59 Standard Fuzz
The 59 Standard Fuzz is a recreation of the Ibanez #59 Standard Fuzz, a take on the Superfuzz made in Japan in the late 1970's.
I was inspired to make this by my love for The Black Keys, and use of the Standard Fuzz by Dan Auerbach on multiple albums. More info on that here:
The Standard Fuzz has minimal controls, but offers a fairly wide range of fuzz tones. Of course, being a Superfuzz variant, it is an octave fuzz, with the octave being very responsive to pickup selection. The Tone Change control switches between a mid scooped tone and a mid heady tone, and these two could not sound more different.
The main difference between the Standard Fuzz and the Superfuzz is the Standard Fuzz uses a JFET transistor first stage instead of the two NPN transistors in the Superfuzz. This drives the subsequent stages a bit differently and creates a more aggressive fuzz profile.
I tried to make this build as premium as possible, and also use as many NOS Japanese components as I could.
Featuring:
Alps slider potentiometers (MIJ)
NOS Matsushita 2SC828 transistors (MIJ)
NOS Toshiba 2SK30 JFET (MIJ)
NOS OA90 germanium diodes
NOS carbon film resistors
Rubycon electrolytics
NOS Panasonic and Rubycon film caps (MIJ)
NOS Hosiden audio jacks (MIJ)
Lumberg DC jack (MIJ)
Alpha footswitches
NOS red soft glow LED with internal brightness control
Geniune Hammond 1590B3 enclosure
Custom laser cut and UV printed faceplates
The 59 Standard Fuzz is a recreation of the Ibanez #59 Standard Fuzz, a take on the Superfuzz made in Japan in the late 1970's.
I was inspired to make this by my love for The Black Keys, and use of the Standard Fuzz by Dan Auerbach on multiple albums. More info on that here:
The Standard Fuzz has minimal controls, but offers a fairly wide range of fuzz tones. Of course, being a Superfuzz variant, it is an octave fuzz, with the octave being very responsive to pickup selection. The Tone Change control switches between a mid scooped tone and a mid heady tone, and these two could not sound more different.
The main difference between the Standard Fuzz and the Superfuzz is the Standard Fuzz uses a JFET transistor first stage instead of the two NPN transistors in the Superfuzz. This drives the subsequent stages a bit differently and creates a more aggressive fuzz profile.
I tried to make this build as premium as possible, and also use as many NOS Japanese components as I could.
Featuring:
Alps slider potentiometers (MIJ)
NOS Matsushita 2SC828 transistors (MIJ)
NOS Toshiba 2SK30 JFET (MIJ)
NOS OA90 germanium diodes
NOS carbon film resistors
Rubycon electrolytics
NOS Panasonic and Rubycon film caps (MIJ)
NOS Hosiden audio jacks (MIJ)
Lumberg DC jack (MIJ)
Alpha footswitches
NOS red soft glow LED with internal brightness control
Geniune Hammond 1590B3 enclosure
Custom laser cut and UV printed faceplates
The 59 Standard Fuzz is a recreation of the Ibanez #59 Standard Fuzz, a take on the Superfuzz made in Japan in the late 1970's.
I was inspired to make this by my love for The Black Keys, and use of the Standard Fuzz by Dan Auerbach on multiple albums. More info on that here:
The Standard Fuzz has minimal controls, but offers a fairly wide range of fuzz tones. Of course, being a Superfuzz variant, it is an octave fuzz, with the octave being very responsive to pickup selection. The Tone Change control switches between a mid scooped tone and a mid heady tone, and these two could not sound more different.
The main difference between the Standard Fuzz and the Superfuzz is the Standard Fuzz uses a JFET transistor first stage instead of the two NPN transistors in the Superfuzz. This drives the subsequent stages a bit differently and creates a more aggressive fuzz profile.
I tried to make this build as premium as possible, and also use as many NOS Japanese components as I could.
Featuring:
Alps slider potentiometers (MIJ)
NOS Matsushita 2SC828 transistors (MIJ)
NOS Toshiba 2SK30 JFET (MIJ)
NOS OA90 germanium diodes
NOS carbon film resistors
Rubycon electrolytics
NOS Panasonic and Rubycon film caps (MIJ)
NOS Hosiden audio jacks (MIJ)
Lumberg DC jack (MIJ)
Alpha footswitches
NOS red soft glow LED with internal brightness control
Geniune Hammond 1590B3 enclosure
Custom laser cut and UV printed faceplates