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Catalinbread Merkin FuzzVerified
Based on the Catalinbread Merkin Fuzz· 5 other boards clone it
From the post
Here's an older one from Catalinbread, but a great sound fuzz for Fuzz Friday. It's based on the Mosrite FuzzRite but adds another gain stage after the Texture (Depth in the original FuzzRite) control. Schematic can be found here.
Schematic
This is a board layout, a drawing of where each part goes, and the post may link the schematic it was drawn from. Open the layout at Effects Layouts (blog). No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.
Parts list 19 rows
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 7 | ||||
| ×5 | 470K | 470k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 47K | 47k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1K | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2M | 2M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22K | 22k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4.7K | 4.7k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2.2K | 2.2k | LED resistor; read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 6 | ||||
| ×1 | 2.2nF | 2.2n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4.7nF | 4.7n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 47nF | 47n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100nF | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 10uF | 10u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 47uF | 47u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 1 | ||||
| ×1 | 1N4001 | 1N4001 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 3 | ||||
| Q1 | 2N2222A | 2N2222A | read from the layout by eye | |
| Q2 | 2N2222A | 2N2222A | read from the layout by eye | |
| Q3 | 2N2222A | 2N2222A | read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 2 | ||||
| Texture | B500K | B500k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Volume | B500K | B500k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
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