Mike's Garage Gear

Super-Fuzz

So this, in my opinion, is the mothership!
From what i've heard, nothing sounds quiet like a Univox Super-Fuzz.

Well that's what i thought.

Thanks to a couple of local AGGH's (cheers men!), I have managed to finally A/B the Slant6Super (I will probably call it the Slant6Super when i get organised...)with a real Univox Super-Fuzz (the orange one)

I challenge anyone to pick the difference...well, maybe not. It's so damn close i have to say that i was very pleasantly surprised. This is the first time that i have laid eyes on a real Super and being able to say that they are sonically, so close to identical, is pretty pleasing!

The 'benchmark" Super had those little ball type 537G trannies. I assumed these to be of a pretty low gain and i didn't think my 828 driven Super would cut the mustard. Man, was i surprised when it dialled in easy as you please. I reckon 53* transistors can provide a slightly fatter bottom end in my opinion but you can pretty much dial in where you need to be with either, of any gain. I hand pick and match them all anyway.

Currently trying to put one together with a combination of 828 and 536 trans along the lines of the Unicord Super-Fuzz.

Also, I've made the tone switch a stomp so that you can change up on the fly, along the lines of the Giannini version. Comes with true bypass and 2.1mm adaptor and indicator LED.

As you can see, they're practical, not pretty!