Germaniums out in the wild.

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We've been back to work here in the fuzz cave doing some of this and that.

Germanium:

Finally got the latest run Germanium Fizz Fuzzes out for sale on Reverb and eBay. Selecting germanium transistors takes a while, even a good batch of germanium transistors has a lot of unusable ones, so I spent some time improving the selection process and we are good to go. There is a "Cyber Week" sale through this weekend. Someone asked for a comparison video of the silicone vs. the germanium Fizz Fuzzes, and that is in the works, but first, I have a run of the new "Creator" Fizz Fuzz to finish up, and a demo to do on that. The silicone and germanium have a lot of different components and the Fizz control responds differently. I often wonder if I should have called the germanium version something other than Fizz Fuzz, and I may do so going forward.

Demos:

Upcoming will be some YouTube demos. The "Creator" of course, and then a couple of comparison videos, i.e. Germanium vs. Silicone, and Creator vs. Standard. I've been wanting to do a comparison of Fizz Fuzz vs. the Caitlinbread FUZZrite but just haven't gotten around to it. There are some significant differences between the two and also some similarities.

Christmas:

I plan to do Christmas Fuzzes too, and may preempt production of Creators to get the X-mas ones done if I can't get some Creators ready to roll this weekend. The Christmas fuzzes will be white with Jesus vs Santa graphic, with some hand coloring, about the same as last year. I am going to add some switches to them, but am torn between a doing them as Creators or a Fizz Fuzz deluxe variant with an extra switch for more bottom end. Also the Christmas Fuzz and the Creators will be 9V external powered plus have the battery.

Thanks to all those who have purchased my products and made this little adventure possible. And thanks to those who stop by here and my online stores to check things out and have an occasional chit chat about fuzzes and music.