Regulus VIII Fuzz Box (Deadpool)

[dwstanford]

Here is my nearly completed deadpool build.  I was really excited when i saw this project.  i love the crazy sounds that os mutantes got out of their equipment and i read the article by claudio baptista on how to build it, but could not really understand what the hell he was talking about.  I have not finished soldering the wires or hooking up the led,  and i am waiting on the knobs i want to use from mouser, but here it is.  it is a really cool and unique sounding fuzz.  i really like it.  it can sound really fat and overdriven on some settings and really high treble fuzzrite-ish on others.  you can dial in all kinds of cool tones with it.  i am still experimenting with the transistors to see what i like the best in it.  i will report back with my findings.

[cjkbug]

cool build.  that circuit is bananas. almost blew my amp up with it... no joke.

[dwstanford]

yeah, it's loud as hell.  it can definitely cook the shit out of your amp.  these kinds of qualities are prerequisites for all the fuzzes i build.  if it won't even blow my amp up, what the hell good is it?

[bigmufffuzzwizz]

Looks purrty! What kind of transistors are you using?

[dwstanford]

In the pic, I have 2n3565's as recommended by Brian.  I got them from small bear.  I have not tried the bc109s as called for in the schematic, but I plan to put some on my next parts order.

[bigmufffuzzwizz]

In the pic, I have 2n3565's as recommended by Brian.  I got them from small bear.  I have not tried the bc109s as called for in the schematic, but I plan to put some on my next parts order.

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to grab some of those as I believe people use them in big muffs!

Edit: Holy crap. They are $5+ a piece on fleabay and $3.20 on futurlec, but $0.60 on smallbear? Thats crazy. I wonder if they are all NOS w/ gold leads cause yours looks the same.

[nzCdog]

I like how you put the controls on the sides 
Nice job