Here is the finished pedal! Sounds great on rhythm guitar and playing chords, responsive on solos but not loads of sustain, I would class the sound as distortion rather than Fuzz. Used it tonight for a Windscale rehearsal for rhythm overdrive, very responsive to playing dynamics, I am definitely keeping a Sam Ash in my setup. Had my huge Burns Buzzaround (photos soon!) plugged in after it for solo work. Soundclip soon.
Here is the vero layout I made for the Sam Ash Fuzz (also known as the Astrotone). I have omitted the Tone control and the last resistor is 1k2 instead of 1k8 as that's all I had to hand! Good sounding Silicon distortion with a diode clipping stage. I tried a few different Silicon Transistors on the breadboard, with bc109c sounding the best to my ears. Will post a pic and soundclip of the finished pedal soon.
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