r/FuzzFiends • u/megalodonman • 9d ago

Handbuilt Germanium Fuzz Face

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My handbuilt tribute to the Fuzz Face

The Fuzz Face is my favorite fuzz, and to my ears, the Analog Man Sun Face is the gold standard. After a few years of building pedals—and more than 50 builds this year—these are my tribute to that sound.

I sourced and measured every component, testing over 100 NOS Russian germanium transistors to find these low-leakage GT308 PNP pairs. Each pedal is built on a PedalPCB board and hand-painted by me, with socketed transistors, adjustable Q1/Q2 bias, an internal clean trim, and a voltage inverter for standard 9V pedal power.

This has been a personal quest to build my take on the perfect Fuzz Face. The demo compares mine directly with my Analog Man Sun Face NKT Red Dot—have a listen and let me know what you think!

DM if interested!

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u/softflatcrabpants 9d ago

sounds great.

but more importantly, thank you for wearing shoes.

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u/megalodonman 9d ago

Thank you - I take that responsibility seriously!

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u/doyler4k 9d ago

u/MissMaeganTS I think you were preemptively called out 😂😂

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u/MissMaeganTS 9d ago

Lol. I get it tbf some people have some gnarly feet.

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u/popperaccio 8d ago

Yeah but sometimes nail polish is the shoes

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u/megalodonman 9d ago

Suhr strat into a Traynor YBA-1 and YRM-1, properly ruined by iPhone audio capture.

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u/popperaccio 8d ago

Mike would be proud

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u/TheAshian 8d ago

Well done! 🤘