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Alrighty then. Snagged this on fleabay for $pretty_cheap. Sounds like a very angry Japanese Giant Hornet in an oil drum. Leaning toward the Maestro, Orpheum, and Fuzzrite buzz box kinda sound. Real gnarly garagey 60s sounding fuzz -- although the pot codes put it at 1972ish? (pots read 1132722 / 304 V 7226, which I think is Stackpole 1972 week 26? The other one is some manufacturer part code?)
I know D used to have one of these, and according to analogguru, it's a member of the Applied, Conrad, Goya etc. family and the missing link between the Goya Fury Box and the Guild FW-3 (one of which I just missed on ebay for next to nothing :doh:).

EDIT (thanks Stu): Trannies are a TI 2n5781 (Si, PNP) and a 2n5172 (Si, NPN).

Pretty cool.

Wow. First off, that hornet video blew my mind. Also, that looks like a really really really really amazing fuzz pedal. DAT P2P

Those Japanese hornets are evil fuckers.
Huge too.
They can sting as many times as they like (which is usually a lot), they inject not one but two flesh-dissolving enzymes in their venom, and their jaws can cut through just about anything biological, and they can quite happily kill you.

Pic for scale (not shopped)

This goes for wasps too......

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-VCn_w6DBw[/youtube]

Dane Cook

We wanna hear it!