Early Vox Grey Italian-made Tonebender reference (Data Dump)

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Cool - I liked that Doors lick ( "Hello, I love you" or something ) Nasty! :twisted:
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I'm guessing that the AC135 is original and that the flying saucer transistor probably isn't. Does anyone have any idea what the saucer transistor might be?
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sft 337... if you go back a page in this thread there’s one with the same ATES trans
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Jerms -- My ATES AC135 is very much like the other one ... but what is the brown/black domed transistor on my board? Any idea?
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DBBlues wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:21 am Jerms -- My ATES AC135 is very much like the other one ... but what is the brown/black domed transistor on my board? Any idea?
Looks like silicon transistor similar to what you'd find in the Astrotone and Fuzzz Boxx. Late 60s make I'd guess.
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vanguard wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:53 am
DBBlues wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:21 am Jerms -- My ATES AC135 is very much like the other one ... but what is the brown/black domed transistor on my board? Any idea?
Looks like silicon transistor similar to what you'd find in the Astrotone and Fuzzz Boxx. Late 60s make I'd guess.
I think that you are right. It sounds like a hybrid Si/Ge fuzz, too. I suppose that the smartest thing would be to change that silicon transistor out to a period Ge one, but I think that I'm going to keep it there. Thanks.
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DBBlues wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:55 am
vanguard wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:53 am
DBBlues wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:21 am Jerms -- My ATES AC135 is very much like the other one ... but what is the brown/black domed transistor on my board? Any idea?
Looks like silicon transistor similar to what you'd find in the Astrotone and Fuzzz Boxx. Late 60s make I'd guess.
I think that you are right. It sounds like a hybrid Si/Ge fuzz, too. I suppose that the smartest thing would be to change that silicon transistor out to a period Ge one, but I think that I'm going to keep it there. Thanks.
Have you checked out the trace-side of the board? It's highly unlikely, but not impossible, that it's factory. Regardless, I'd definitely leave it in there if it sounds good. I actually think it's rad, and probably a really old mod.
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