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FUZZVOLUME

1590B · 2 knobs

Aion FX

Deimos (Legacy)

Based on the Tone Bender Mk. II· 1 other board clones it

Category
Fuzz· Germanium Fuzz
Controls
Fuzz · Volume
Difficulty
Easy
Price
see vendor

From the vendor

The second (more famous) version of the legendary fuzz pedals from Macaris in London that changed the music world forever.

Project description

The Deimos Fuzz is a clone of the Colorsound / Sola Sound Tone Bender Mk. II, originally developed and sold by the legendary Macari’s music store in London in 1966.

The TB Mk II has a lot in common with the Fuzz Face and other germanium fuzzes of the 60’s, but it adds a transistor stage in front that increases the gain and moves it beyond the overdrive/distortion realm of the Fuzz Face.

The Deimos project is identical to the original Tone Bender Mark 2 except for a couple of enhancements. First, a voltage inverter circuit has been added so you can use PNP transistors with a standard 9V supply. Second, it includes trimmers to more easily dial in the optimal bias voltage without having to swap out resistors.

Schematic

The schematic is in the vendor's build document. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

Parts list 22 rows

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Resistors 6
R110k10k
R210k10k
R347k47k
R4100k100k
R5470R470
R61k1k
Capacitors 8
C110n10n
C24u74.7uelec
C3100n100n
C44u74.7uelec
C510n10n
C647uF47uelec
C710uF10uelec
C810uF10uelec
Diodes 1
D11N47421N4742
Transistors 3
Q3transistorTRANSISTOR
Q1PNPPNP
Q2PNPPNP
ICs 1
IC1TC1044STC1044S
Potentiometers 2
FUZZ1KCC1kPotentiometer
VOLUME100KAA100kPotentiometer
LEDs 1
LED1intoINTO

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