early build.
wondering what a 4.7uf or 10uf might sound like on the pot. guess I'll just have to try it.
-c

[petemoore]

4.7uf or 10uf
  Being an AC bypass capacitor for the amplifer, it bypasses the resistor to ground for AC signals above X...smaller values thin the bass.

[m_charles]

hmmm. thinning the bass could be a good thing IMO.  time to warm up the iron.

[cpm]

i dont like how the fuzz pot gets the sound muddy when rolled down.

i prefer setting a fixed resistor there, and varying the gain with a pot adding more negative feedback, this way it cleans brightly just like the guitar volume does

[joegagan]

thanks m charles.

anyone who wants to explore more dimensions from a fuzzface, try putting an lpb1 style gainstage after the ff, with diodes to ground at the end. sort of a jordan bosstone/ff hybrid concept.

gets some very heavy sounds.