Hi guys. I have 3 Ge pedals: ToneBender mk3, FuzzFace, Rangemaster.
Every time they get a pedal in front of them, they get crazy! TB and FF are fine, I like them this way; but the RM is a mess! It sounds like a cooked wah and with a buffer before becomes a treble nightmare.
Why is that? What can i do about it? Should i embrace this and build a buffer inside, therefore adjusting LP and HI pass filters?
Explained in here: http://www.geofex.com/article_folders/fuzzface/fffram.htm
and here: http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/Rangemaster/drm.htm
It has to do with the low input impedance loading the guitar.
Thanks!
You'd think that in this day and age, when they can send space probes to Pluto and beyond, that there would be a solution for finicky germanium transistor fuzzes so that you can place them wherever you want in the signal chain.
Have you seen the following article from amzfx?
http://www.muzique.com/lab/pickups.htm (http://www.muzique.com/lab/pickups.htm) using a transformer to simulate pickups between input and output buffers.
And here is a gut shot of the Earthquaker Devices Eruptor, which might be actually using this technique.
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57cebe2c03596e075fca5f24/58ffa766197aeae1d5f24f4e/58ffab664d72ff438a9ba1ac/1502201563822/Erupter-8.jpg)
Quote from: Ralfg on November 16, 2017, 09:46:46 PM
Have you seen the following article from amzfx?
http://www.muzique.com/lab/pickups.htm (http://www.muzique.com/lab/pickups.htm) using a transformer to simulate pickups between input and output buffers.
I've seen, I've experimented with it, it worked. Such a setup should be pretty much mandatory for fuzz designs IMO. At the least switchable in or out the circuit.
QuoteAnd here is a gut shot of the Earthquaker Devices Eruptor, which might be actually using this technique.
Another reason to love EQD. 8) Topmounts
and possibly this impedance design!