The originals were built on tagboard, and you can find a very accurate replication of this here
NTK213 transistors aren't essential - like any germanium Tone Bender build, hfe and leakage are important. Low leakage on the first two, medium to high leakage on Q3.
BALDWIN-BURNS BUZZAROUND - POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
BALDWIN-BURNS BUZZAROUND - COMPACT POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
This is just a little bit smaller - I often prefer the slightly larger build, as point to point layouts often need a bit more room, at least for me anyway.
BUZZAROUND - WORK IN PROGRESS
A few values changes from the schematic to make use of some excess parts - half Buzzaround / half D*A*M Buzzotron in some places. Testing OC45s for the darlington pair, and OC76 and a few others for Q3. The diode is an OA7 and probably makes no difference at all.
I'm either going to have to add a volume pot or do something about the level - this thing really has some output happening.
BUZZAROUND ON THE SCOPE
Input signal: 440hz, 130mv TRMS, sine wave input
1nf capacitor output - Lug 1 of the balance pot
100nf capacitor output - Lug 3 of the balance pot (note: I used 180nf input and output caps on my build as I have excess of these). Check out the level compared to the input signal.
100nf capacitor & 1nf caps combined. i.e. shorted together
I made BALDWIN-BURNS BUZZAROUND by P2P that changed Mark's Layout.
ReplyDeleteGOOD FUZZ SOUND!!!!!