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VFE Fuzz DuoVerified

Based on the VFE Fuzz Duo· 2 other boards clone it

Category
Fuzz
Controls
Filter · Feedback · Bias · Fuzz · Level
Layout
Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
Tags
Fuzz, VFE

From the post

Happy Fuzz Friday! Here's a pretty cool Fuzz Face variant from an equally cool builder, VFE. Both transistors are switchable between silicon and germanium, and it's got a few other cool tweaks too. Schematic here for reference.

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.

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Check before you build · 1 value the reader of this layout was not sure of
  • 22nF under the Fuzz pot pads (rows C-D): printed 22nF on both the board and the wiring diagram but drawn as a round electrolytic can, so it may be meant as 22uF
RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 5
×133K33kread from the layout by eye
×11K1kread from the layout by eye
×1470Ω470read from the layout by eye
×14.7K4.7kread from the layout by eye
×11M1Mread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 6
×222nF22none drawn as a round can under the Fuzz pads; read from the layout by eye
×2100nF100nread from the layout by eye
×14.7nF4.7nread from the layout by eye
×11nF1nread from the layout by eye
×11uF1uread from the layout by eye
×1100uF100uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 1
×11N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
Transistors 4
Q1OC139OC139or similar Ge; read from the layout by eye
Q2BC108BC108or similar Si; read from the layout by eye
Q3OC139OC139or similar Ge; read from the layout by eye
Q4BC108BC108or similar Si; read from the layout by eye
Inductors 1
×31mH1mHread from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 5
FilterW1MW1MPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
FeedbackB200KB200kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
BiasB25KB25kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
FuzzC1KC1kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
LevelA500KA500kPotentiometerpads labelled Volume on the board; read from the layout by eye
Switches 2
TR1DPDT on/onDPDT ON/ONtoggle; read from the layout by eye
TR2DPDT on/onDPDT ON/ONtoggle; read from the layout by eye

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