my germanium Fuzz Face

my go to Fuzz Face is a very nice replica of the Dallas Arbiter iss1 featuring a Philips, a Vishay and a Tropical fish cap and two NTK275 transistors I handpicked by going through A LOT of transistors.

today I recreated it's sound with the Fuzz Dist and an EQ:
(which was a whole lot easier than sourcing and selecting the parts, and soldering)

Fuzz DS
Drive 4.1
Volume +1.3

into

Studio EQ
Low Gain -18db
Low Frq 30Hz

High Gain -12db
High Frq 78.3Hz (sic)

Mid1 Gain +6.1dB
Mid1 Freq 62.3Hz
Mid1 Q 1.920

Mid2 Gain -4.0dB
Mid2 Freq 2953.5Hz
Mid2 Q 0.35

enjoy!

Quote from Bevosss

Great work Don, I must try it! Thanks for posting this.

I have an Analogman Sun Face which I love (especially on tube bass amps), have you ever compared your Fuzz to the Sun Face? And if so how similar/different are they in tone?

Curious if I can replicate it's sound using your template!

I recently found some great information on similar FFs, and I do think I have the proper transistors (the key ingredient) and can source the other parts.
I'm eager to build one for myself on breadboard. I'll profile my amps with it once it's done and give it the same 'treatment' as I did with my Fuzz Face.

I'd say that my FF has a touch more gain and is generally warmer sounding, the Sun Face has an interesting lower mid to bass frequency balance and overall pleasant character.

we'll see.

Quote from Delinquent

Don,

Where are you placing the eq's? Stacked straight after the fuzz?

yes.
the OP wasn't clear about that, edited.

thanks

Quote from Bevosss

Great work Don, I must try it! Thanks for posting this.

I have an Analogman Sun Face which I love (especially on tube bass amps), have you ever compared your Fuzz to the Sun Face? And if so how similar/different are they in tone?

Curious if I can replicate it's sound using your template!

I uploaded the rig 'D'Lux Dirty Sunny Cactus' on the Rig Exchange.

I cheated a little bit, since I eq'ed the tone post stack, but now it sounds like a recording of a Sun Face I have - with a Les Paul type guitar (Yamaha SG2000) at least.

let me know what you think