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i'm going to build a fulltone '69 fuzz clone.

exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
edited November 2003 in Musicians and Gearheads
should be fun. and should cost me maybe a fifth of a fulltone one.

i'll try to do a photo essay or something. i'm going to cheat and order the circuit board but the rest i'll do myself.

edit: ok, about half what a fulltone would cost.
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  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Put me down for one! GCP
    I can do all kinds of stuff to a guitar, but whenever I try to fiddle with a pedal I screw it up, soldering iron burns the table, springs fly out of the pedal. I know my limitations.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    well, small bear is closed until the 8th so i can't order for a while anyway. but i totalled everything up.

    ends up costing $65US for parts for each one included the shipping. not sure what size of box it'll fit in yet. i'll have to wait until i have everything and then pick one.

    i'll ask again in a week when i can actually order the stuff. :)

    it's a direct clone of the fulltone. same transistors and everything.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    That stuff get easier every time?!

    You probably will be tweaking that stuff too to GCP specs!

    Good luck
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    making them is easy. the key is knowing what to change. that's why keeley and fuller et al get the big bucks. i'm still learning but i can colour inside the lines fairly well.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Sounds cool. I hope it works out.
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  • LoveThemBonesLoveThemBones Posts: 38
    Any special type of transistors that you had in mind to use?
    PJ + AIC = LoveThemBones
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    NKT 275's would be a great way to spice it up.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    i'm going to start with the same NKT275s that the fulltone uses but i'll put them in sockets so i can try other ones.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by exhausted
    i'm going to start with the same NKT275s that the fulltone uses but i'll put them in sockets so i can try other ones.


    Sounds cool. You have inspired me to pick up the old soldiering iron and experiment. I'd like to change a pot on my Dyna Comp and mod the transistors to see if I can get it working. I don't think it's worth posting on E-bay. Damn. I need some tools.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    Sounds cool. You have inspired me to pick up the old soldiering iron and experiment. I'd like to change a pot on my Dyna Comp and mod the transistors to see if I can get it working. I don't think it's worth posting on E-bay. Damn. I need some tools.

    i'd say go for it. it ain't gonna get more broken.

    the layout for the dynacomp is here:
    http://tonepad.com/project.asp?id=10
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    thanks man. I could just buy a new board and parts and redo the whole thing.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    depends on what's actually wrong with it. but the board and parts wouldn't cost much. the big costs are the box and the switch and you've already got them.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by exhausted
    depends on what's actually wrong with it. but the board and parts wouldn't cost much. the big costs are the box and the switch and you've already got them.

    yeah the switch looks ok. from underneath. It's the pot on the Sustain that is scratchy maybe a loose ground. I know it's clean. Analog Mike thinks it might be a transistor. I finally opened up that little Dano Flanger. It's kind of neat how they put it toegther.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    separate boards for the pots and circuit? my full size ones were kinda neat. i thought briefly (before i sold them) about reboxing my delay and fabtone in one box but the shape made it a PITA.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by exhausted
    separate boards for the pots and circuit? my full size ones were kinda neat. i thought briefly (before i sold them) about reboxing my delay and fabtone in one box but the shape made it a PITA.

    yeah seperate boards for pots and circuit. I'd love to have a Dan Echo in a different box.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
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