Old Gods Fuzz - One Knob

The old gods are awakening. Tremble with fear....

Simple one-knob box of doomy fuzzy malevolence. At first glance you may take it as a tweaked Fuzz Face with an extra gain stage after it, which it is. But that extra gain and the magical properties of the MOSFET in parallel with Q2 give it something pretty special.

Nothing to tweak here. Fixed max fuzz, no tone, just a volume to tame the beast.

If you like it tweaky, head over to the Four-Knob Old God (link below) - the extra output and tone are absolutely worth the extra knobbage if you hate simplicity.

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: Cthulu

Difficulty: Medium

PCB size: 50 x 40mm

Knobs required: 4

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct-Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF