Thanks Bjorn yet again for all the great info!! Right, and excellent demo
Angus on dialing in all those shades of Fuzz grind and clean up with a most excellent
selection of assorted riffery
And I wholeheartedly agree with you on keeping the demo focus squarely(any question on that pun?!?
) in the aural realm....we all know these traveling glitter boxes will look uber cool to fit the part.
Yes, I remember many years ago now, which has since become more realized information, a long time EE tech friend of mine illustrating on the scope the symmetry of the square wave when he then discovered through lots of trial and error, that in the MK IV TB circuit for example, that it was the Q3 slight leakage that truly allows that circuit to bias properly(and this is going back about 10 years ago or more)providing that super musical "gushing" fuzz that only 2 or three examples from over 15 or so versions of that circuit I had...and, he used in Q3, another make(not sure which), NOT, the STC"Top hat" transistor as found in all 3 positions on every original example I've had and many more I've seen...which drives home the point Bjorn makes when designing, is that it's not about the mojo part used but just the part/parts that will fulfill the tonal requirements and design parameters.
And it was a good mini visual education to see that verified on the scope which was a great connection for me at the time.
And yes, without question, ALL fuzzes sound and feel better when engaged via a pair of 7" platform "risers"