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Old 01-01-2010, 09:45 AM
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I've been talking to a builder about making me a custom pedal based on the Baldwin-Burns Buzzaround. After watching a video of a guitarist demonstrating the pedal, it quickly became one of my favorite fuzz pedals. Three germanium transistors sounds AWESOME.

Anyway, I want to be able to replicate the same thing, but on bass, and be able to use it in a band setting. I'm not an expert on schematics or anything, but I understand the timbre works more like a bias control, as opposed to a straight tone knob.

So I need to figure out what could be down to the circuit, or added or whatever, to help me out. Of course we could add a blend knob, which I'm pretty sure we'll do. But is there anything else that we could do? I was thinking about an actual tone knob, but that could mean anything.

By the way, here's the video I'm basing my love for this pedal on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZViQ2H-5s4
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Old 01-01-2010, 12:56 PM
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Buzzaround is sweet. Blend knob or dry volume control is always good thing to have.

Think also about putting bigger caps for better bass response. Sometimes fuzz is so thin that doesn't mix well with clean signal. I mean the mixture isn't enough "homogenic" - for my taste at least.
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