PuzzleSounds FIRE RED FUZZ User manual

FIRE RED FUZZ

FIRE RED FUZZ
We hope you enjoy your new FIRE RED FUZZ! In this manual, you will
find documentation and guidelines helpful to put it together.
Here we have put together a few links that detail some of the aspects
explained in this manual and that we think you can find helpful:
Kit & PuzzleKit general manual
Reading resistor and capacitor values
Also, in our blog you can find multiple articles regarding tips for
soldering, more in-depth posts about resistors and capacitors…
Check it out!

FIRE RED FUZZ
Bill Of Materials
Resistors (19)
1
R1
1M
1
R2
33k
2
R3, R9
100k
2
R4, R10
470k
3
R5, R12, R18
15k
3
R6, R11, R19
100
1
R7
470
1
R8
8.2k
2
R13, R14
22k
1
R15
68k
1
R16
6.8k
1
R17
2k
Capacitors (10)
2
C1, C3
100n
3
C2, C4, C9
1u
(electro.)
1
C5
3.9n
1
C6
10n
1
C7
220n
1
C8
10u
(electro.)
1
C10
100u
(electro.)
Transistors (3)
2 Q1, Q2 BC550
1 Q3 J113
Diodes (2)
2 D1, D2 1N914/1N4148
Potentiometers (3)
1 FUZZ 100kA (log.)
2 LEVEL, TONE 100kB (lin.)
Other (2)
1 DP 1N4007
1 RON 1k

FIRE RED FUZZ
Part Placement

FIRE RED FUZZ
STEP BY STEP GUIDE

STEP 1 –Resistors and diodes
Place the resistors and diodes. If you have
troubles reading the values, check out our
“Reading Part Values” tutorial.
Resistors (19)
1
R1
1M
1
R2
33k
2
R3, R9
100k
2
R4, R10
470k
3
R5, R12, R18
15k
3
R6, R11, R19
100
1
R7
470
1
R8
8.2k
2
R13, R14
22k
1
R15
68k
1
R16
6.8k
1
R17
2k
Other (2)
1 DP 1N4007
1 RON 1k

STEP 2 –Pin header
Then, connect the 6 pin header:

STEP 3 –Capacitors and Transistors
Solder the capacitors and transistors. If you have
troubles reading the values, check out our
“Reading Part Values” tutorial. Pay attention to the
orientation, as well as to the polarity for
electrolytic capacitors.
Capacitor List
2
C1, C3
100n
3
C2, C4, C9
1u
(electro.)
1
C5
3.9n
1
C6
10n
1
C7
220n
1
C8
10u
(electro.)
1
C10
100u
(electro.)
Transistor List
2 Q1, Q2 BC550
1 Q3 J113

STEP 4 –LED and Battery Clip
Solder two wires to the LED
connection (red to the “+” sign).
Then, solder then to the LED (the red
wire is connected to the longer pin).
Solder the battery clip, connecting the red wire to the “+” sign:

STEP 5 –DC Power Jack wires
Solder three wires (about 5cm each) to the DC connection as shown (don’t solder
anything to the other end yet!):

STEP 6 –Audio Jacks
Now, solder the audio jacks to the board (DC, battery and led
wires are not present to make it clearer):

STEP 7 –Potentiometers
A – Preparing the potentiometers
Cut 3 pieces of wire for each potentiometer you have to solder (i.e. 9 pieces for 3
potentiometers). Then, solder them to each lug. The first lug is the one in the left in
top view (the black wire in the picture).
Here, we’ve cut them short (~1cm), but you can use the length you need.

Then, solder them to the board like in the picture in the left, and then place the board
inside the enclosure:

STEP 8 –DC Power Jack
First of all, insert the DC jack in the enclosure and tighten the
nut:
Then, solder the three wires from the DC connector in the
board to the DC jack as follows:

STEP 9 –3PDT
A – Solder the pin to the adapter
Pay attention, the pins and the 3PDT
must be soldered to the same side of
the PCB adapter (the one labeled
“buttons and 3PDT on this side”).
B – Solder the 3PDT
Now solder the 3PDT to the PCB and
remove all the nuts but one, that should
be set at a middle height:

C – Solder the 3PDT directly to the board (optional)
If you prefer to solder the 3PDT directly
to the board, you can wire it as shown in
the schematic. We recommend to use the
provided 3PDT PCB adapter to make the
soldering easier.

STEP 10 –Connect the 3PDT
STEP 11 –Your pedal is finished!
By now you should have a fully functional effect pedal, we
hope you enjoy it!