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Mm, it's not a starved plate but you get the idea - you can get the voltage starved circuit effect.

Thanks for the info, it mostly reinforces what I already know but the more of that I see the better. I'm still waiting on my caps, and I've since realized I need a DPDT so the build is being postponed..again. Still, modified an old M268 and have done half the repairs required to a butchered Fuzz Factory a freind gave me.. Not a bad day!

No bother. From what I remember a HFE of about 60 was what I saw, which is pretty close. Again leakage is a factor, so it's hard to say unless you had the 2 infront of you.

That's cool. I'm waiting on some caps before I start soldering this thing in, anyway!

What diodes are you using? Are you going to add a Voltage Starve like on the Germanium 4 Big Muff? It sounded pretty cool to me, but so does the bias knob. The volt starve thing can be simulated with a 10k pot between the power supply and the rest of the circuit.

Send on whatever specs you have, I've several schematics and a few forumite buddies who have built it but the more resources the better. My Transistor HFE's will have to do, however - I picked through a batch of AC128's at my University and I took the 2 with the lowest HFE home. Hopefully that'll do. I'm wary of buying online as most batchs of NoS have been picked clean of useful parts!

Had to befreind, anyone into the noisier side of rock is a rare find - especialy one whose into production!