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Kiichi

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Modding an Artec Fuzztown
« on: June 03, 2011, 06:18:59 PM »
Hey,
I recently got myself a fuzz pedal, an Artec Fuzztown. My question is probably only for techsavy people who have this pedal do, which I fear are not many.
I really like this pedal, but it is quite trebly.
I read in a review http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/artec/fzt-1_classic_fuzztown/index.html that switching a capacitor can get me more bass.
Now my question to the tech experts among you is: Can you tell my how to acces the front of the circuit board (when I screw off the backplate I only see the back of the cb, where I can do nothing) and the value for capacitor I need to make the pedal a tad more bassy?

Kiichi
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Ian Price

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Re: Modding an Artec Fuzztown
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2011, 10:20:53 PM »
I'm no techie but feel that some photos would help in the description of your problem.
I think I hate being indecisive.

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Re: Modding an Artec Fuzztown
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 09:34:34 AM »
If you're not familiar with modding pedals, its gonna be easier to put a graphic eq pedal after the fuzz (and you'll likely get better results too). 

That way you can cut/boost whatever frequencies you desire - the 6-band MXR ones are my fave, very musical and fat sounding where I find other ones I've tried to thin your tone.