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Early Supa Fuzz. Came to me with an incorrect filter cap, mounting screws, jacks, backplate, feet. On the hunt for correct jacks, but I'm satisfied otherwise. Last image is before resto

Installed correct cap
swapped jacks for better, though not original obviously, Rendar and Cliff
Replaced ground wire that goes from jack to jack. Fixed shoddy grounding
straightened mount, restored threading, and replaced screws
Black over red primer on bottom plate, then aged
new feet and screws, aged

Supa Fuzz by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
Supa Fuzz by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
Supa Fuzz by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
Supa Fuzz by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
Supa Fuzz by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
Supa Fuzz by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
IMG_20210124_120801460 by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
IMG_20210123_174921141 by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr
IMG_20210123_163608188 by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr

Aged foot
IMG_20210131_190213_471 by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr

Painted and aged plate. I just matched it to my 1.5's plate
IMG_20210131_190112_137 by Matthew Seppi, on Flickr

Beauty. Face melter?

Zacharia Matilda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:46 pm Beauty. Face melter?

I'd say so

Awesome

Nice work! Shame that MG(?) removed what was likely an original piggybacked pair of power filter caps... Does the pedal squeal at all, at full blast?

Nick wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:41 pm Nice work! Shame that MG(?) removed what was likely an original piggybacked pair of power filter caps... Does the pedal squeal at all, at full blast?

Yeah, perhaps MG weren't familiar w/ the piggybacking happening in this era, and wanted it to look more original, ironically. Those Wimas are really stout. I still use them in builds without a worry.

It doesn't squeal at any setting. It's on the higher end of saturation. Only gates enough to keep idle noise about same as typical 1.5; i.e. it doesn't gate like some, with that crumbly attack to silence with no cleanup.

When playing chords beyond the power variety, it gets a really nice industrial growl. They all do it a bit, but it's more pronounced on this one.

What about the output cap?

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Laundromat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:44 am What about the output cap?

That is a great question. The joints have been messed with, but I believe this was a common cap in that era. dont know if I've seen one with one red top Iskra and one of these though. The 10nF filter and 15nF out are interesting too--seems it's more often a matched pair.

Not original for this.

Laundromat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:49 am Not original for this.

Guess I better hunt around for the right Iskra then. I may have one in a corner somewhere. eBay was oddly low on these type caps last I checked.