Tuesday, February 24, 2026

D*A*M: FZ-676

So this looks like one of the D*A*M one-offs from back in the day - a MKI style fuzz, using a variation on a Zonk layout.  There are some departures from stock values, some of which are not entirely clear.

Here's the thread from an old FSB post.  Here's the thread on the D*A*M forum.

D*A*M  FZ-676  VERO LAYOUT

D*A*M  FZ-676  VERO LAYOUT


There are a few components that are not visible, but if you have any build experience, you can make some reasonable assumptions.  Pop it on a breadboard...  I know that's what I'm about to do.


One thing that throws me is this - the resistor next to the OC45 (the Q2 collector), is it brown green red gold, (1k5) or purple green red gold (7k5)?  I think 7k5, the schematic on FSB says 1k5.    

On the breadboard, 7k5 works just fine, so I'll stick with what I see and hear.  Can't always trust what you find online, including here ;-)   







6 comments:

Anonymous said...

looks like violet to me, in that case 7K5 ?

Andrew said...

I works on the breadboard with 7k5 - sounds good to me

Arsenio said...

Do you suggest any hfe and leackeage for the transistores?

Andrew said...

Not really - just the usual dark arts of Zonk transistor selection.

Q2: An OC45 will be low hFE and very low leakage.

Q1 & Q3: I've not used OC78 before, but I sustpect they will be moderate gain and leakage - they kind of have to be to work.

Anonymous said...

thanks Andrew, I want to try it, zonk machine + D*A*M, it should sound as very nice, the problem is to find this germanium transistors in Spain. I will buy these in UK.

Andrew said...

Good luck - Langrex always has decent stock, or there's always eBay