How to Modify a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Signature Fuzz Face (Fuzz Face History)

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@tunaXonXtoast
@tunaXonXtoast 4 жыл бұрын
god i hope this turns into a series.
@therugburnz
@therugburnz 4 жыл бұрын
I agree
@goodknight37
@goodknight37 4 жыл бұрын
Yeeessss!
@jeremymakar5427
@jeremymakar5427 4 жыл бұрын
100%
@VictorLuigiBF
@VictorLuigiBF 4 жыл бұрын
Totally!!!
@caesarsol
@caesarsol 4 жыл бұрын
definitely!!!!!
@priorsb11
@priorsb11 4 жыл бұрын
I'm an electronics engineering student, and I have to say, the way you break down circuits is far better than how a lot of professors do.
@fortheloveofnoise
@fortheloveofnoise 2 жыл бұрын
Because he has real world experience....and lots of it....that is the difference.
@saculsheet
@saculsheet Жыл бұрын
The mod is from analogman, I readed this in 1996. Scott is a liar.
@MatzeMaulwurf
@MatzeMaulwurf Жыл бұрын
@@saculsheetand you are a real genius 💡. Thank you very much for this comment.
@Jordan-rb28
@Jordan-rb28 9 ай бұрын
​@fortheloveofnoise9298 ....... no dude. Plenty of profs have decades of experience working. The difference is this guy is real skilled in explaining science and history to an audience. He's also an entertainer in that way. He could probably also be a prof if he wanted to be, but that's not to say that professors can't also be this entertaining and smart because I've had a couple that were even better teachers & entertainers than this man.
@dejangvozdic715
@dejangvozdic715 4 жыл бұрын
Did it, drilled out the two extra holes for additional pots so they're accessible. I call it FourEyes 👍
@asterisk8758
@asterisk8758 4 жыл бұрын
Genius name :)
@AerosolKid
@AerosolKid 4 жыл бұрын
Great idea
@cakenbolls442
@cakenbolls442 3 жыл бұрын
Send it to Dunlop!
@mrbas5150
@mrbas5150 11 ай бұрын
Stupid childish name
@markhunter1993
@markhunter1993 10 ай бұрын
Awesome!! do you have the schematic for all 4 controles
@joshclarke1600
@joshclarke1600 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this. Can you do another episode like this but going over some DS-1 Mods?
@UnitedStatesel
@UnitedStatesel 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Especially the synth mod!
@bilbobobbytoucansam
@bilbobobbytoucansam 4 жыл бұрын
UnitedStatesel Wait... SYNTH MOD???
@UnitedStatesel
@UnitedStatesel 4 жыл бұрын
@@bilbobobbytoucansam back in the day you could send in a DS-1 and they'd do a synth mod. It created all sorts of sweet sounds. I know there's at least one demo out there because I just watched it again.
@3zra_gbp140
@3zra_gbp140 4 жыл бұрын
That would be amazing.
@TVicc
@TVicc 4 жыл бұрын
Better still, Josh could show us how he modified all those EHX Big Muffs...
@jbels41
@jbels41 4 жыл бұрын
Don’t have a FF and not buying one. And watched the whole thing and learned a ton lol
@Mark70609
@Mark70609 4 жыл бұрын
Paul Caputo agreed Josh does good videos.
@SimonJasiewicz
@SimonJasiewicz 4 жыл бұрын
With this video you might as well buy all the components for a quarter of the price and make your own case honestly
@Mark70609
@Mark70609 4 жыл бұрын
Seafaring Simon you've hit the nail on the head. The upside is you can be particular about the transistors being used too. I'm not sure Dunlop are that particular, though you'd think they have to test them for leakage.
@samueljett7807
@samueljett7807 4 жыл бұрын
Please do more content like this!
@TheFarout69
@TheFarout69 3 жыл бұрын
I build a lot of my stuff, well, more than some. I wish there was more video content like this from Josh. But the music jam stuff has been veeery cool, can't lose out on that. They should make a record. Casually.
@aylbdrmadison1051
@aylbdrmadison1051 4 жыл бұрын
It's likely I will never mod this fuzz, but all these tips are great for many other projects, and just watching is interesting and fun.
@deadswordsman
@deadswordsman 4 жыл бұрын
or buy pcb clone and build it with mods in mind.
@paulpugh5315
@paulpugh5315 2 жыл бұрын
Thats funny.....👍
@paulm9604
@paulm9604 2 жыл бұрын
Got this pedal last year. Didn't care for it, the sound of sizzling bacon. Did the mod yesterday. The 1M pot is a little past noon and the original fuzz pot is maxed. The two knobs topside are maxed out as well. The rich harmonics really ring through. Thanks Josh
@dougbrett-matthewson2640
@dougbrett-matthewson2640 4 жыл бұрын
Josh, designing workshop: "...and this is where the hard liquor cabinet will go. " Everyone: (respectfully nodding, making notes)
@justincox5743
@justincox5743 4 жыл бұрын
Serendipity. I bought a Jimi Fuzz Face a few weeks ago and was just furloughed from work due to the zombie apocalypse. Now i have something to keep my mind off the the groaning and scratching outside my bunker. Thanks, Josh!
@jaiarieh3515
@jaiarieh3515 4 жыл бұрын
“4 inches is a great length”
@paulvontyrant3120
@paulvontyrant3120 4 жыл бұрын
That's not what she said.
@robertlewis5439
@robertlewis5439 4 жыл бұрын
That's what she said, wistfully.
@BlackJackband11
@BlackJackband11 4 жыл бұрын
There are going to be so many comments saying that
@jts3339
@jts3339 4 жыл бұрын
Jai Arieh: Use the solder sucker to address that issue.
@ericoreilly8368
@ericoreilly8368 4 жыл бұрын
You beat me to it
@azbababooey
@azbababooey 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve never done any soldering or guitar/pedal moding. (Wish I took shop when I was in high school). This is phenomenal content both in the moding, but also the educational side. PLEASE do more content like this. Watching you, your tips like the one wire at a time to get it right etc give me confidence to maybe buy some pots and try a guitar upgrade on my own. This is one of my favorite episodes! Also, with us on quarantine, any chance you might do more than 1 episode a week? I know you run a business, but this is really good stuff.
@andocobo
@andocobo 4 жыл бұрын
azbababooey it really is fun and not hard to learn the basic skills like soldering. I’d also suggest buying some flux to help with de-soldering parts, it makes it enormously easier
@fortheloveofnoise
@fortheloveofnoise 2 жыл бұрын
They banned shop and woodwork classes in my county, so sad....we are very bad kids where I live...so I never got to do it....now I solder but I wished I was taught in school.
@FloridaManMatty
@FloridaManMatty 4 жыл бұрын
Videos like this and the ones with Brian Wampler demonstrating how to do pedal mods is like being a car fanatic sitting in a room with Carol Shelby. You are doing the Lord’s work, Josh. I mean that sincerely. In these difficult times, you are sharing knowledge and motivating a lot of people who are struggling to find a spark of creativity. You have made my day with this video!
@nicovx
@nicovx 4 жыл бұрын
Not only recommending pedals from any other manufacturer to help us musicians out there, but also teaching how to mod one! I just love this guy, he is the best!
@krelnarb
@krelnarb 4 жыл бұрын
That's quite a collection of contact cleaner in the back cabinet.
@geraldbayley3167
@geraldbayley3167 4 жыл бұрын
krelnarb huffin
@estring69
@estring69 4 жыл бұрын
Contact maker...
@almightytreegod
@almightytreegod 4 жыл бұрын
That’s the JHS Vintage Contact Cleaner Collection: Catholic Edition
@danielgreenwood8000
@danielgreenwood8000 4 жыл бұрын
That socket tool just changed my life. No more scratched paint on ANYTHING
@jts3339
@jts3339 4 жыл бұрын
I modify my fuzz face with a razor.
@joseislanio8910
@joseislanio8910 4 жыл бұрын
jts3339 underrated comment
@tomfoolery2082
@tomfoolery2082 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah thts pretty good .
@dostacos1
@dostacos1 4 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@rogermeyer730
@rogermeyer730 4 жыл бұрын
@@tomfoolery2082 Peachy
@lessthanbug
@lessthanbug 4 жыл бұрын
That joke was bad and you should feel bad!!!....... (Kidding! Freaking hilarious!!!)
@A1Cpadilla
@A1Cpadilla 4 жыл бұрын
I don’t own any guitar equipment anymore, but I can’t help but come back every week to hear guitar sounds and pedal breakdown.
@stevenroper6125
@stevenroper6125 4 жыл бұрын
The intro to this reminds me of that Tonebender video you did recently with Dan and Mick in a very compressed version. That episode was one of my favorite things I’ve watched on KZbin, you guys should collab more!
@WhiteRussianMusic1
@WhiteRussianMusic1 4 жыл бұрын
Man, you just dropped more usable history in the first 3 minutes than nearly any semester in music college!😉🎸🎶🎶
@BBELECTRIQ
@BBELECTRIQ 4 жыл бұрын
Very nice how fast - less than hour - You turn my fears of modding away. Grand Thanks.
@kylepatterson8445
@kylepatterson8445 4 жыл бұрын
You should make a series out of this. Modifying different pedals.
@FireChild1208
@FireChild1208 4 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Would love to see more of this content.
@barrybloye
@barrybloye 4 жыл бұрын
I don't have the faintest intention of modding any pedals (yet) but this was one of the most interesting and calming things I've watched in recent weeks! I would love to see more on basic pedal circuit design and modding.
@cellularnelson
@cellularnelson 3 жыл бұрын
This channel is the #1 reason to be on KZbin. Josh is the most wonderful, generous soul to share this knowledge!
@rickwitt5735
@rickwitt5735 4 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video. I really enjoyed your in depth analysis of the schematic and the effect that each component has on the sound of the pedal. As someone who's worked in electrical engineering for nearly my entire career, I've never tried to delve into the effects of electronics on sound. This made great sense to me. Thanks for sharing!
@jordandelr
@jordandelr 4 жыл бұрын
Best episode yet! Bringing me back to the earlier nerdier vlogs. More like this
@grahambliley8604
@grahambliley8604 4 жыл бұрын
jordandelr Yes!
@byff69
@byff69 4 жыл бұрын
For those who want to try different transistors: bear in mind that not all NPN silicon transistors will have the same pinout, so simply photographing the existing transistor and snapping in another might not work. You can usually count on the base to be the center pin, but not always. Keep the datasheet handy.
@cellularnelson
@cellularnelson 4 жыл бұрын
Josh, I love this video. Can you please do more vids featuring pedal mods and maybe some electrical theory? Like, how does the network of capacitors and resistors at the bottom right of the circuit make the distortion? Tell us more!!! :)
@mikeyfully
@mikeyfully 4 жыл бұрын
This was so good to watch and for those like myself who are terrified of breaking pedals but gagging to give it a go would make such a great series. A RAT mod vid would be excellent! Please Josh!!
@qddk9545
@qddk9545 2 жыл бұрын
It is for sure is a very usable circuit. When I started up I had a VOX AC-30 Top Boost, a VOX Tone Bender and a VOX Wah pedal, no reverb, no delay ..., and a Höffner Galaxy guitar with 3 PUs. That was a happy time playing Hendrix, Cream and John Mayall, mostly in Northern Germany 🙂
@MadanPsytrusTheerthaPathy
@MadanPsytrusTheerthaPathy 4 жыл бұрын
More like this please! Always wondered if you were gonna get more technical in your videos. I love how you walk us through the circuit in an easy to understand way and kept your explanations simple and clear, unlike alot of other pedal mod videos.
@warrenclarke9051
@warrenclarke9051 2 ай бұрын
Just finished the mod as I type. OH MY I LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH. Thank you so much Josh, I really have learned a lot from your channel. Best of luck to you and the future mods to come.
@KleyDeJong
@KleyDeJong 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Josh, great video! The Fuzz Face is my favorite effect and I've spent way too much time tinkering with the circuit. You can get even more volume boost if you swap the 332r and 3.1k resistors that go to biasing the collector of Q2. The AC signal leaving Q2 sees that as a voltage divider towards the DC source. So my personal preference is to use a 2.2k resistor first and then just use a 25k linear pot on the collector. Tons of output volume now!
@hoytdotblohm
@hoytdotblohm 4 жыл бұрын
“Photos with your smartphone” is an amazing tip, I’ve been working with electronics for some time and I start every project with taking photos. Thank you for your content.
@guitarsimon1
@guitarsimon1 4 жыл бұрын
Josh passing the torch here and starting others on the road to being the next JHS warms my cockles, good man.
@geschickt
@geschickt 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely @Simon Singh! One can only imagine how many new effects designers this has launched!
@AndyDemos
@AndyDemos 4 жыл бұрын
Well, that was fun! Thanks for taking the time Josh👍🏻
@ollieneilson2815
@ollieneilson2815 4 жыл бұрын
This should be a series, it would be very popular, “how to mod the-insert here-“
@keithberwanger6595
@keithberwanger6595 3 жыл бұрын
Josh telling me I can do anything motivated me to fix and mod a crappy Start I got off eBay. Thank you, Josh and JHS team.
@takecaregoodnight7812
@takecaregoodnight7812 4 жыл бұрын
I just ordered the parts this week to build a fuzz face as my first build! Can’t wait to watch this.
@oliw6008
@oliw6008 4 жыл бұрын
I got one last week, you will have loads of fun and save loads of money by doing DIY. It's a fail proof circuit just take your time and go in with a bit of research. Good luck with your build
@LPCustom3
@LPCustom3 4 жыл бұрын
Macari's shop was next door to the Jennings /Vox Store. JMI/Vox production was done out in Dartford, Kent. Dartford is about an hour train ride east of London. Vox had 3 chassis manufacture's & 3 cabinet makers. Everything was trucked to Dartford and assembled there.
@bradenolsen3638
@bradenolsen3638 4 жыл бұрын
Love this! Got a fuzz face on the breadboard right now, let’s get to modding!
@androsprog514
@androsprog514 4 жыл бұрын
You realise how much people love Josh, when you have an instructional video with some soldering in it, and the comment section is not littered with comments of "experts" who can "do it better"... Keep up the good job man, you're the -most good-
@daniel_lastname
@daniel_lastname 4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else want to see him show us how to re-case a Behringer pedal into an aluminum case or is that just me?
@duffman18
@duffman18 4 жыл бұрын
That's called TC Electronics. They use behringer circuits and put them in a metal case for an extra $10, cos they now own Behringer. Talking about their cheap range of course, this doesn't apply to the pedals they make themselves, the premium ones with Toneprint and all that in them
@therugburnz
@therugburnz 4 жыл бұрын
As long as you don't sell them, I think it's would be great.
@judysmith9689
@judysmith9689 4 жыл бұрын
I re-cased a Behringer into a wood case.
@TVicc
@TVicc 4 жыл бұрын
@@duffman18 On the contrary, Behringer owns TC Electronic...
@TheRealcdawg22
@TheRealcdawg22 4 жыл бұрын
@@duffman18 the "Smorgasbord" line of FX. I have a few of them and am extremely pleased with the quality/value. I hope Josh never does a video about them. Prices will blow up.
@jjcevallos12
@jjcevallos12 3 жыл бұрын
I’m watching with captions and I just want to say they are pretty spot on. I guess the attests to your annunciation and projection.
@petew.1418
@petew.1418 4 жыл бұрын
Josh: This is easy and fun. Me: That's some Hogwarts stuff going on...
@shermanhesse
@shermanhesse 4 жыл бұрын
Did it! Amazingly fun to play through and sooo much more character. That gated, "broken" sound in the demo here is cool, but it's much more useful to drift between that extreme and a warmer sound closer to the original by twiddling with the new, external bias pot where the Fuzz knob used to be. I also figured I'd keep the internal pots glued to the inside for a little while before drilling any holes in my FF to accommodate them. I'm so I glad I didn't just go ahead and drill. Those internal pots are best left as set-it-and-forget-it. The 1 Meg Bias Pot is SUPER TOUCHY and you really don't want it on the outside. There's a sweet spot and you'll know it when you hear it. Step 7: I used some cream Vox knobs and it looks retro-awesome.
@jonlohrenz5446
@jonlohrenz5446 4 жыл бұрын
Watching the description of the schematic makes me feel like Phil Hartman’s Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer from SNL. “I am just a simple caveman, your world frightens and confuses me.”
@joermnyc
@joermnyc 4 жыл бұрын
Jon Lohrenz I love this stuff, it’s not that hard, zigzag lines are the resistors, zigzag lines with an arrow point perpendicular to them are the pots (or trim pots), -| |- are capacitors (they actually look like that inside, two plates with space between them), and the circle with 3 legs and arrows inside are transistors. Those can look different between types (Josh mentioned NPN, there’s also PNP, DO NOT replace one with the other or many bad things happen.)
@bronsonjohnson9019
@bronsonjohnson9019 2 жыл бұрын
I quite enjoy the vote of confidence at the beginning. You’re right Josh, I can do anything!
@kingofbonngo
@kingofbonngo 4 жыл бұрын
I found the secret potion of the sound: it must be in the secret fluids that are kept under the left workbench.
@grahambliley8604
@grahambliley8604 4 жыл бұрын
Just bought a Moscow Mod. Would love to see an equivalent episode for that; not so much to do, just to appreciate your work, EHX, and my new toy even more. Thanks for the great content, sense of history and community that you convey, and generally all of the positivity.
@hugocarvalheiro
@hugocarvalheiro 4 жыл бұрын
WOW! Loved this tutorial! Tutorial is more good! Roger More, more, MORE!!!!!
@jamessarrett4169
@jamessarrett4169 4 жыл бұрын
Josh, first off thanks so much for your channel! These videos are really fun to watch, with excellent levels of t-shirt silliness. I've been an engineer professionally for 16+ years and soldering for more like 30 (I wasted my early childhood). I have done lots of SMT rework, THT soldering, flying leads, batteries, and more. About 10 years ago I tried using Metcal Irons and it changed my life. I'm not a buddhist, but I know what Nirvana is like inside a little ball of hot metal. Nevermind. The gold old Weller and Hakko systems are fine and you can get professional results, but it's not in the same league. The Metcal (now OKI) smart-heat irons heat up much faster, and basically never over-temp, regardless of the tip shape. They use metallurgy and magic (curie point + RF power supplies) to regulate temeperature accurately even when in contact with a big copper plate. You should ask for one for your birthday or Christmas, or if you have too much money in your shop budget, you won't be disappointed. www.okinternational.com/hand-soldering-systems/id-MFR-1110/Single_Output_Soldering__Rework_System_-_Cartridge_Hand-piece Keep up the good work! -James
@fortheloveofnoise
@fortheloveofnoise 2 жыл бұрын
Was something in the way in your early childhood?
@jamessarrett4169
@jamessarrett4169 2 жыл бұрын
@@fortheloveofnoise well, my parents thought it was a bad idea to give hot irons to infants
@koski666
@koski666 4 жыл бұрын
Just the volume mod is great! I'm wondering why, even if they want to be "authentic", builders make fuzzes with not a lot of output, especially on Fuzz Faces...
@joshuacase4927
@joshuacase4927 Жыл бұрын
This is so damn good you just exploded my mind and inspired me so much to get into pedal modification I can’t thank you enough! This really needs to be a series for guys like me who can’t afford to spend $500 to get the sound! Another one of these for an alternately cheap Octavio would be amazing and maybe touch on what the pedal pawn guys are doing and how we might be able to recreate these sounds by modding. I was dreading the money I would have to save to get their octave and fuzz pedals and this here video totally takes care of the fuzz for less then half the price! I cannot thank you enough Josh! My name is Josh as well from Canada, you just earned my subscription in a hurry friend! Thank you!
@maxonmendel5757
@maxonmendel5757 4 жыл бұрын
finalllyyyyy. this is the type of stuff I've been waiting for like 2 years to see. brian wampler does a little of this stuff but -- and don't tell brian -- your videos are a little better.
@wampler_pedals
@wampler_pedals 4 жыл бұрын
Maxon Mendel I respect that POV. My videos definitely aren’t meant for everyone 😊
@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer
@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer 4 жыл бұрын
@@wampler_pedals 😶
@glennconnelly4924
@glennconnelly4924 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing walkthrough. Thanks Josh! I’ve been on the market for a bass fuzz, but now thinking I’ll “create” my own. After all, I’m a pedal-modding expert now...
@Bimmer2047
@Bimmer2047 4 жыл бұрын
40:00 He Has The Box!!! 🎶🎶
@Yupppi
@Yupppi 4 жыл бұрын
I only saw the title and can't watch the episode yet, but had to come comment holy ***** Josh I love you! I just built my first pedal, a rangemaster style treble booster with some nos parts and I'm hooked. I'll have to build more as soon as I get more budget and I'm gonna have to use all my budget on pedal kits and parts and start experimenting. This is the perfect content for me right now!
@jiggybau
@jiggybau 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like I owe you money for this.
@anaamgupta6965
@anaamgupta6965 4 жыл бұрын
7:19 hahaha way ahead if you, had already paused and stared at it for a few minutes! Cheers from Portugal, Josh, and thank you for your amazing videos and knowledge-sharing!
@DavidRavenMoon
@DavidRavenMoon 4 жыл бұрын
I would have drilled two more holes in the case for the extra controls.
@amritjanardhanan
@amritjanardhanan 4 жыл бұрын
Volume in, Tone, and Bias would've been cool mods.
@Mark70609
@Mark70609 4 жыл бұрын
David Schwab then you might as well built a Fuzz Factory from scratch.
@LosTroopos
@LosTroopos 4 жыл бұрын
I'll be doing that. But i get why Josh doesn't recommend it as you can't de-mod the thing which will kill resale value.
@jburdsinfuse
@jburdsinfuse 4 жыл бұрын
I would’ve drilled a bunch of holes too, because I would have no idea what the hell I was doing.
@profd65
@profd65 4 жыл бұрын
Why don't you make your own tutorial, superstar?
@Fern.perez1977
@Fern.perez1977 4 жыл бұрын
Just got your little black amp box for my deville today man, works better than I could have dreamed. Thanks!!
@MT-sw7bh
@MT-sw7bh 4 жыл бұрын
There’s a ton of easy DS1 mods out there, make it sound wayyyyy better
@treyabraham515
@treyabraham515 4 жыл бұрын
I've been addicted to this channel from the moment I came across it. This video is next level. Thank you
@Demonuts
@Demonuts 4 жыл бұрын
I know why Josh takes this version of the Fuzz Face. Abbreviation of "Jimi Hendrix Signature" is JHS =)
@brettfalcon71
@brettfalcon71 4 жыл бұрын
Man, that was really awesome. Damn, that was cool. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video. It opened doors and turned on lights 💡Valuable info
@KharmaAndSound
@KharmaAndSound 4 жыл бұрын
I could only imagine Josh drinking a fine bourbon while pedal building
@superstanza
@superstanza 4 жыл бұрын
You're the man!!! Kinda hits some fuzz factory tones now too but more useable.
@rafaelramirez4703
@rafaelramirez4703 4 жыл бұрын
Next Video: How to just build a FuzzFace from scratch.
@joermnyc
@joermnyc 4 жыл бұрын
How to build it from scratch... step 1 build your own transistors because the store is closed.
@richardchambless12
@richardchambless12 4 жыл бұрын
It’s not hard to build a fuzz face. I built one in the mid 90’s using a schematic from the Leper’s abode, some old pcbs from discarded stereos, and RadioShack (I miss that place!).
@joermnyc
@joermnyc 4 жыл бұрын
@@richardchambless12 radio shack was okay, but they tried to be best buy lite and ignored the parts... Or charged way too much for them. Last time I was there they tried to sell me 5 resistors for 4 times the price on digikey, AND it was the wrong ohm value, I said 4.7k ohm, he tried to give me 4.7 ohm!
@JC-11111
@JC-11111 3 жыл бұрын
They're stupid simple. 11 parts total. Even a trained monkey could put one together. I have 3 sitting here that I built. As well as a buffer pedal and a clean boost, too.
@g2DN2aTYHzNsVR6o
@g2DN2aTYHzNsVR6o 4 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely fantastic. I've done electronics work as a hobby before, but I've been wanting (because of this channel) to get into pedal modding. Josh is a great teacher here (speaking as a teacher), providing the history, stepping us through the schematic as-is and explaining what each part does to the tone, and then showing what changes can be made. It's just fantastic and I hope you guys do more of these.
@Livelaughlimpbizkit
@Livelaughlimpbizkit 4 жыл бұрын
Does this work the same on the mini version of this fuzz? That’s what I have, supposedly it’s the same circuit?
@EpicStuffMan1000
@EpicStuffMan1000 4 жыл бұрын
Actually found Deep Sea Diver through the Universal Audio advert, loved them ever since. Great episode
@3zra_gbp140
@3zra_gbp140 4 жыл бұрын
Forget about silicon vs germanium diodes, now I want to know which whiskey pairs best with my fuzz.
@markspaulding8428
@markspaulding8428 3 жыл бұрын
Recently found JHS (ok - where have I been) but love what you do. Heard some crap. After some reading on the JHS trash talk - snore. The Smiley is pretty cool. Great stuff. Keep it up.
@favoriteblueshirt
@favoriteblueshirt 4 жыл бұрын
See what he's doing here Brian?
@wampler_pedals
@wampler_pedals 4 жыл бұрын
Yep, Josh is a wonderful dude 😊
@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer
@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer 4 жыл бұрын
@@wampler_pedals 😶
@nick.raptis
@nick.raptis 4 жыл бұрын
@@wampler_pedals I love and watch you both!
@stanislavmigra
@stanislavmigra 4 жыл бұрын
@@wampler_pedals your Zendrive mods were at the same level of awesomnes
@jasonwooler801
@jasonwooler801 4 жыл бұрын
Josh, you are a tremendous human being and worth more money. Thanks for this vid. I built my first fuzz face 20 years ago without having a clue what the componants did. Thanks.
@georgeallison2329
@georgeallison2329 4 жыл бұрын
Please do a band of gypsy's fuzz face mod!
@ryanbreighner9135
@ryanbreighner9135 4 жыл бұрын
Josh, I love the channel! I think my favorite thing is the frequent Mr. Rogers-esque appeal to the player to make music and enjoy doing it. It's always informative, entertaining, accessible (at least from my perspective), and most importantly, inspiring. Thank you and keep up the great work!
@liqr6754
@liqr6754 4 жыл бұрын
Next JHS video: "So here are the codes to the JHS bank account, it will be followed by several videos on how to replicate every JHS pedals so you can takeover the guitar pedal empire world. Really; it's freaking easy, you're great !" More seriously; thank you so much for your generosity and your passion ! F#@k OUI JHS RULES !
@352daves9
@352daves9 3 жыл бұрын
So when I was watching the video, and seeing the schematic it was very intimidating. Once you started doing the work on the actual pedal you unlocked my brain, and I completely understood what you were doing. This video was awesome, informative, and fun. Thank you so much.
@bobsavage3317
@bobsavage3317 4 жыл бұрын
"But now we can modify fuzz pedals." Well I'm not gonna mess with mine; I broke my headphones today just trying to take them off. I can't imagine the disaster that would result if I started waving a soldering gun around. Nevertheless, I learned something as usual from watching the show. Peace and Love to the JHS nation. Stay safe and make music, everybody.
@SeanKerns
@SeanKerns 4 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I've always turned the fuzz control all the way up as the default setting for a fuzz face. I did this at a friend's house, and he looked at me like I was crazy. He'd been using it most of the way down. I then switched to the neck pickup on his Strat, and turned the tone for that pickup all the way down, and you could hear the whole thing just come to life. I then riffed off a few minutes, and he was sitting there with his mouth open. It might be worth mentioning, he's usually a clean player. I looked at him and said, "If you're doing it right, it should be liked you at the wheel of a train that you can just barely keep on the tracks."
@imarobotrocker
@imarobotrocker 4 жыл бұрын
I think silicon Fuss Faces sound best with the “fuzz” backed off slightly. If you listen to the noise floor while adjusting the pot, it’s as though there is another gain stage at the very end of the pot travel. Germanium units sound best dimed though. And my Fuzz Faces are on 90% of the time throughout shows, riding the guitar volume for rhythm and lead tones.
@JWeeems
@JWeeems Жыл бұрын
this was a great mod, great video, thank you for the how-to and inspiration. I don’t have a fuzzface per se, but i got a cheap Caline CP46 Fuzzy Bear fuzz and it is a transistor swapped (to BC549) fuzzface with the 500k level pot. I did your mod with the closest parts i had laying around: a 10kA for Q1 bias, a 250kA for Q2 bias, and hard wired the fuzz pot with resistors. This got me fired up to do some of the other mods i had planned, and i may do the DanDrive Austin Pride transistor swapping switches thing later with some DP2T switches to make 3 transistor choices. It’s tricky with SMD fuzz pedals, but not impossible!
@11ciwi
@11ciwi 4 жыл бұрын
You missed a "he has the box" moment...
@Flyingcybersec
@Flyingcybersec 4 жыл бұрын
This was awesome. Reminds me of working as a lab assistant in the electronics shop at school. The best days I’ve ever had.
@famitory
@famitory 4 жыл бұрын
the best fuzz you'll ever own is the one you make by picking a random selection of crusty dusty parts from your component storage, slapping them together on a breadboard and clipping alligator leads onto an exposed guitar cable in order to plug it in. few effect types are as forgiving in the selection of values and alteration of topology. you can mistakenly use a J-FET for q2 because you couldn't find the datasheet and it'll still be a fuzz. forget to connect 9 volts to the collectors? you've just made the world's biggest black ice style passive fuzz.
@markferguson3745
@markferguson3745 3 жыл бұрын
Example, the Buzzaround, - designed around leftover parts.
@simonkormendy849
@simonkormendy849 Жыл бұрын
Some years ago I bought a red Jim Dunlop JD-F2 Fuzz Face that worked fine till it decided to quit working on me, the circuit board had two NTE158 PNP Germanium transistors on it and some temperature compensation circuitry, well, the pedal didn't just quit working, it went into self-oscillation and then stopped working, I ordered a couple of new Issue 2 Fuzz Face PCBs from Pigeon FX, and re-built it using two hand-selected CDIL BC108C Si NPN transistors I bought on eBay, I used some 1W/5% carbon film resistors I bought from my local Jaycar Electronics store, and I just received two new TRS Cliff Jacks in the post that I ordered for it, going to install them later on this afternoon.
@bipbipletucha
@bipbipletucha 4 жыл бұрын
How does a Vox distortion booster jackmount circuit compare to the fuzz circuit in the UL series tube/transistor hybrid amps used by the Beatles on Sgt Pepper and Revolver?
@davidbraatz5502
@davidbraatz5502 4 жыл бұрын
They are very similar, the biggest difference I think is that the input cap is a 100nF instead of 2uF. Schematic here: elektrotanya.com/PREVIEWS/63463243/23432455/power_amps_vegyes/vox_super_beatle_v1141.pdf_1.png
@mirage809
@mirage809 8 ай бұрын
Now this is a lot of fun. A great way of demystifying a pedal. Crack it open and mess with it, learn what the components do, how they interact and how to make them your own. Now I assume pretty much all Fuzz Face pedals Dunlop sell are the same with the transistors used being the only difference. The variations in fuzz boxes is always fun though. Many where made with whatever the manufacturers could get on that day and no two vintage pedals are exactly the same because of it. Another fun mod is to add a potentiometer behind the battery clip or power supply connector. Many fuzzes react in very different ways when their batteries get low. So having a way to starve them of voltage on command can be super neat.
@aidan7099
@aidan7099 4 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know he was a fallout fan
@riffasaurusrex
@riffasaurusrex 4 жыл бұрын
This is by far one of the best videos you have done in a while. Most folks tackle mods from m an overly complex and technical standpoint, with no background on how or why. Your brief history lesson and circuit explanation makes all the difference in understanding the nature of the mod and pedal overall. I think I can speak for many folks when I suggest that you do more of these mod-vids with with common pedals, like the LPB1 or Crybaby. Well done sir. Well done.
@simonsimon1983
@simonsimon1983 4 жыл бұрын
>be me >15 >never modified a pedal >don't even know how to wire a light switch
@Beelzehump
@Beelzehump 4 жыл бұрын
That's how I started 12 years ago. Have fun.
@juriewel4461
@juriewel4461 4 жыл бұрын
Dude that's exactly me
@Ampher03
@Ampher03 4 жыл бұрын
Add two years to it and it’s me
@IceNein763
@IceNein763 4 жыл бұрын
If you are 15 you are in High School. Most High Schools have electronics classes. To design build and modify pedals all you need is a high school level electronics course. They are very simple circuits, unless you start getting into the modern digital stuff, but then half of that is programming.
@simonsimon1983
@simonsimon1983 4 жыл бұрын
Clint Davis i dont think my high school has electronics class but i will teach myself eventually
@themadkraken1912
@themadkraken1912 4 жыл бұрын
I beg of you make more of these! I've always wanted to get into building my own pedals because nothing i've found could get the tones I want at a price I can manage and this is definitely helping!
@palmiuga
@palmiuga 4 жыл бұрын
I have one of these pedals. Identical. it sounds like a fart, like all silicon fuzz pedals.
@joystickmusic
@joystickmusic 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Great video. If you ever want to mod back, leave the trimpots. You can leave the top trimpot at any setting and bridge it, and you can set the bottom trimpot, that was taken off first at it's highest setting, and use a big pot that goes in the case hole that has a bigger value.
@SkyscraperGuitars
@SkyscraperGuitars 4 жыл бұрын
Dude... This was awesome! Thanks for taking the time to explain the circuit and not just saying - replace this and replace that.
@Stratocaster1969x
@Stratocaster1969x 4 жыл бұрын
Fallout Fuzzface at 33:30. Very appropriate to our new dystopian reality! Loved this video.
@kidcapsule
@kidcapsule 4 жыл бұрын
Please please make more videos like this! Most other pedal building videos are poorly produced. I love seeing your whole process with this. I picked up a lot of small tidbits just watching you work.
@chrisnewman448
@chrisnewman448 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! You do it all Josh. You made me actually consider messing with pedal mods. I love pedals, been playing for 53 years. I plan to get a Lucky Cat when I get my Gov. check. Keep the world excited about music!
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