Super Fuzz super loud

[robotman]

I built a super fuzz clone (Rift pcb from Aion Electronics) and all is well except it just strikes me as ridiculously loud. I measured all the transistors (2N3904, all 190 hFE give or take) to make sure they were in range but with the volume pot at ~20% it's still louder than my factory big muff at 100%. Maybe this is normal?

[Harry Muff]

loud fuzz > quiet fuzz

[Danich_ivanov]

The last time i played through superfuzz, it was loud. Aion version has clipping switch, does flipping the switch make a difference in volume? Assuming that everything works as it should, 100k resistor before or after the volume pot should help to tame it down. And welcome to the forum.

[R.G.]

It's always easier to make things quiet than to make them loud, at least in guitar pedals and hiss/hum.

[robotman]

Ah just a dumb mistake on my part, thanks Danich for getting me thinking about it. If you're gonna leave out the extra switch and diodes on Aion's circuit, make sure to solder a bridge between clip positions 2 and 3 lol. Sounds even better now that the main clipping diodes are connected!