How to Modify a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Signature Fuzz Face (Fuzz Face History)
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2020
- 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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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!
#jhs #thejhsshow #fuzzface
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!!!)
“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
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.
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.
Josh, designing workshop: "...and this is where the hard liquor cabinet will go. "
Everyone: (respectfully nodding, making notes)
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...
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
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.
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.....👍
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.
This should be a series, it would be very popular, “how to mod the-insert here-“
Man, you just dropped more usable history in the first 3 minutes than nearly any semester in music college!😉🎸🎶🎶
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
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.
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.)
That socket tool just changed my life.
No more scratched paint on ANYTHING
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!
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.
Josh: This is easy and fun.
Me: That's some Hogwarts stuff going on...
I found the secret potion of the sound: it must be in the secret fluids that are kept under the left workbench.
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 UA-cam, you guys should collab more!
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!
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.
Very nice how fast - less than hour - You turn my fears of modding away. Grand Thanks.
Just what I needed today! Great episode
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.
Love this! Got a fuzz face on the breadboard right now, let’s get to modding!
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
Awesome video !! Thanks for sharing this with us !!
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.
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!!
Very cool! Thanks for making this!
Josh, I really love you doing these schematics breakdown. Please do more!
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!
This channel is the #1 reason to be on UA-cam. Josh is the most wonderful, generous soul to share this knowledge!
Been waiting for a video like this. MOAR JOSH! Thanks!
I learned a ton! Thank you!
Best episode yet! Bringing me back to the earlier nerdier vlogs. More like this
jordandelr Yes!
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.
I never knew I needed this in my life. Thank you
Wow! Learned so much! Looking forward to the next one
WOW! Loved this tutorial! Tutorial is more good! Roger More, more, MORE!!!!!
I feel like I owe you money for this.
Great mod! Thanks a lot!
Cheers!
Thanks for doing this!
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 your videos! 🙏🏼 They really help me get through the week by looking forward to them on Fridays.
This was incredible! I’ve been secretly hoping for a video like this for a while, thanks Scott!
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!!! 🎶🎶
Actually found Deep Sea Diver through the Universal Audio advert, loved them ever since. Great episode
Thanks for sharing Josh! This is awesome.
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.
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
Love this style of video! Thank you so much for doing this!
Thanks Josh, Good Stuff!!!
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 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.
I saw the topic of episode and realized that this is my favorite episode!
Thanks for this awesome vid!
There’s a ton of easy DS1 mods out there, make it sound wayyyyy better
I could only imagine Josh drinking a fine bourbon while pedal building
This kind of content is amazing. Love the explanation of the circuit diagram.
Gotta love fun faces. Thanks for this!
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?
I know why Josh takes this version of the Fuzz Face. Abbreviation of "Jimi Hendrix Signature" is JHS =)
Love these kind of videos!
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.
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 !
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 😶
Its kinda great watching you work...thanks!
love this! Josh you need to do more hands on videos like this. Very educational! Thank you.
Please do a band of gypsy's fuzz face mod!
Forget about silicon vs germanium diodes, now I want to know which whiskey pairs best with my fuzz.
This is the most interesting video I have seen you do so far!!! I love it!
I just want to say thank you for this and I would love if we got more of these how to mod videos
You missed a "he has the box" moment...
I didn’t know he was a fallout fan
I wish I could like this video twice. The most concise guide on how to mod a pedal! Awesome work.
Wow 🤩 what an episode, loved it. Thank you Josh you are a great human!
Does this work the same on the mini version of this fuzz? That’s what I have, supposedly it’s the same circuit?
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.
Awesome show Josh ... Loved it
Cool, totally going to try this!
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
"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.
Wow, what an album, amazing writing and production. Thanks for sharing them/her!
Thanks for this! And more of this please!
I have one of these pedals. Identical. it sounds like a fart, like all silicon fuzz pedals.
>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
excellent content Josh! more please!
Wish this existed when I was starting out building and modding. It is so well done. Thanks!
So awesome. Great vid
Thanks Josh!!!
This was fun! Thanks Josh.
Great info. Please do more. Thank you.