Sunday, November 5, 2023

TOP GEAR: Top Gear Fuzz

The Top Gear Fuzz is a rare English Fuzz Face variant from the late sixties / early seventies.   It's a fairly awkward build as it's on a tiny piece of vero, floating between the two pots.  

There seems to be a couple of versions floating around (like all a lot of vintage circuits).  I have seen a few minor variations on resistor values, some also appear to have the 68k feedback resistor hiding under the board somewhere - I'm assuming this as I can't see it anywhere.


TOP GEAR FUZZ - 0.15" VERO LAYOUT

TOP GEAR FUZZ - 0.15" VERO LAYOUT



I "borrowed" a photo from https://www.tonehome.de/top-gear/fuzz/ to provide some context to the layout, as otherwise it might be a bit confusing.   

Note the 270ohm and 10k resistor are joined at the top, with the output cap soldered on here.





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