This is a library of perfboard and single-sided PCB effect layouts for guitar and bass. I'm not an electrical engineer by any stretch of the imagination, just a DIY'er who likes drawing layouts. It is meant for the hobbyist (so commercial use of any of these layout is not allowed without permission) and as a way to give back to the online DIY community.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

AstroTone Fuzz/Sam Ash Fuzzz Boxx

Here's a quick one. Fairly simple silicon fuzz from the 60s. AstroTone marketed these under their own name, as well as making them for Sam Ash. I laid this one out so the board mounted pots are in a triangular layout. The Attack and Volume controls are mounted on the component side, while the Tone control is mounted on the solder side like this:

(photo credit: Fuzz Dog)



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13 comments:

  1. FuzzDogMarch 6, 2015 at 9:11 AM

    no biggy, but a photo credit would be sweet, thanks. nice work by the way.

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  2. FuzzDogMarch 7, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    thanks ;)

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  3. UnknownOctober 25, 2015 at 1:19 PM

    Is it verified? Mine build fried the volume knob.

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    1. dtgehringOctober 26, 2015 at 9:56 AM

      Hasn't been verified yes. Did you try replacing the volume pot?

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    2. UnknownNovember 11, 2015 at 6:46 AM

      Yeah! It fried again. lol. so hasn't been?

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  4. UnknownFebruary 3, 2016 at 8:00 PM

    I think there is a reissue schematic of this pedal using DS66 and 2n3565 transistor and the tone is 100k. I got the schematic from fuzzcentral. By the way thanks for the layout:)

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  5. IvMAugust 25, 2017 at 3:39 PM

    Hi there!
    Where is located the transfer pdf?
    I couldn't find it

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    1. Effects LayoutsAugust 25, 2017 at 3:48 PM

      It's in the Misc folder. (You're not crazy btw, there wasn't one until like 2 min ago haha)

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    2. IvMAugust 25, 2017 at 6:09 PM

      Thanks David...!
      I know my Chrome searcher didn't fail hahaha

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  6. JDTMarch 30, 2020 at 9:03 PM

    Verified.
    Sounds good and cleans up well if you pick softly or roll back your guitar's volume.

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  7. MXFXMarch 18, 2021 at 6:04 AM

    I built it with the AnalogMan mods and it sounds great.

    Replace:
    - 1M resistors at collectors with 1M2
    - 1K8 at tone control with 470R
    - 47n caps next to Attack/Vol with 470n

    I had to add an empty row between pots and components to make the output cap fit under the volume pot.

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  8. MXFXMarch 18, 2021 at 6:06 AM

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  9. heartbenMay 15, 2021 at 3:10 PM

    Hey! What does the 1M resistor between attack lugs 1 and 3 do? I have been looking at a few layouts and some have one between 2 lugs of attack and some don't. Just curious to learn something. Thanks for all the cool layouts!

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