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1 Project Overview
INTRODUCTION
The Nysiad Silicon Fuzz is adapted from the Cornish NG-3, first released in 2010 as the successor to
the NG-2 and N.G. Fuzz, both favorites of Lou Reed who owned several of each, and also used by John
Mayer on his version of Crossroads.
The NG-3 is designed to simulate "imminent amp death", the sound of a bad output transformer or
power tube right before the fuse blows (or worse). You can get some fairly traditional sounds from it if
the bias knob is all the way up, but once you start to dial it down, the tone quickly turns into a glitchy
mess, complete with gating, sag, feedback, velcro, instability, and anything else you'd associate with a
misbiased fuzz.
The closest comparison is probably the
sounds you can get from that circuit then you'll probably like this one too.
According to Pete, the NG-3 is the same as the NG-2 except that the internal bias control has been made
into an external knob. In truth, it's not quite that simple, though probably mostly accurate. Our
journal
includes extensive analysis and speculation on this question if you're curious.
The Nysiad is a direct clone of the original Cornish pedal based on our trace, with the one addition that
buffered bypass can be changed to true bypass with a slide switch, as on our other Cornish adaptations.
USAGE
The Nysiad has the following controls:
• Drive is the amount of clean boost from the op-amp gain stage at the beginning. As it's boosted, it
overloads the first transistor stage, creating the initial fuzz tone.
• Sustain controls the signal level coming out of the first transistor gain stage, which affects how
much the second transistor gain stage is overloaded, adding to the fuzz tone.
• Bias sets the bias of the second transistor stage, which sets how much of the signal is amplified. At
full clockwise, the bias is normal and full signal is passed. As it's turned down, gating effects and
"velcro" artifacts start to appear.
• Tone is a basic bass/treble filter identical to the type found in a Big Muff.
• Volume is the overall output.
NYSIAD SILICON FUZZ
12 Licensing
Aion FX traced the NG-3
ZVEX Fuzz
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in 2023.
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