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125B · 4 knobs

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Ra’s Pharaoh

Based on the Pharaoh Fuzz by Black arts

Category
Fuzz· Versatile Doom Fuzz
Controls
Tone · Vol · Dist · High
Difficulty
Intermediate
Price
€8.90out of stock

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From the vendor

Project overview

The Ra’s Pharaoh has roots in the all-time classic big muff Pharaoh Fuzz by Black arts toneworks, with some interesting modifications to produce the thickest, warm, doomy sounds.

Introduction

If you love your guitar and amp’s tone, this is your pedal. Wake up this ancient absolute monarch and feel the power of his classic fuzz with some unique twists.

Not for nothing, the Pharaoh Fuzz, in which it is inspired, gained a vast following among stoner rock and doom metal players. Your needs for heavy riffing’ will be satisfied with the strength of the Ra’s Pharaoh. But that’s not all; this pedal is highly versatile and offers a wide array of fuzz tones. The controls let you rule the fuzz to the exact Muffy you need, whether heavy and aggressive or fatter and more relaxed.

It comes in a tight design, ready to fit in a 125B Enclosure with pots and switches on board. This board is ready to be wired as True Bypass. The diode switch chooses between the silicon diodes for a raspy distorted sound, diodes out for more volume /headroom, and minor clipping. Asymmetrical germanium clipping diodes give a warm, tubey old-school sound. The H/L switch select in between to different input-gain presets.

Maybe this pharaoh has been waiting asleep for a long time, but once you wake him up, his fuzz will be ready to conquer once more.

Controls

• Gain

• High

• Tone

• Volume

For further analysis on this circuit take a look at these threads on these links from Free Stomp Boxes Forum: Pharaoh and PharaohSchematics.

For any technical questions regarding this build don’t forget to check out our Facebook Group and our forum at Free Stomp Boxes.

Ra’s Pharaoh 1.1v – Building Docs

Ra’s Pharaoh 1.0v – Building Docs

Ra’s Pharaoh – Drilling template

Schematic

The schematic is in the vendor's build document, page 5. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

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Resistors 23
R12M2M
R239K39k
R3390K390k
R4470K470k
R5100K100k
R61K1k
R710K10k
R81K1k
R96K26.2k
R10100K100k
R11470K470k
R1210K10k
R13100r100
R146K26.2k
R15100K100k
R16100r100
R17470K470k
R1810K10k
R19470K470k
R20100K100k
R212K22.2k
R2210K10k
R23470K470k
Capacitors 13
C110uf10u
C2470p470p
C3470n470n
C4470n470n
C5470p470p
C6470n470n
C7470n470n
C8470p470p
C9470n470n
C1010n10n
C1122n22n
C12470n470n
C1310uf10u
Diodes 8
D11N41481N4148
D21N41481N4148
D31n40011N4001
D41n40011N4001
D51n34A1N34A
D61n34A1N34A
D71n34A1N34A
D91n40011N4001
Transistors 4
Q1MPSA18MPSA18
Q22N50892N5089
Q32N50892N5089
Q42N50892N5089
Potentiometers 4
TONE250KBB250kPotentiometer
VOL100KBB100kPotentiometer
DIST100KBB100kPotentiometer
HIGH25KBB25kPotentiometer
Switches 2
SW1DPDTDPDT
SW2SPDTSPDT
LEDs 1
D8LED3MMLED3MM