Dunlop Fuzz Face | Germanium vs Silicon, fuzz before/after wah, history and more!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- With this video I have tried to cover everything about the Fuzz Face that you would want to learn. There's a quick history lesson, a side-by-side comparison of Germanium vs Silicon Fuzz Faces, a demo of the Fuzz Face played with a wah wah pedal (before and after) and tips on how to use a Fuzz Face.
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"Do you use the Fuzz?"
"No, I just like the way it looks, like a landmine."
- Yngwie Malmsteen
haha
This his secret))
haha i remember that interview
What's cool about Fuzz Faces is that your tone brightens as you roll your volume back. This counteracts the top-end roll off that the volume potentiometer introduces. Also, the cleaning up effect from rolling down the volume sounds like it's blending as well as lowering the gain. I don't know if this is what is really happening or my aural interpretation of it, but it sounds amazing.
18:04 sounds like my kid when he wants ice cream and I say no.
I'll always be a germanium lover when it comes to Fuzz Faces.
"...depending on your cat's mood...." Classic! Thanks for the lesson.
I almost forgot to smash the like button, but then I saw the drawing of the germanium transistors in the heart and I remembered.
I like the germanium when it's full fuzz maxed out but I like the silicon for the lower volumes cleaned up
TheJofrica I feel the same
There's something haunting about the way germanium sounds at lower volumes. It gave me chills.
All Fuzzfaces, original and copies works different but very good, we only need to apreciate them.
TIP: If you want to swap the input/output sockets, don't bother with soldering. All you need to do is unscrew them and swap them over. I undid the nuts with my fingers, no spanner required, and it took less than two minutes.
fishy paw thank you for this amazing tip. I’m going to go home and do this. This will make things way easier. And no difference in sound or anything else acts funky I’m assuming it’s all the same...?
Thank you!!!
I think this is the most evident and useful JDF2 vs JHF1 video on TH-cam.
Many thanks!
Well done. I appreciate the "history" part of the lesson. I've been shipping for a fuzz for a while and this will definitely help. Cheers!
This is a fantastic video. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together! I make videos where I'm trying to cover a lot of material too and I know how much work goes into these things. Really excellently done, thanks again.
iv got the MXR classic 108 fuzz pedal.. its got a buffer that allows you to use a wah pedal with no nasty noise.
To me the germanium fuzz was much more warm and organic sounding, less harsh.
peter firth Many years ago I built my own fuzz face clone using a matched pair of germainium transistors and I used it again today and had fun. Thermal runaway was a common issue with germanium transistors but this is not an issue for back bedroom players like me. good show
Very informative, my friend recently gifted me his old germanium fuzz face pedal and I've been trying to get the hang of it. Looks like I will be rearranging my pedal board. Thanks for a good watch.
Hendrix used fuzz with wah ..... He backed the Volumen back to get a thicker wah sound .... this trick is also used by Phillip Sayce .... he explained it in one of his rig demos
Man, I've bought a red smiless like this. I've searched for its year, using the serial. I couldn't find. Good to know it's from the 90s.
Love the Germanium Fuzz sound, simply is more alive, it stands out!
Also the audio amplifiers with Germanium transistors. I had in my childhood an Akord-203 pickup (good schematics) with Germanium transistors and I used it as an amplifier for a while. I remember one neighbor coming to my home and hearing the sound amplified by that pickup amplifier and saying ”How good it sounds” and I remember his stunned face.
Excellent! Thank you for this detailed walk-through comparison, and the history! From my speakers, the germanium seemed to have a little more upper mid definition than the silicone version, but both are very sweet.
Perfect demo! I was left with zero questions aaaaand I was entertained. Great job!
Thank you for this video. I almost returned my blue fuzz face until your tutorial. I couldn't get the right sound with the fuzz and I am new to adding the effects so this was a major help.
Anyone hear a ton of clipping in the recording ?! Or am I going insane
What is clipping?
@@patgray5402 consult the google
Very nice! I enjoyed your explanations and demonstrations. Oh, and the drawings! :-)
Really useful video, many thanks for uploading.
really, it is the first video of ur life ? haha so manys mistakes and bad test
I love the black keys at the beginning
great informative video. helped me a lot! now i'm sure i'm gonna go for the fulltone soulbender. thanks, greetings from germany
Hendrix's wah was wired so that he could use it before the fuzz.there are buffer's that you can put in your wah wah(Analog Man makes one) so that you can use the wah first..listen carefully to Hendrix live..he also switches the wah off and on to create very cool sounds like in Voodoo Child(Slight return)..also you can set the fuzz differently(as in lowering it a bit..) to find a sweet spot..anyway thanks.cool video.
Interesting. Thanks for the info. I’ll be looking into to that
could you use a buffer/boost pedal after the wah before the fuzz and get the same effect....?
We don’t need to worry about any of that cause we now have Jimi Hendrix brand pedals.
They work perfectly, so all you need to do is TAKE INSTRUCTION from the manufacturer.
@@GCKelloch Yeah. Supposedly using a 1k resistor (doesn't sound like quite enough to me) in serial with the buffer output helps a lot.
I like that you used the black keys to open the video. they have my favorite fuzztone
Good video and excellent playing and information. Personaly I think the silicon FF cleans up better, but both sound good.
I am the orignail owner of Dallas-Arbiter England Fuzz Face. Replaced the electrolytic capacitors today and it sounds like brand new.
Dude!!! What a greattttt video!!! Thanks a ton! :) Best regards from Brazil!!!
My fav. pedal!
Great video! Learned alot! Have been searched for the rigth fuzz pedal for year. Have played the guitar for 8 years now, and it seems like a reached the level where it's acutally sounds queit good. I think it's time to try the fuzz face now ;)
I brougth a fuzz face mini Hendrix, a week ago. So great, best fuzz i have owned. Have some problem that i plays russian radio sometime, but i think it's the powersuplly making it able to play radio.
The video we've all been waiting for - thank you!
Although I could have used a little more of the red one.
Great video ! Learnt alot about Fuzz faces, like the blue more since it was a bit more articulate sounding.
Thanks for this video. I recently built a FF pedal using two Italian ATES germanium transistors that came from a Radio Shack experimenter's kit in the late 1960s or early 1970s and some other vintage parts, including a big 0.1uF ceramic disk cap from a 1960s tape deck through which the output passes. I had originally worked all this up on a socket breadboard not expecting much but when I put it between my guitar and amp I knew I had something special, so I put it all in a Hammond enclosure and I play it regularly. The two transistors were the same type but to JJ's point about "matching" them, I discovered that if they were swapped the circuit was simply unusable.
Unfortunately I broke a lead off of one of the two transistors while I was trying to run some tests and I was unable to repair it. It so happened that I had a third transistor - a Toshiba - and when I put it in the broken transistor's place (I socketed them instead of soldering them), the pedal sounded just like it had before, best as I could tell (I have since resolved to *never* disturb the transistors in the pedal again). I have since made a prototyping box for FF components so I can mess around with transistors and other components easily, and I have some 1980s Soviet-era Russian-made transistors that I want to run some experiments with. I don't know if I can make it worth my while, but I've thought long and hard about assembling some pedals for sale using those transistors if I can work out the values.
I have to tell you - when I use this box, I feel like I'm in the Who. It's saggy and brash, and it's also dead quiet. I get carbon-zinc batteries in two-packs for it at a nearby dollar store. I don't care to run it with the "FUZZ" knob flat out; I keep mine at about halfway or a little less and let the guitar volume control the distortion amount.
what about the mini fuzz face line dude?!
great demo, you know how to use effects in all areas of fuzz. i like the way you used clean up and wah before and after, great vid.......cheers.
Really like the silicon
To be honest, I had expected a more drastic difference. Either one will do.
Ive been told that unless you get a perfectly matched set of germanium transistors you are better off with the silicon version and personally I dont have the time to trawl through every music shop I know trying to find a germanium one I like.
I like the blue. Is more bright and not so blurry.
Awesome demo, JJ, very informative. Well Done!
Great job. Thanks for the info! Would love to see one on Tone Benders
Excellent video! Thanks for posting this. I learned a few things for sure.
If you have to choose just one...?
great video! thanks
Great demo! love from Philadelphia
you should consider to put a hardware limiter in front of your audio input in future.
Explain.
@@derheeheehee6941 Sound's clipping
Really useful. I realise I didn’t know how to use FF
Very informative, Thanks ! Great riffing, too !
Excellent video. Very nicely done.
Outstanding video,very informative and interesting.
Well done.
That was so informative. Very well done and thanks a lot!
I prefer the wah first. Might be b/c I'm so used to running wah into amp gain w/out any pedals (which made me very interested in hearing the difference). To my ear, wah after the fuzz was a screeching wash of envelope filter with very little note articulation. When the wah was placed before fuzz, the envelope was less pronounced (with a nice bite), and the notes made it through more clearly.
Thanks for making this.
Absolutely right. They now make wahs with a "fuzz friendly" buffer inside of them that can be turned on/off and also have volume boosters.
I need more of those Ikea baskets. They don't make 'em like they used to.
Cool and informative video. I think on a live version of "I Don't Live Today", Jimi used the oscillations to good use.
Nice video. Thanks JJ.
JJ, your videos are great!
I really like germanium diode fuzz for some things - I would describe its effect as "sounds like the speaker's f****d". Not as strange as it sounds as studios have been known to use knackered speakers. Nice demo.
Your tele sounds as good as your licks :)
You can fix that whiny noise from Wah into fuzz by sticking another pedal in between.
Really well done video. Thanks!
I was trying to make a decision on whether to go with silicon ff or a tone bender. I needed this vid-you put it all in perspective. Thanks, JJ! I'm prolly gonna get both, though LOL
that's a pretty tele
also, very good video, very informative, thanks for the share
Thanks for the great post---really informative and well done
I definitely prefer the sound of wah going into a fuzz. You can hear the difference when he's soloing. I like the video, but the problem is that the hendrix fuzz is voiced differently from the red fuzz face so it's hard to tell difference between the germanium vs silicon. Wished both were EQ'ed the same way. Maybe you can touch upon using a "fuzz friendly" buffer between the wah and fuzz when you go from wah to fuzz and demonstrate it. The buffer gets rid of the squeals making a cheap wah usable.
I just finished building a "Fuzz Face" clone from a Synthrotek kit. Uses 2N3905 silicon transistors. Still sounds pretty decent, though.
He likes making a fuzz face :) Nice Video
You can still get Carbon Zinc batteries in the States in most dollar stores; Kodak, - made for cameras, - are one of the common brands.
Can't speak to the FF, but I know it makes a substantial difference with the Zvex Fuzz Factory designs.If you use modern Alkaline, you might as well use a DC adapter; both supply far more power(ma) than is needed, which is the critical difference.
Thanks, JJ.Excellent lesson and demo!
great demo, love the wah -> fuzz combination, might try that with keys some day. sorry for your socks ;)
amazing explanation! thanks!
I be Never had a great sound like yours. Many years ago I ve bought a nice wha pedal, really looking good ( all chromed) but it sounds so " nosely" ( with the nose) that I thought depended from wrong daisy chain pedals. Your pedal sound really good..
Hendrix used the univibe between them. That was the secret.
I've built several fuzztone pedals and the sound of germanium just seems better. Problem is finding suitable germanium transistors. I like running my fuzz into a Fender reverb unit then into my amp. Gives a pretty cool sound.
Nice review
Great informative Video, Thanks
Thanks! Maybe do a demo on tuning next!
Excellent. Thank you so much.
thanks for the upload!
Great video!
Finally a great video for this pedal fuck me
Excellente video! even vermelden. zeer goede engelse uitspraak trouwens
Goede review, bedankt!
The first ge Fuzz Faces used British Newmarket 1960s NKT-275 transistorstors be exact.
Great video.
Nice video! I've got the newer red one (with the white smile) and I love it. :)
Great video dude!
tnx
Great stuff, thank you, very interesting information :-)
Awesome video, gringo!
dit is geweldig! Great video and perfect English. If us Americans could only speak English so well nevermind Dutch :-)
Oh yeah sweet tele!
They're both great fuzzes aren't they? I have the JH-F1 and two 90's red Dunlop fuzz faces - one of them has really low-gain transistors and cleans up fantastically well.
Nice video!
Thanks so much for this. I think the Mini Fuzzfaces sound has too much treble and not enough bass or low end compared to the vintage. Do you concur JJ?
Hendrix and Black Sabbath rules! But they didn't have chorus pedals back then, dude.
Maybe a Uni Vibe?
Yes
Univibe didn’t sign up to Dunlop so for JH brand buyers, univibe products no longer exist.
This information was learned in the early 1990’s, so you’re WAY BEHIND! You’re 30 Years behind! It’s as if you think we’re all still making pyramids to live in.
People who are buying univibes are waiting for jimi’s Actual pedals to be sold at auction. The JH brand offers all those old sounds at a much better price and time frame. You’re beyond stupid if you’re not buying into the JH artist signature brand system.
@@dreyn7780 ya i'd pay a couple hundred grand for jimi hendrixs pedals, i'd also pay a million dollars for his v
@@dankhill6851 Jimi Hendrix signature pedals are making the exact sound Jimi used back in the day.they know we all want that product and now we own them.only JH brand customers get the modified products Jimi actually used .
Suprisingly enough tony was actually just using a treble booster
Great Vid! Thank You
The black keys-all hands against is own COOL
simple. raw. rocks. found the tone im chasing. tele+fuzz face. what more do you need? oh... a phaser and digitech whammy would be fun with this mix.
Great video man. I could be wrong, but I believe that some of that self oscillation between the wah and a fuzz (or other distortion device) was used by Tom Morello on a lot of recordings to create some sounds in conjunction with the Whammy pedal.