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Friday, August 4, 2017

Jon Patton's Mossy Sloth

Finishing out Jon Patton week with the Mossy Sloth Fuzz for Fuzz Friday. It's a pretty unique transistor-based fuzz and uses MOSFETs to create some asymmetrical clipping for some unusual fuzz and distortion sounds. Loads more info can be found here.


2 comments:

  1. The connection of the 10nF cap and the 47k resistor should be by itself. As is, this junction connects straight to Q3's collector. Otherwise, the layout works.

    The effect is a nice, mid-focused hybrid of a lighter fuzz and an OD. I second the build document's recommendation to socket the 4.7k resistor on Q2's emitter and the 3.3k on Q3's collector so you can tweak the bias on those transistors. Once I got Jon's suggested voltages, I got a better range out of the gain pot.

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  2. Sorry, I meant to say that the 10nF/47k junction needs to be separated from Q2's collector, not Q3's.

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