{"id":15,"date":"2007-05-30T05:33:40","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T11:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.muzique.com\/news\/?p=15"},"modified":"2007-08-02T07:50:31","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T13:50:31","slug":"fuzz-face-mod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.muzique.com\/news\/fuzz-face-mod\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuzz Face mod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.muzique.com\/news\/images\/face1.gif\" title=\"Fuzz mod\" alt=\"Fuzz mod\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"215\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"1\" width=\"190\" \/><br \/>\nOkay, you want to put together a fuzzface type circuit from items in your junk box and you don&#8217;t have the 1k pot for the fuzz control. What can you do?<\/p>\n<p>A simple mod is to replace the fuzz control with a fixed 1k resistor &#8211; this sets the dc bias properly. Then connect the 22uF to the emitter of Q2 and use a 5k or 10k pot as a variable resistor to control the amount of distortion, as shown here.<\/p>\n<p>The new larger value pot should be a reverse audio taper for best results but a linear will do if that&#8217;s all you have in the junk bin.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the classic circuit but this can get you going on short notice when you lack the proper parts.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, you want to put together a fuzzface type circuit from items in your junk box and you don&#8217;t have the 1k pot for the fuzz control. What can you do? A simple mod is to replace the fuzz control with a fixed 1k resistor &#8211; this sets the dc bias properly. 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