How to Modify a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Signature Fuzz Face (Fuzz Face History)
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- Today I'm showing you how to modify the Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Signature Fuzz Face. You will have solder in your face. You will have fuzz in your ears. It will be glorious. This mod makes a Fuzz Face really fun and gives you a good bit more range of sound than the stock Fuzz Face. Let me know what you think in the comments! Also check out Deep Sea Diver's History Speaks and let me know what you think!
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Deep Sea Diver - History Speaks amzn.to/2xLHJBE
MODDED FUZZ FACE GIVEAWAY CLOSED
MOD INSTRUCTIONS:
FUZZ FACE: www.jimdunlop.com/jimi-hendri...
TOOLS
Soldering iron amzn.to/3bOWkKY
Solder amzn.to/2V1nIyf
Needle nose pliers amzn.to/2UXXahv
Wire strippers amzn.to/3dR5GYa
Wire cutters amzn.to/2wZ8phK
Screw drivers amzn.to/2yxywgf
Sockets or wrenches: stompboxparts.com/tools/rocke...
Solder braid or solder sucker amzn.to/2wRQNEC
PARTS
500K B POT:
10mm Pot www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...
Better 24mm Pot amzn.to/3asJCjO
10K B POT:
10mm Pot www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...
Better 24mm Pot amzn.to/2KtJAO7
1 MEG C POT:
10mm Pot www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...
Better 24mm pot amzn.to/2KvP8aY
Wire amzn.to/2xNzt3q
OPTIONAL
Multi Meter amzn.to/2X41y10
Cup/Parts Tray for holding parts you remove amzn.to/2xL5OrT
Heat shrink amzn.to/2UCk4Mm
Drill (if you want to get crazy) amzn.to/39HopSR
Hot Glue Gun-Glue or 3m Tape amzn.to/3dTtE56
Circuit Board Holder "Third Hand": amzn.to/34YViK5
BE SURE YOU SOLDER PROPERLY. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!
TAKE YOUR TIME. IF YOU RUSH, YOU WILL REGRET IT.
HOW TO SOLDER: • Beginner how to Solder
OPTIONAL MOD IDEAS
Battery clip to 9v adapter www.voodoolab.com/shop/index.p...
STEP 1: Remove Hardware and Prep Things
Remove back plate - Philips head screw
Remove knobs. Flat head screw driver
Remove pot hardware
Label Pots for memory :-)
Unscrew PCB - Phillips head
STEP 2: Change volume pot from 470k-A to 500K-B
(More powerful volume taper / slight eq effect)
Mount 500K-B into case. Use plastic washer from OG pot (#10 Socket)
Unsolder one wire at a time from OG pot and solder on to new mounted pot
STEP 3: Fix OG Fuzz pot internally
(IMHO the fuzz pot is useless. Max it out and mount it inside. Clean up with guitar!)
Place hardware back on just in case you ever want to reverse this mod
Mount with two layers of 3m tape or hot glue
STEP 4: Move VR2 to external Fuzz position
(Gives an external adjustment of the bias control! So much better than the OG control)
Heat single leg of trim pot and gently lift
Take two wires and strip ends
Tin the wire
Place heat shrink on them (optional)
Solder top left pad to lug 3 of the 10K-B pot
Solder bottom single pad to lug 2 of the 10KB-pot
Mount the new pot into the old FUZZ spot, use the plastic washer from the OG pot
This pot adjust the voltage to the collector of Q2
The standard setting for this control is 4.5v (DMM)
Lets you go from gated fuzz / normal fuzz / stronger fuller tones
STEP 5: Replace R2 20K and VR1 trim pot w/ internal pot
(Even more adjustment of how the stages interact. Using a full size pot for ease and also lets you drill and mount externally if you are a little crazy….)
Remove VR1 gently from PCB
Jumper across the old VR1 pads
Unsolder R2 from PCB and remove
Take two wires and strip ends
Tin the wire
Place heat shrink on them (optional)
Solder one wire into old R2 PCB hole and then to lug 3 of the 1 MEG C pot
Solder another wire into the other old R2 PCB hole and then to lug 2
Pot down is 1v ish (stock setting)
Pot up is 8v ish (kills sound completely)
Barely backing it up will jump down to around 3.5v and give you some unique tones
STEP 6: Place the backplate on
STEP 7: Pick knobs: amzn.to/2KzhXD7
STEP 8: Sign it, date it and be proud!
OPTIONAL MOD IDEAS
- Battery clip to 9v adapter
- Change out transistors with other NPN Is types
- Step 2,3,4 will work on virtually ANY Fuzz Face!
TONE TIPS:
- Guitar directly in…. NO exceptions
- Fuzz is an instrument. Play to it not with it.
- Experiment with your guitars volume
- Place a Tubescreamer after!
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god i hope this turns into a series.
I agree
Yeeessss!
100%
Totally!!!
definitely!!!!!
I modify my fuzz face with a razor.
jts3339 underrated comment
Yeah thts pretty good .
Yes.
@@tomfoolery2082 Peachy
That joke was bad and you should feel bad!!!....... (Kidding! Freaking hilarious!!!)
Did it, drilled out the two extra holes for additional pots so they're accessible. I call it FourEyes 👍
Genius name :)
Great idea
Send it to Dunlop!
Stupid childish name
Awesome!! do you have the schematic for all 4 controles
I'm an electronics engineering student, and I have to say, the way you break down circuits is far better than how a lot of professors do.
Because he has real world experience....and lots of it....that is the difference.
The mod is from analogman, I readed this in 1996. Scott is a liar.
@@saculsheetand you are a real genius 💡. Thank you very much for this comment.
@fortheloveofnoise9298 ....... no dude. Plenty of profs have decades of experience working. The difference is this guy is real skilled in explaining science and history to an audience. He's also an entertainer in that way. He could probably also be a prof if he wanted to be, but that's not to say that professors can't also be this entertaining and smart because I've had a couple that were even better teachers & entertainers than this man.
“4 inches is a great length”
That's not what she said.
That's what she said, wistfully.
There are going to be so many comments saying that
Jai Arieh: Use the solder sucker to address that issue.
You beat me to it
Absolutely loved this. Can you do another episode like this but going over some DS-1 Mods?
Yes! Especially the synth mod!
UnitedStatesel Wait... SYNTH MOD???
@@bilbobobbytoucansam back in the day you could send in a DS-1 and they'd do a synth mod. It created all sorts of sweet sounds. I know there's at least one demo out there because I just watched it again.
That would be amazing.
Better still, Josh could show us how he modified all those EHX Big Muffs...
Don’t have a FF and not buying one. And watched the whole thing and learned a ton lol
Paul Caputo agreed Josh does good videos.
With this video you might as well buy all the components for a quarter of the price and make your own case honestly
Seafaring Simon you've hit the nail on the head. The upside is you can be particular about the transistors being used too. I'm not sure Dunlop are that particular, though you'd think they have to test them for leakage.
Please do more content like this!
I build a lot of my stuff, well, more than some. I wish there was more video content like this from Josh. But the music jam stuff has been veeery cool, can't lose out on that. They should make a record. Casually.
Josh, designing workshop: "...and this is where the hard liquor cabinet will go. "
Everyone: (respectfully nodding, making notes)
It's likely I will never mod this fuzz, but all these tips are great for many other projects, and just watching is interesting and fun.
or buy pcb clone and build it with mods in mind.
Thats funny.....👍
That's quite a collection of contact cleaner in the back cabinet.
krelnarb huffin
Contact maker...
That’s the JHS Vintage Contact Cleaner Collection: Catholic Edition
Man, you just dropped more usable history in the first 3 minutes than nearly any semester in music college!😉🎸🎶🎶
You should make a series out of this. Modifying different pedals.
I totally agree. Would love to see more of this content.
I’ve never done any soldering or guitar/pedal moding. (Wish I took shop when I was in high school). This is phenomenal content both in the moding, but also the educational side. PLEASE do more content like this. Watching you, your tips like the one wire at a time to get it right etc give me confidence to maybe buy some pots and try a guitar upgrade on my own. This is one of my favorite episodes!
Also, with us on quarantine, any chance you might do more than 1 episode a week? I know you run a business, but this is really good stuff.
azbababooey it really is fun and not hard to learn the basic skills like soldering. I’d also suggest buying some flux to help with de-soldering parts, it makes it enormously easier
They banned shop and woodwork classes in my county, so sad....we are very bad kids where I live...so I never got to do it....now I solder but I wished I was taught in school.
Got this pedal last year. Didn't care for it, the sound of sizzling bacon. Did the mod yesterday. The 1M pot is a little past noon and the original fuzz pot is maxed. The two knobs topside are maxed out as well. The rich harmonics really ring through. Thanks Josh
This should be a series, it would be very popular, “how to mod the-insert here-“
I don’t own any guitar equipment anymore, but I can’t help but come back every week to hear guitar sounds and pedal breakdown.
For those who want to try different transistors: bear in mind that not all NPN silicon transistors will have the same pinout, so simply photographing the existing transistor and snapping in another might not work. You can usually count on the base to be the center pin, but not always. Keep the datasheet handy.
Videos like this and the ones with Brian Wampler demonstrating how to do pedal mods is like being a car fanatic sitting in a room with Carol Shelby.
You are doing the Lord’s work, Josh. I mean that sincerely. In these difficult times, you are sharing knowledge and motivating a lot of people who are struggling to find a spark of creativity. You have made my day with this video!
Serendipity. I bought a Jimi Fuzz Face a few weeks ago and was just furloughed from work due to the zombie apocalypse. Now i have something to keep my mind off the the groaning and scratching outside my bunker. Thanks, Josh!
The intro to this reminds me of that Tonebender video you did recently with Dan and Mick in a very compressed version. That episode was one of my favorite things I’ve watched on TH-cam, you guys should collab more!
Does anyone else want to see him show us how to re-case a Behringer pedal into an aluminum case or is that just me?
That's called TC Electronics. They use behringer circuits and put them in a metal case for an extra $10, cos they now own Behringer. Talking about their cheap range of course, this doesn't apply to the pedals they make themselves, the premium ones with Toneprint and all that in them
As long as you don't sell them, I think it's would be great.
I re-cased a Behringer into a wood case.
@@duffman18 On the contrary, Behringer owns TC Electronic...
@@duffman18 the "Smorgasbord" line of FX. I have a few of them and am extremely pleased with the quality/value. I hope Josh never does a video about them. Prices will blow up.
That socket tool just changed my life.
No more scratched paint on ANYTHING
I don't have the faintest intention of modding any pedals (yet) but this was one of the most interesting and calming things I've watched in recent weeks! I would love to see more on basic pedal circuit design and modding.
Very nice how fast - less than hour - You turn my fears of modding away. Grand Thanks.
This channel is the #1 reason to be on TH-cam. Josh is the most wonderful, generous soul to share this knowledge!
Not only recommending pedals from any other manufacturer to help us musicians out there, but also teaching how to mod one! I just love this guy, he is the best!
Watching the description of the schematic makes me feel like Phil Hartman’s Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer from SNL. “I am just a simple caveman, your world frightens and confuses me.”
Jon Lohrenz I love this stuff, it’s not that hard, zigzag lines are the resistors, zigzag lines with an arrow point perpendicular to them are the pots (or trim pots), -| |- are capacitors (they actually look like that inside, two plates with space between them), and the circle with 3 legs and arrows inside are transistors. Those can look different between types (Josh mentioned NPN, there’s also PNP, DO NOT replace one with the other or many bad things happen.)
Best episode yet! Bringing me back to the earlier nerdier vlogs. More like this
jordandelr Yes!
What a fantastic video. I really enjoyed your in depth analysis of the schematic and the effect that each component has on the sound of the pedal. As someone who's worked in electrical engineering for nearly my entire career, I've never tried to delve into the effects of electronics on sound. This made great sense to me. Thanks for sharing!
I found the secret potion of the sound: it must be in the secret fluids that are kept under the left workbench.
I just love this show! I draw so much positivity and inspiration from you guys! Not only you are one of the main reasons i want to get into pedal building, but you are also giving me the tools to achieve it. I deeply thank you and wish you the best
P.S. We need more of these types of videos. They are just awesome!
More like this please! Always wondered if you were gonna get more technical in your videos.
I love how you walk us through the circuit in an easy to understand way and kept your explanations simple and clear, unlike alot of other pedal mod videos.
This was so good to watch and for those like myself who are terrified of breaking pedals but gagging to give it a go would make such a great series. A RAT mod vid would be excellent! Please Josh!!
Josh, this video is literally the best. I’m glad you reeled me in with random videos talking about pedal history/appreciation. Now I’m inspired to do my first pedal mod. Please do more of these if you can. From a fan who has been watching since video #2 or 3.
Yes!! More of this please Josh! I’m only 5mins in and loving hearing about the tech details of the circuit design! 🤘
I just ordered the parts this week to build a fuzz face as my first build! Can’t wait to watch this.
I got one last week, you will have loads of fun and save loads of money by doing DIY. It's a fail proof circuit just take your time and go in with a bit of research. Good luck with your build
Josh passing the torch here and starting others on the road to being the next JHS warms my cockles, good man.
Absolutely @Simon Singh! One can only imagine how many new effects designers this has launched!
Thank you so much for doing this demo! Also thank you for introducing me to Deep Sea Diver, they have been my go to listen for months now. Love her fuzz tone!
Josh please make this a series! I have recently begun to build pedals, and this was really fun to watch you work. The way you explained WHAT the mods you were doing actual do to the circuit was great, and very easy to understand. Anyways, loved the video and I hope you make more like it!!
This is an excellent video. It answered every question I had about adding two bias pots to a fuzz face circuit. I tried to figure this out last year, but failed because I couldn't find a good tutorial. A mod to change an overdrive or distortion circuit from symmetrical to asymmetrical clipping would be great. Thanks a lot.
Josh: This is easy and fun.
Me: That's some Hogwarts stuff going on...
This is absolutely fantastic. I've done electronics work as a hobby before, but I've been wanting (because of this channel) to get into pedal modding. Josh is a great teacher here (speaking as a teacher), providing the history, stepping us through the schematic as-is and explaining what each part does to the tone, and then showing what changes can be made. It's just fantastic and I hope you guys do more of these.
Hey Josh, great video! The Fuzz Face is my favorite effect and I've spent way too much time tinkering with the circuit. You can get even more volume boost if you swap the 332r and 3.1k resistors that go to biasing the collector of Q2. The AC signal leaving Q2 sees that as a voltage divider towards the DC source. So my personal preference is to use a 2.2k resistor first and then just use a 25k linear pot on the collector. Tons of output volume now!
40:00 He Has The Box!!! 🎶🎶
This is by far one of the best videos you have done in a while. Most folks tackle mods from m an overly complex and technical standpoint, with no background on how or why. Your brief history lesson and circuit explanation makes all the difference in understanding the nature of the mod and pedal overall.
I think I can speak for many folks when I suggest that you do more of these mod-vids with with common pedals, like the LPB1 or Crybaby.
Well done sir. Well done.
Awesome vid, been looking for a good detail tutorial on this exactly! Stuff online isn't always the clearest. Definitely saving this vid to my diy projects list.
Love this! Got a fuzz face on the breadboard right now, let’s get to modding!
I feel like I owe you money for this.
Man! What a steady hand. That soldering is just... whoa. Respect! Thanks for this Josh... you rock 🤘🏼
I’ve been hoping you’d make something like this, I can’t wait to try this at home. You’ve really inspired me to finally try modding pedals
WOW! Loved this tutorial! Tutorial is more good! Roger More, more, MORE!!!!!
Next Video: How to just build a FuzzFace from scratch.
How to build it from scratch... step 1 build your own transistors because the store is closed.
It’s not hard to build a fuzz face. I built one in the mid 90’s using a schematic from the Leper’s abode, some old pcbs from discarded stereos, and RadioShack (I miss that place!).
@@richardchambless12 radio shack was okay, but they tried to be best buy lite and ignored the parts... Or charged way too much for them. Last time I was there they tried to sell me 5 resistors for 4 times the price on digikey, AND it was the wrong ohm value, I said 4.7k ohm, he tried to give me 4.7 ohm!
They're stupid simple. 11 parts total. Even a trained monkey could put one together. I have 3 sitting here that I built. As well as a buffer pedal and a clean boost, too.
Just got your little black amp box for my deville today man, works better than I could have dreamed. Thanks!!
I wish I could like this video twice. The most concise guide on how to mod a pedal! Awesome work.
I would have drilled two more holes in the case for the extra controls.
Volume in, Tone, and Bias would've been cool mods.
David Schwab then you might as well built a Fuzz Factory from scratch.
I'll be doing that. But i get why Josh doesn't recommend it as you can't de-mod the thing which will kill resale value.
I would’ve drilled a bunch of holes too, because I would have no idea what the hell I was doing.
Why don't you make your own tutorial, superstar?
There’s a ton of easy DS1 mods out there, make it sound wayyyyy better
Wow! What an enjoyable episode. Thanks for sharing this, Josh.
I think silicon Fuss Faces sound best with the “fuzz” backed off slightly. If you listen to the noise floor while adjusting the pot, it’s as though there is another gain stage at the very end of the pot travel. Germanium units sound best dimed though. And my Fuzz Faces are on 90% of the time throughout shows, riding the guitar volume for rhythm and lead tones.
See what he's doing here Brian?
Yep, Josh is a wonderful dude 😊
@@wampler_pedals 😶
@@wampler_pedals I love and watch you both!
@@wampler_pedals your Zendrive mods were at the same level of awesomnes
thank you so much for doing this! incidentally i did my first pedal mod the other day- the cap reverse mod on the joyo octave fuzz. What you're doing for the community is fantastic.
You're the man!!! Kinda hits some fuzz factory tones now too but more useable.
Please do a band of gypsy's fuzz face mod!
finalllyyyyy. this is the type of stuff I've been waiting for like 2 years to see. brian wampler does a little of this stuff but -- and don't tell brian -- your videos are a little better.
Maxon Mendel I respect that POV. My videos definitely aren’t meant for everyone 😊
@@wampler_pedals 😶
This was incredible! I’ve been secretly hoping for a video like this for a while, thanks Scott!
Awesome work Josh. My favorite channel on youtube!
Just the volume mod is great! I'm wondering why, even if they want to be "authentic", builders make fuzzes with not a lot of output, especially on Fuzz Faces...
I know why Josh takes this version of the Fuzz Face. Abbreviation of "Jimi Hendrix Signature" is JHS =)
I've been addicted to this channel from the moment I came across it. This video is next level. Thank you
awesome! your a hell of a good guy doing this for people... and your have fun while passing on the knowledge. thumbs up.
Forget about silicon vs germanium diodes, now I want to know which whiskey pairs best with my fuzz.
I could only imagine Josh drinking a fine bourbon while pedal building
Thank you so much for your videos! 🙏🏼 They really help me get through the week by looking forward to them on Fridays.
I’m watching with captions and I just want to say they are pretty spot on. I guess the attests to your annunciation and projection.
Does this work the same on the mini version of this fuzz? That’s what I have, supposedly it’s the same circuit?
I didn’t know he was a fallout fan
Actually found Deep Sea Diver through the Universal Audio advert, loved them ever since. Great episode
Recently found JHS (ok - where have I been) but love what you do. Heard some crap. After some reading on the JHS trash talk - snore. The Smiley is pretty cool. Great stuff. Keep it up.
You missed a "he has the box" moment...
Next JHS video: "So here are the codes to the JHS bank account, it will be followed by several videos on how to replicate every JHS pedals so you can takeover the guitar pedal empire world. Really; it's freaking easy, you're great !"
More seriously; thank you so much for your generosity and your passion ! F#@k OUI JHS RULES !
Man, that was really awesome. Damn, that was cool. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video. It opened doors and turned on lights 💡Valuable info
This is the best episode you’ve ever made... and they’re all great. Thanks for the knowledge.
How does a Vox distortion booster jackmount circuit compare to the fuzz circuit in the UL series tube/transistor hybrid amps used by the Beatles on Sgt Pepper and Revolver?
They are very similar, the biggest difference I think is that the input cap is a 100nF instead of 2uF. Schematic here: elektrotanya.com/PREVIEWS/63463243/23432455/power_amps_vegyes/vox_super_beatle_v1141.pdf_1.png
the best fuzz you'll ever own is the one you make by picking a random selection of crusty dusty parts from your component storage, slapping them together on a breadboard and clipping alligator leads onto an exposed guitar cable in order to plug it in. few effect types are as forgiving in the selection of values and alteration of topology. you can mistakenly use a J-FET for q2 because you couldn't find the datasheet and it'll still be a fuzz. forget to connect 9 volts to the collectors? you've just made the world's biggest black ice style passive fuzz.
Example, the Buzzaround, - designed around leftover parts.
Macari's shop was next door to the Jennings /Vox Store. JMI/Vox production was done out in Dartford, Kent. Dartford is about an hour train ride east of London. Vox had 3 chassis manufacture's & 3 cabinet makers. Everything was trucked to Dartford and assembled there.
I beg of you make more of these! I've always wanted to get into building my own pedals because nothing i've found could get the tones I want at a price I can manage and this is definitely helping!
"But now we can modify fuzz pedals."
Well I'm not gonna mess with mine; I broke my headphones today just trying to take them off. I can't imagine the disaster that would result if I started waving a soldering gun around. Nevertheless, I learned something as usual from watching the show.
Peace and Love to the JHS nation. Stay safe and make music, everybody.
I have one of these pedals. Identical. it sounds like a fart, like all silicon fuzz pedals.
Great video.
I think it's very cool that you are dropping knowledge on your audience.
The tutorial was about as good as it gets.
Thank you Josh.
Awesome video! I like how you encourage the viewer to try it out themselves!
>be me
>15
>never modified a pedal
>don't even know how to wire a light switch
That's how I started 12 years ago. Have fun.
Dude that's exactly me
Add two years to it and it’s me
If you are 15 you are in High School. Most High Schools have electronics classes. To design build and modify pedals all you need is a high school level electronics course. They are very simple circuits, unless you start getting into the modern digital stuff, but then half of that is programming.
Clint Davis i dont think my high school has electronics class but i will teach myself eventually
Thank you Josh. I have built couple of fuzzes and DIY distortion kits before but this 40 minutes taught me more than my previous soldering experiences altogether. I will definitely use this virus quarantine time building Tonebenders (sinde I love 'em) and not just build 'em but modify and experiment them. Kudos!
This video was incredible. And the links are super helpful. I just went over to Patreon and signed up to show my support. Thanks!
I only saw the title and can't watch the episode yet, but had to come comment holy ***** Josh I love you! I just built my first pedal, a rangemaster style treble booster with some nos parts and I'm hooked. I'll have to build more as soon as I get more budget and I'm gonna have to use all my budget on pedal kits and parts and start experimenting. This is the perfect content for me right now!
Well, that was fun! Thanks for taking the time Josh👍🏻
Please please make more videos like this! Most other pedal building videos are poorly produced. I love seeing your whole process with this. I picked up a lot of small tidbits just watching you work.
I quite enjoy the vote of confidence at the beginning.
You’re right Josh, I can do anything!
“Photos with your smartphone” is an amazing tip, I’ve been working with electronics for some time and I start every project with taking photos. Thank you for your content.
Amazing walkthrough. Thanks Josh! I’ve been on the market for a bass fuzz, but now thinking I’ll “create” my own. After all, I’m a pedal-modding expert now...
This is a great post Josh!! Something creative and positive in these uncertain times. Looking forward to the next vid! Stay safe and stay fuzzy!