Milky Fuzz

There's some outrageously good fuzz going on in the grooves of the Beatles' White Album - no doubt. So come get yourself a box of those tones.

This here circuit captures the wonderful tones of the onboard fuzz from the 60s Vox solid states - Supreme, Conqueror and Virtuoso.

It cleans up quite nicely for some subtler drive tones, but it really excels when cranked. An absolute raw delight.

The original pedal uses a 500mH inductor for the mid shift section of the circuit, but they're not exactly easy or cheap to source. We have a 42TM013 tranformer in there which has a similar inductance. Whether it sounds exactly the same we couldn't say, but it's the solution used elsewhere and who are we to argue.

The kit is supplied with vertical-mount pots which have round shafts, so you'll need set-screw fitting knobs.

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 and vertical-mount pots. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: JT White Pedal

Difficulty: Medium

PCB size: 50 x 50mm

Knobs required: 4

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct-Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF