i'm amazed, to read this story behind the red fuzz face, i didn't imagine we would know one day. That's so cool, thank you Dave !
it's very interesting to see that from what you experience, Jimi used very little fuzz, but mainly fuzz volume to push the input of the amps.
But anyway, we can still hear some fuzz and that's what i thought : germanium for Woodstock, not silicon.
and you mention an input resistor, up to 50k, bleeding to the ground ? so it'd totaly make sense also about his wah allways working in front of his fuzz ...
i usualy put an even higher resistor in form of a pot, maybe 250k or even more, to let the fuzz work with a wah in front of it, and preserve the guitar signal a bit, it works great.
so it sounds like quite a classic fuzz after all, but the fillmor east fuzz ... this one seems different from every others , these never ending notes, the way it reacts ... clean although not clean at all, very wierd, wonderful fuzz and Genius use of it.
i have to try ! usualy i set the fuzz quite high, but rolled down the strat volume instead, to get some still cool sounds, colored signal, and nice creamy / clean tones, kinda castle made of sand, little wing ...
about the speakers, i'm surprised that they were basse, even if it's commonly said. Because at least with a 45/100, i've heard a comparison between some 55hz g12h30 and some 75 hz, all pre rola. the 75hz were definitely more hendrixy and bog than the basse, and playing mine, that's what i hear too. the basse ones sounded like they were used on some more specific and rare occasions or périods ...
i noticed that you said you'd tell us the story behind the Governor amp, i'm thrilled. and about throaty bassy wahs too
Maybe, could we invite you to do a nbrand ew personal thread about your experience and gears / electronic ? Hendrix , the others ....
this is certainly the most important subject here, and you're the one with all the answers to the various discussions we had here.
thank you Dave