Tube Steak Fuzz

Craig Anderton's Tube-Sound Fuzz - such a classic circuit full of joy and wonder. The basis of the Red Llama and the Mythos Chupacabra. If only they'd built on the bedrock before them...

This one does. Way Huge took the Red Llama circuit and incorporated it into their Fat Sandwich, only it was a bit different. Rather than leave those normally unused inverters hanging, they hooked them up so there were three in parallel in each gain stage. Moosapotamus ran with that on a stand-alone variation on the Llama which we have here.

Like the original circuit this has a great range of tones from mild overdrive to full-on fat fuzz, with warmth all the way. So what's different. It's just... more. Harmonically richer, what with the minute variations in the inverter stages. It's hard to describe, but A-B them and there's only one winner.

Board-mounted pots for minimal wiring and easy mounting in the enclosure.

If you want the PCB without parts there's a link for that at the bottom of the page.

Partial kit: PCB, all board-mounted components, pots.

Full kit: As above, plus footswitch and appropriate daughterboard/components for your selected bypass type (see Downloads section for details of those), jack sockets, DC socket, battery snap, hook-up wire, LED.

Enclosure (pre-drilled) is available as an option with full kits, and will not take a battery. Knobs are not included.

Builds are only available with full kits including enclosures. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: Red Llama / Mythos Chupacabra / Fat Sandwich

Difficulty: Easy

PCB size: 50 x 25mm

Knobs required: 2

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct Connect compatible (4 way)

Download INSTRUCTION PDF