The Best NOS Fuzz Face?! | R2R Electric GeFace Deluxe
R2R Electric returns to the channel with the GeFace Deluxe — Chris Vincent's NOS AC107 germanium Fuzz Face, and one of the finest Fuzz Face-circuit builds available anywhere. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the R2R Electric GeFace Deluxe Fuzz takes center stage — featuring the Giordano Guitars '60s S-Model with Emerson Custom Blender Wiring, into the Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander. The KingTone Vibe 1968 joins from 05:45.
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The GeFace Deluxe is Chris's faithful Fuzz Face-circuit build using AC107 germanium transistors — the Mullard/Philips AC107 being one of the finest NOS germanium transistors available for a Fuzz Face circuit, known for their sweet top end, complex harmonic character, and warm, glassy volume knob cleanup response. NOS passive components throughout: Allen-Bradley and Piher carbon comp resistors, vintage CTS potentiometers, vintage capacitors. Hand-wired point-to-point.
The Giordano Guitars '60s S-Model is the Italian family's Stratocaster-style instrument — fitted with the Emerson Custom Blender wiring, which adds a continuous neck pickup blender knob to the standard tone control position, enabling parallel neck+bridge and neck+bridge+middle combinations unavailable on standard 5-way Strat wiring. These blended positions are explored from 04:59.
As with all R2R vintage fuzz builds: place first in signal chain before any buffered bypass pedals.
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🎸 Giordano Guitars '60s S-Model | Emerson Custom Blender Wiring
🎛️ R2R Electric GeFace Deluxe | NOS AC107 Ge Transistors | Fuzz Face Circuit | NOS Components | Point-to-Point
🎛️ Also: KingTone Vibe 1968
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" | Boss Waza TAE
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R121 & R10 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
