BUILDING A FUZZ FACE HELP!

[petemoore]

  Test for non-shorting condition at power supply +/- before letting any power get applied there.
  Battery with red/black battery clip...good choices for start-up circuits, I always test them anyway [to see if + goes to red every time].
  NKt 275...can be put into RG's hfe/leakage test circuit to determine if how suited it is to FF usage, also to verify that these are PNP.
  The Si's are NPN, negative positive negative.
  Read the notes/data sheets on parts with one side marked differently than the other [diodes, some caps battery/power supply..uh anything else], for the polarized capacitors, they should never have their + be more negative than their - so 'towards ground for the -' is the general rule.
  Suggested start/finish point for FF#1, begin with NPN Si FF Schematic, data on anode/cathode for diodes, shown polarization marks followed.
  Count the # of connections at each node. For nodes with >1 connection, such as ground, clip or touch DMM lead to the node and measure that all the connections have been made common. 
   

[teddypicker15]

 Test for non-shorting condition at power supply +/- before letting any power get applied there.
 Battery with red/black battery clip...good choices for start-up circuits, I always test them anyway [to see if + goes to red every time].
 NKt 275...can be put into RG's hfe/leakage test circuit to determine if how suited it is to FF usage, also to verify that these are PNP.
 The Si's are NPN, negative positive negative.
 Read the notes/data sheets on parts with one side marked differently than the other [diodes, some caps battery/power supply..uh anything else], for the polarized capacitors, they should never have their + be more negative than their - so 'towards ground for the -' is the general rule.
 Suggested start/finish point for FF#1, begin with NPN Si FF Schematic, data on anode/cathode for diodes, shown polarization marks followed.
 Count the # of connections at each node. For nodes with >1 connection, such as ground, clip or touch DMM lead to the node and measure that all the connections have been made common.  

................ im fuc#ed...

thanks a lot anyways man.

[phector2004]

in case you haven't seen this before:

http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/fuzzface/fftech.htm

the fuzz face bible

shows you how to make a transistor tester and other useful stuff. Enjoy

[teddypicker15]

thanks to everyone!!
the guy who sold me this was "kind enough" to send me this.... i have more questions hope you can help me put those 2 pictures together--


http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g146/icecreamterror/FuzzFaceGermanium-1.png

theres a pink wire that i do not know where to connect it to the 3PDT switch

in the top picture there only 2 grounds and in the bottom theres 4 (to my understanding) so how do i connect those?

and finally how do i connect that out to the circuit board i see that it goes straight to the jack wo touching the board


thanks a lot..

[smallbearelec]

The seller of that kit should have known that it would be purchased by numerous beginners. Such users need very detailed instructions that don't presume any previous experience or knowledge of technical terms. The lack of detail is what got you into this mess.

If you can get the effect working, you'll likely find the output very harsh; the BC109C is a very high-gain part, and the effect is much more pleasing with properly biased, lower-gain devices. They need not be expensive, either. Please check out the How-Tos on my site that deal with using a breadboard and breadboarding a silicon Fuzz Face. Much of what I have to say in there will help you understand terms and help you learn to read a schem. A breadboard is cheap, and you could easily use the components you already have to set the circuit up and tweak it to sound right.

Happy Construction!
Regards
Steve Daniels
smallbearelec.com

[Brymus]

thanks to everyone!!
the guy who sold me this was "kind enough" to send me this.... i have more questions hope you can help me put those 2 pictures together--


http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g146/icecreamterror/FuzzFaceGermanium-1.png

theres a pink wire that i do not know where to connect it to the 3PDT switch

in the top picture there only 2 grounds and in the bottom theres 4 (to my understanding) so how do i connect those?

and finally how do i connect that out to the circuit board i see that it goes straight to the jack wo touching the board


thanks a lot..

If you didnt buy that from JD at GGG you should let him know someone is using his documentation with their kits.

[zombiwoof]

The seller he bought that kit from is a guy who is on this forum, who was also selling the boards here.  I don't remember his user name, but there was a lot of discussion of the boards and he was selling them at a discount to forum members.  In the Ebay auctions, he just shows photocopied layouts from several sources for the "instructions".

I'm surprised the forum member that's selling those hasn't weighed in on this thread.

Al

[teddypicker15]

done!!! he gave me a proper diagram with instructions and everything, hes a cool guy... thanks a lot to everyone!