ElectroSmash Germanium Fuzz Manual Download Page 9

 

STEP 8 – Boxing  

Now that the electronics are finished, let’s prepare the enclosure.  
The Germanium  Fuzz uses a standard Hammond  1590B. You can  use a pre-drilled 
box or drill your own using the 1590B Germanium Fuzz Stencil. 

 

 
Use a cutter to separate the stickers and place the black pad on the bottom: 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Place the 2 plastic insulators (one need to be cut following the stencil) using double 

side tape, they will protect the electronics: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Leave the battery 

area free from 

insulation 

Cut 

following 

the stencil 

At the last page of 
this document, you 
can see how the 
stickers are placed. 

Summary of Contents for Germanium Fuzz

Page 1: ...at will help you during the assembly We strongly recommend reviewing the entire instructions before starting It takes 2 minutes and may save you hours of frustration This guide aims to build and test...

Page 2: ...wded so let s place them first to have a neat job Don t cover the hollow centre of the turret you can just add a little quantity of solder to keep it in place Later on the turrets will be fully solder...

Page 3: ...ng them with a curved object pen Don t force the cables many times or do hard bents they may break STEP 3 Place the big components Top Side Bottom Side Solder on top side Solder on bottom side Solder...

Page 4: ...is perpendicular solder the rest of the pins Note STEP 4 Testing the Power Supply At this point the power supply of the circuit could be checked Place a mono guitar cable at the input jack a 9V batter...

Page 5: ...rs you have to pre set them to a good value Using a multimeterin resistormode measure between pins 1 and 2 adjusting them to Note Take care that the spring does not touch any pads it has to be raised...

Page 6: ...Note The transistors have to be close but not touching each other If you have transistors with different gains Hfe it is betterto use the one with lower gain as Q1 and the one with higher gain on Q2...

Page 7: ...depend on the temperature so it may change during the time So don t try to get a super accurate bias level As far as the values are close to 0 7 and 4 5V it will be great Input jack needed to power i...

Page 8: ...ect length for the leads and solder it Note The 100pF Cx Miller capacitors are optional They help to reduce the noise of the pedal but also may affect the fuzz tone You can try them although the origi...

Page 9: ...the 1590B Germanium Fuzz Stencil Use a cutter to separate the stickers and place the black pad on the bottom Place the 2 plastic insulators one need to be cut following the stencil using double side...

Page 10: ...art again The best way to enclose the board is to try to fit all the parts through the holes at the same time not simply inserting one jack after the other It is easier is you start with the 2 jacks t...

Page 11: ...This is the final finished project...

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