BJFE / BearFoot fx Guitar Effects Community

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!

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...

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
BJ

That sounds like it should be just right.

Is the Candy Blue Fuzz the same as the CAF Special that BobbyD demos below?

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