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Projects => General Questions => Topic started by: atreidesheir on December 21, 2012, 02:56:20 AM

Title: Fuzz face fuzz pot question
Post by: atreidesheir on December 21, 2012, 02:56:20 AM
The experts like skreddy say the 1kc pot for fuzz is a key to getting the increase in gain throughout the pot's rotation. 
I have 5kc pots.  How will these affect the pedal?  I know putting a resistor across the legs to get 1k resistance will change the taper and might make it more linear than antilog.  SO how will a 5k change the fuzz?
increase, decrease or what?

I tried 1kB on a lunar modeule type fuzz AND the fuzz is all in the last 10% of the rotation.  Not that great.  All or nothing is poor form for a pedal that should be very versatile.

Title: Re: Fuzz face fuzz pot question
Post by: DaVe79 on December 21, 2012, 05:48:06 PM
You can use a 1K fixed resistor in place of the usual control and wire your 5K-C pot as a variable resistor in series with the 22uF cap. Lug 3 connected to negative side of 22uF, lug 2 goes to ground. Leave lug 1 unconnected.

That should work just fine.