I'm looking for a bjfe CAF so was excited to see two blue versions for sale. I then noticed that it has different transistors vs the usual CAF. It says "The 3-Knob Candy Blue Fuzz…a custom-voiced BJFe Candy Apple Fuzz with 1711 transistors for juicier octave and more focused fuzz range!"
Did I miss the post where this was explained by Bjorn? I want to know more before buying.
Thanks!
Blue Candy?
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Re: Blue Candy?
by Donner » Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:14 pm
Im not sure there was a post ...... he has been on fuzz romp lately ... once he decided to unleash the vintage beast he has been trying many things in varying quantities ---- he explained it to me when he was just here and were playing them .... it has a different flavor and the octave is juicier because of it ... the whole thing has more mids for siting properly in a band mix... 
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Re: Blue Candy?
by BJF » Sat Jan 28, 2017 6:58 pm
Donner wrote:Im not sure there was a post ...... he has been on fuzz romp lately ... once he decided to unleash the vintage beast he has been trying many things in varying quantities ---- he explained it to me when he was just here and were playing them .... it has a different flavor and the octave is juicier because of it ... the whole thing has more mids for siting properly in a band mix...
Hi there,
Yes while making a number of different fuzzes I felt for making a few Candy ( since red is gone) blue Fuzzes and while doing that I thought of setting those up for the clearest octave effect- the design allows for setting up for that or for instance the sharpest gating...now while tuning that and playing through it I thought I might give the circuit a little more mid focus albeit only mildly so and so I lowered a bit of the Hi Fi treble so mids would appear stronger in relation
I felt I was very pleased with all the typical settings while maybe especially with the octave setting. Yes I used 1711 transistors for the heart of these as I tend to like the little cruder sound those give as compared to some others I have used.
Enjoy and have fun
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Re: Blue Candy?
by thesjkexperience » Sun Jan 29, 2017 10:46 pm
That sounds like it should be just right.
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Re: Blue Candy?
by scottcw » Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:32 pm
Is the Candy Blue Fuzz the same as the CAF Special that BobbyD demos below?
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Re: Blue Candy?
by BobbyD » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:19 am
scottcw wrote:Is the Candy Blue Fuzz the same as the CAF Special that BobbyD demos below?
yes - i do believe this is the CAF special with the 1711 transistors. a magic swedish elf told me there are enough transistors for perhaps 30-40 pedals - so if you have been lusting for a CAF, now might be a really good time to snag a new one
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