{"id":267,"date":"2018-11-05T23:58:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2018-11-06T12:52:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T10:52:17","slug":"fuzz-from-stingray-record-from-the-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/index.php\/projects\/fuzz-from-stingray-record-from-the-shadows.html","title":{"rendered":"Fuzz from &#8220;Stingray&#8221; record from &#8220;The Shadows&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One local musician contacted me to try my germanium fuzz-face. He is a bass player in the local &#8220;The Shadows&#8221; cover band. They wanted to cover &#8220;Stingray&#8221; composition but didn&#8217;t find a way to get strange broken fuzz sound from the\u00a0recording. So, I told him that I could try to replicate this sound and if he will like the result he can buy the pedal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9w7kdf_ix8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the mid-60s, when the song was recorded, fuzzy sound just gained first popularity. On the internet, I didn&#8217;t find any information on what exact fuzz did\u00a0Jet Harris use. But he used a very weird\u00a0baritone guitar (or bass) Fender Bass VI. It is 6 string short scale\u00a0bass guitar with similar to Fender Jaguar body shape. This bass has tremolo. Haha. 6 string bass with tremolo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16131-bass-vi-Hero.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-269\" src=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16131-bass-vi-Hero-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16131-bass-vi-Hero-300x166.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16131-bass-vi-Hero-768x425.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16131-bass-vi-Hero-1024x566.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fender_VI_Bass_080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-270\" src=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fender_VI_Bass_080-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fender_VI_Bass_080-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fender_VI_Bass_080.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cover band bass player also had similar Squier\u00a0guitar. With\u00a0this guitar and some overdrive\/fuzz he already could achieve similar\u00a0to the record tone. But it was still not what he was looking for.<\/p>\n<p>So he left and I started to search. First, that coming\u00a0to mind is Maestro Fuzz-Tone. So I made the first prototype\u00a0with changeable\u00a0supply voltage and transistor biasing. I have installed sockets for fast transistors change. But all my attempts to recreate the sound were not even close. Then I thought\u00a0that if it is a British band, Jet Harris could use some prototypes tone-bender circuit. This also didn&#8217;t work well. Then I went more clever way and started to watch video-review of different fuzzes. I stopped on zvex fuzz-factory. I was really impressed\u00a0by this pedal. How many completely different tones can one can get from it?! One of the sounds on the video reminded me fuzzy bass from the record. I looked to schematic and settings on the video and everything become clear. I made a prototype with few trimers for transistor biasing and transistor sockets. And after some time I figured out how to achieve\u00a0the tone I was searching for.\u00a0 Here is the final schematic (skipped\u00a0true\u00a0bypass, power cap, ground switching):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/shadows_stingray_fuzz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-272 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/shadows_stingray_fuzz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/shadows_stingray_fuzz.png 639w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/shadows_stingray_fuzz-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see that pedal have only 2 controls: output volume and 3d transistor bias adjustment. Bias should be adjusted to have very slight gating effect. A few photos of the beast:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_01_28_46_Pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_01_28_46_Pro-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_01_28_46_Pro-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_01_28_46_Pro-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_01_28_46_Pro-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_59_Pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-279\" src=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_59_Pro-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_59_Pro-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_59_Pro-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_59_Pro-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_21_Pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-280\" src=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_21_Pro-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_21_Pro-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_21_Pro-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zadvitsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WP_20171022_14_43_21_Pro-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The buyer was very satisfied. Here is a video of him playing Stingray with the pedal through some fancy echo machine:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qXuMU2QA-5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upload-item-main\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"sub-item-exp-zippy\">\n<div class=\"sub-item-exp\">\n<div class=\"metadata-editor-container\" data-metadata-editor=\"\">\n<div class=\"metadata-container\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<form class=\"video-settings-form ng-valid ng-valid-parse ng-valid-maxlength ng-pristine\" action=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/metadata_ajax\" name=\"mdeform\">\n<div class=\"metadata-tab basic-info-tab \" role=\"tabpanel\" data-tab-id=\"basic-info\">I hope you enjoyed reading. 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