All project were freely contributed by members and cannot be used for commerciall purposes without consent of the respective owners of the. The position of q1 differs is off by one place in this diagram. Petersen engineering spectra equipoise spectrum clone guitar effects pedals, guitar. These transistors began showing up in shin ei s pedals including the univibe, super fuzz and companion. At this time i do not support or update this version, its been almost a decade since i last played with it. It was sold as an oem product, rebranded, and resold by more than a dozen other manufacturers, including apollo, avora, hohner, honey baby, jax, jh experience, lre, mana, micatone, rands, shaftesbury as the duofuzz, teisco, univox as the superfuzz, and their own companion. The hardware mixing works fine in most cases and avoids dedicating one of the 3 pots controlling the fv1 parameters. Shinei is the manufacturer of the original univibe and currently producing the vibebro, fy 6 super fuzz, fy2 fuzz and psychedelic machine. Sep, 2017 general guitar gadgets has kits for replicas of these original unit guitar effects as well as pcbs and more see more ideas about guitar effects pedals, pedalboard and guitar. Get the latest news of coda effectss blog, maximum once a month. This is the shin ei fy2, this is not the shin ei fy6 which is the rebranded super. Toshiba transistors were manufactured in tokyo and all bore the prefix 2sc in compliance with the newlyinstituted japanese industrial standard. Shin ei companion fuzz readyfortransfer printed circuit board.
Theres much debate about the best transistors to use in this circuit, but really it. This is the third and possibly final shin ei fy2 companion fuzz ive built. Shinei fy2, maestro fz1, etc discussion in the stomp box started by soma89, may 11, 2009. Mieda extracted the fuzz circuit, packaged it in its own small stompbox, and in. According to the schematic found in fsb, there are a couple of errors in layout perfboard not verfied. It does both the shin ei companion fuzz sound fy2, as well as the univox shin. The fuzz that came from this era was characterized by harsh, biting. Super fuzz univox shinei companion fuzz fy6 fuzz earplugs at the ready. This is also my first completed build since i started posting here. Shin ei also sold the fy 6 under its name, but also licensed it and many, many brands just changed the label on the top of the pedal, including companion. This is the shin ei fy2, this is not the shin ei fy 6 which is the rebranded super fuzz. In the past i made a shinei companion fuzz on which i used 2n37 vhf lo hfe qs. Reuss sf02 goo goo fuzz shinei fy6 superfuzz clone.
Chunky cheese distortion pedal official olc builder by gabepedals. For those of you who care about that sort of thing, the part number was 2sc828. These transistors began showing up in shineis pedals including the univibe, super fuzz and companion. The shin ei fy 6 was probably one of the most widely distributed fuzz pedals of the late 1960s through mid 1970s. The shinei companion fy2 is a discontinued fuzz box which was made by the shinei. If youre more into the fy6 circuit, theres a pedal by reuss called the goo. Its main circuitry is basically a clone of the vibebro and the original. This project now includes a transparent booster stage on the output to greatly increase the volume output without altering the sound of the fuzz. Vintage 1960s crown fuzz box univox shin ei companion fy6.
You could probably find a small builder to build you one with custom artwork for. Dirkh shin ei fy 6 original effect designs complete with verified schematics, layouts and instructions. Up for sale, a 1960s crown shin ei fy6 companion fuzz, perhaps better. Npd diy companion fy2 fuzz discussion in the buzz box started by rawdatalab, may 26, 2018. These did not have the tone circuit and therefore had a very loud output. This is a japanese shinei companion fy2 fuzz box dating from around 1970. Shineis fy2 and later fy6 were housed in barebones, triangularshaped. Admitedly, the wah in these are not great so a boost could be added to. The very first version of diylc, written in delphi and runs only on windows. Apart from the circuitry supporting the fv1 chip, you can see an input buffer and a mixing stage mixing the buffered direct signal with the output of the fv1. This later corporation would become famous as the oem maker of many of the. Built to the original schematic and featuring rare vintage new old stock semiconductor parts. Available for almost a decade under different brand names its production numbers have presumably reached a couple of 10,000s. The reuss sf02 goo goo fuzz is a clone of the legendary 1960s shinei univox fy6 superfuzz pedal.
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