Building the Great Fuzz article (Jack Orman circuit)

[John Lyons]

In 2000 Recording Magazine ran and article on "Building the Great Fuzz".

I've built a few of these and was wondering if this circuit goes by a certain name here on the web. ( I assume the article ran with a generic name and was only a circuit idea at the time)

I want to make a PCB for this but I figure it's been done already so I thout I'd ask here.

The link to Jack Orman's site is dead (from the article)

It's a great sounding all purpose high gain distortion box with a very effective tone control and the ability to go from totally clean to over the top crunch (And I use a strat!).

Any help placing this circuit to a schematic or layout would be helpfull.

(Uses a 5532 dual op amp, (2) 2N5457 fets as diodes, Bright cap on the Gain pot. sorry I have no way to post a link to the Layout I have)

Just looking to see if this is circuit is out and what the name is...

Thanks


JOhn

[aron]

I don't know, but if Jack designed it, but it must have been great!

[amz-fx]

That article was about the Fat Gnat fuzz unit.  There is a sound sample link on the front page of my web site.

Thanks for the compliment, Aron!

regards, Jack

[John Lyons]

Cool, Thanks for the info.

So... the Fat Gnat does sound good. As I said, I've build a few of them and they are very versatile.

I just wanted to be able to build one more compact.

Thanks for the info Jack!


John

[John Lyons]

I don't suppose there is a PCB layout for the Fat Gnat anywhere?

On the AMZ CD is says "schematic" so I figure it's literal and not the PCB and a schematic...

John