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Friday, July 12, 2019

Fuzzrocious Ram the Manparts

Happy Fuzz Friday! Here's the now discontinued Ram the Manparts from Fuzzrocious. It's a 386-based fuzz/distortion with a voltage starve control, gain toggle, and volume control and sounds pretty killer on guitar and bass. Should be a quick build and a nice fit in a 1590B.







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20 comments:

  1. CrackinTheShatJuly 12, 2019 at 5:15 PM

    It would be cool to add this to the front end of the Mid-do Electronics Clari(not). I wonder how the tracking control would respond to the voltage starve control?

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  2. NickJuly 12, 2019 at 6:18 PM

    which one of LM386?

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    1. Tim MikhailouskiJuly 13, 2019 at 12:28 AM

      You may usr socket and try different revisions. LM386N works perfectly

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    2. Molotov3xJuly 13, 2019 at 12:30 AM

      Any LM386 can work i think

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  3. Felipe-BrazilJuly 16, 2019 at 8:33 PM

    Didnt work to me :(

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  4. ChrisJuly 17, 2019 at 8:32 AM

    Cant find the layout from your transfer image library

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  5. 12ulerAugust 1, 2019 at 3:43 AM

    Verified, works very well for such a simple circuit. Thanks! Voltage starve works but it's true most of the good action is at the last 20% of the pot.

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    1. 12ulerAugust 1, 2019 at 3:45 AM

      Side note: I used B pots and they work fine as well. at least for me

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  6. aptalfunkNovember 11, 2019 at 3:18 PM

    Thank you for sharing it.. I think you mentioned it already in 'General Layout Notes' but to be sure I wanted to ask: Do the small lines next to 'uF' indicate the positive or negative side of the capacitor. Thanks in advance

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    1. Effects LayoutsNovember 11, 2019 at 3:58 PM

      That's the negative side. If it's hard to read on the PCB side, the perf side shows the negative side with the lighter grey shading. Or in the PCB the positive side is indicated by the square pad.

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    2. aptalfunkNovember 13, 2019 at 11:20 AM

      Oh thank you so much!!!

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  7. Return2SenderJanuary 7, 2020 at 9:07 PM

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  8. Brengos19May 11, 2020 at 1:02 AM

    What switches are used in Gain port? SPST or SPDT?.Thank you

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    1. Effects LayoutsMay 11, 2020 at 1:41 PM

      SPST

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    2. rodrigosgJuly 26, 2020 at 1:00 AM

      on-on ? answer me please


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    3. Effects LayoutsJuly 26, 2020 at 11:40 AM

      There's only one kind of SPST and it's on/off as it's the simplest type of switch.

      https://www.electronicshub.org/switches/

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  9. UnknownSeptember 4, 2020 at 7:24 AM

    happened the same as 12uler qieth the starve pot, it only works at the %80 percent of the pot. will try today the B pot,maybe b5k.

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  10. the REAL Jimmy JamesFebruary 13, 2021 at 1:09 PM

    verified. Agreed on the sag. This circuit seems to get ass dirst as the acapulco gold, yet cleans up a lot nicer. Thank you so much for this site - keeping me sane during covid

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