Re: Vox Distortion Booster = Colorsound one knob fuzz?

Posted by Marbles on Mar 15, 2016; 6:39am
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Vox-Distortion-Booster-Colorsound-one-knob-fuzz-tp28841p28884.html

Thanks a lot!

Yeah, it's hard haha. I'm starting to slowly recognise some parts of a circuit. Can spot a pulldown resistor, the input cap for filtering out DC. In some cases a diode to protect against reverse polarity.
I guess the cap in the output has the same function as the input cap. Plus creating a high or lowpass filter(?). I think I remember changing the value will affect the highs/lows of the circuit.
Slowly starting to see voltage dividers, not in this case but that's because the voltage of Q1 is being set by Q2?


That is about all I think I know haha. Maybe this isn't the easiest circuit to understand since the fuzz face is a somewhat weird design with Q2 affecting Q1?


From what I can tell, there are a lot of 'standard' things to be found in almost every circuit (the ones I correctly or incorrectly mentioned above haha). Is there information to be found somewhere where it mentions those standard components that are found in every circuit?

If I can wrap my head around those, I can maybe easily put those aside in my head when looking at a schematic. I can filter those out and focus on what the other parts do. The 'magic' of the circuit if you will :D If that makes any sense whatsoever


If there is info like that, and someone knows, I'd love to hear it!