Nick's holy grail vintage Fuzz Face [pr0n dump]

[Electric Warrior]

The tolerance and wear of the fuzz pot may be an even more important than drifting resistors. IME it can change the tone more radically than transistor selection

Well said, sir! An often overlooked part of the bias network.

But so obvious. Once you swap transistors from a test circuit into a pedal or replace a pot and it biases and sounds totally different, it's undeniable.

This one was supposed to sound way different – warmer with better clean up. I liked the result, though. Cleanup is overrated.