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questions about my fulltone '70 pedal

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8/9/2000 11:57 PM

questions about my fulltone '70 pedal

hi

I ordered a fulltone 70 a couple weeks ago, and it finally came in today. I noticed a couple problems right away. The pedal has no output on the first 25% of the "fuzz" knob (no matter where the volume of the pedal or guitar is set). When set a short ways past the 25% mark, the pedal comes in, but has low output, and frequently cuts out. The pedal sounds really "flabby" too. Also, the pedal doesn't have the sustain and harmonics promised by fulltone. I've tried messing with my guitars volume, the "mid" control, and my amps settings, but nothing really seemed to help. Is this how its supposed to sound?

thanks for any help,
nick

8/9/2000 11:59 PM
R.G.	Bad pot, possibly other parts. Ask Mike to fix it. He's pretty good about that.

8/10/2000 12:12 AM
Nick	thanks, i just called the store, and they have another in stock. I'll just go exchange it. I'm just not really sure why Mr. Fuller signed his name on the back of this one... thanks again, nick

8/10/2000 12:16 AM
Nick	found another flaw (i think), in the paperwork that came with the pedal, mike fuller wrote that he used a combination of transistors (a bc108, and a bc183l). After popping the hood, I found 2 bc108's. Could that be why the fuzz sounds kinda gross?

8/10/2000 12:43 AM
Nick	sorry...nevermind that last post..just talked to mike fuller (he responds to email frightningly quick), he didn't mean that a combination of different transistors were used, he just mismatched the gain settings on a pair of either type of transistor.

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