Thursday, February 22, 2018

Stromer OH! NO! Fuzz

Pretty close, eh?


The Stromer:



The original:



Tuesday, February 20, 2018

The OH! NO! Fuzz



My version of Mr Bill's Pussy Fuzz. 
His version of the Harmonic Percolator.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Harmonic Percolator / Mr Bill's Pussy Fuzz

 I decided I had too much time, so I wasted a whole bunch researching this very cool copy of the Harmonic Percolator. Made by Mr Bill of Evanston, IL for Steve Albini and Pussy Galore.

This picture is from the Electrical Audio website.



At another website I found pictures of another unit, what the inside looks like and the schematic:
(That page is now "invite only" But you can see it here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200223211943/http://ropmbb.blogspot.com )
 



Which I used to make these:








The enclosure is an Archer 270-282 Mini Slope enclosure from radio shack. Made by T-Sin in Japan.



The knobs are most likely made by Rogan Bros. The same company that made the fender knobs back in the day and knobs for other brands like Gibson, Supro and... more.

It looks like you can still get them for your "Henny Penny" HC-941 heating cabinet.


The Potentiometers are CTS and the footswitch looks like a Carling 316-PP and the jacks look like switchcraft. 

Bored yet?