Can an £11.99 diy Fuzz pedal actually sound ok

Lets build a Fuzz pedal from a kit that only cost £11.99
As a first time pedal build, lets see how hard it is and whether it even works when its done.
This is a very simple pedal based on the iconic Fuzz Face.
It was purchased on eBay.
Thanks to Bensound.com for the funky music

[@dunk8157]

Hey I'm the seller of this kit on ebay, this is a fantastic review, I know the kit is not perfect as far as the instructions go, for example I'm using a photo showing a red box capacitor and the kit now has a grey one, but it is a home made kit and the important thing is I have done the best I can to make it easy to follow and the parts are high quality, for example Neutrik sockets, panasonic capacitors, Alpha pots. It's so nice to see the kit being reviewed. I sell hundreds of these a year and I would say 90% or more of people have no issues building them. I gave one to my mum who is a pensioner to build as a test and she managed it, I think she mixed up 2 of the resistors but after they were placed correctly it worked ok. So its never going to be that 100% of people will succeed 1st time but it's not a bad kit to start with, and it is a genuine 1970s style Fuzz that is used on a lot of classic recording. Also as you say the price is good, I see some people selling kits for double the price and I don't agree with that, I make a bit of money on them and it's enough for me, the more fuzz being used out in the world the better! Thanks again!

[@DylanJamieson-jt1rg]

Do you know where I can get the instructions from because I lost mine?

[@slamintovaz9420]

Hi guys, I bought this same kit on 2020, but haven't started build it yet 🤣😅😅By the way... Last week I was in Germany and I found the perfect box for it: Niederegger Marzipan Taler Smiley. It's a marzipan cake boxed in a yellow round and sturdy tin box, with a smiley face printed on it (like the emoticon 😀), you can check it on internet. So finally I'm ready to build it, I'll call it MarziFuzz. I'm gonna post some pics or videos somewhere someday...😅Hope this suggestion could be helpfull. Thanks and bye!

[@dunk8157]

Nice :) I thought about biscuit tins made to look like London Buses, similar idea.

[@martynreed835]

Hi. I've just brought this kit from you and I'm looking forward to having a go. I'm just wondering what would I have to change in the circuit so that I could use pnp germanium transistors? Thanks in advance.

[@dunk8157]

Sorry for the late reply, I'm not completely sure if you can use the same board, you would probably need to use a new piece of stripboard and find a layout for the PNP version, all the components are the same though except in the classic PNP design uses a 470ohm resistor in place of the 330ohm.

[@wowyummyyy]

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