DALLAS ARBITER™ FUZZ FACE™ RTS PCB

The ready-to-solder PCB for our Dallas Arbiter™ Fuzz Face™ replica (the FF5), one board that builds at least five classic Fuzz Face™ versions.

About the effect

The Fuzz Face™ is the round, two-transistor fuzz that defined late-'60s rock guitar. Our FF5 project gets its name from the five-plus versions you can build on this board, each with its own parts list, schematic and wiring diagram. If this is your first Fuzz Face™, the silicon version is the recommended, simpler build. The germanium and silicon layouts include an optional 10k trimmer for extra tonal options, and a no-trimmer diagram is provided too. For germanium builds, a charge pump wiring option lets the positive-ground PNP version share a negative-ground supply with the rest of your board.

Specs

• PCB dimensions: 4.8cm by 3.2cm

Also builds

• Fuzz Face™, germanium transistors
• Fuzz Face™, silicon transistors
• Easy Face (Joe Gagan's)
• Boutique Late 60's (PNP, plus an NPN variant)
• Boutique Early 70's

Build resources

• Complete instructions for this PCB
• Fuzz Face™ instructions
• PNP germanium with charge pump instructions

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