Colorsound One Knob Fuzz + Tone Control - Recommends Please !!

[deadastronaut]

cheers chris, yeah i couldnt believe this little circuit kicked my butt so much...

thanks man..

i breaded it as per ricks schematic...

[Pigyboy]

oh man, i have this on breadboard at the moment, thought i'd finally try it out before commiting to pcb etc...using ricks schemo!..

i just cant get this @#$%er to work...ive double /triple checked all the connections..

i get a very low clean signal...with a tiny bit of fizzle at the end when whacked hard...

@#$%  i sound like a million other threads..

i'm using 2n3904's...tried a bunch of em...

heres my numbers...i suspect its a tranny bias issue...

Q1
C  1.32
B  0.66
E  0.00

Q2
C  8.43
B  1.32
E  0.00

Q3
C  9.10
B  0.66
E  0.04

any ideas on what my numbers should look like?...cheers. @#$%ing fuzz @#$%

edit: tried a bunch of 2n2222's too...clean.. no fuzz..

edit 2. ive even tried timmers on the collectors...no joy..

edit 3. totally ripped it all out of my breadboard...and re laid it out...neatly....same thing though!...@#$%ing annoying!..

Hi Rob,
Sorry for the delay.
I am getting different numbers.

Q1
C 1.80
B 0.61
E 0.00

Q2
C 6.55
B 1.79
E 1.17

Q3
C 3.97
B 1.81
E 1.36

Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Chris

[deadastronaut]

cheers chris, i'll give it another go later..ive got a spare clear breadboard....thanks.