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Ever wanted to build your own pedal from scratch? We analyse the classic Germanium Fuzz Face circuit, choose components, draw a point to point layout, and construct a thick, crunchy Fuzz in this Gain Appreciation episode.
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Timecodes -
00:00 - Building Pedals is a LOT of work
01:11 - Fuzz Face inspiration
01:57 - Circuit Analysis: No Buffers?!
03:11 - Circuit Analysis: Transistors & Power
04:32 - Measuring Transistor Gain
05:26 - Breadboarding: Bias Matters
06:38 - Circuit Analysis: All the GAIN!
07:48 - Turret Board Layout
08:37 - Boxing the circuit & testing the Sound
09:11 - Get your BUILD GUIDE PDF on Patreon
10:30 - Scope Analysis: Square Wave Perfection
11:16 - Ruminating on the Results
13:42 - More FUZZ Tones
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