Craig Anderton Tube Sound Fuzz

Published in "Electronic Projects for Musicians," the Tube Sound Fuzz may have established the CMOS distortion genre with its implementation of the CD4049 Hex Inverter IC in a guitar distortion effect.

I have seen many DIY and boutique pedals that turned out to be either straight copies of the Tube Sound Fuzz or a clear derivative of Anderton's work.

In my drawing above, I have just slightly stayed from the original schematic. Anderton suggests a SPDT for the "Lead/Rhythm" switch. I have shown a simpler SPST arrangement that should work about the same in practice.