Features
This is a pre-built Sun Face with side jacks, 2SB171 germanium Low gain transistors, Side Jacks, Sun Dial knob, Red LED, and power jack, no other options available.
The Sunface has many transistor options, there is no BEST transistor, they are all very similar but have some differences that could make some better than others for your needs.
Here is a description of the transistor that is available on this page, see the Sun Face page for all of the transistor options:
2SB171 Japanese transistors : usually Toshiba brand, about 40 years old. 2SB171 are low gain transistors. Not too finicky, nice warm tone, not very bright. Good cleanup. These are warm and very smooth, sort of like a flute. Similar to a low gain NKT275.
Here are descriptions of the options that this pedal comes with:
LED: lights up when on - doesn’t suck much battery power ;)
Power Jack: Necessary if you do not want to power by battery or easier if you want to use a virtual battery. Traditional Fuzz players always used a battery for optimum tone - Many players use a power jack now and do not find a huge difference in tone/sound. If you get the power jack you will have the option of powering by battery or by any Boss style 9V DC Isolated power supply. Having the power jack installed does not change the tone of the pedal.
Sun Dial Knob: Very useful on germanium pedals, especially med to high gain. Will give you different tones/sounds when turning and can be adjusted if the temperature gets hot. Will give you different tones/sounds when turning and can be adjusted if the temperature gets hot. Not terribly useful on silicons and can introduce noise in higher gain silicon fuzzies. You can use the internal (usually black) BIAS trimpot to change the bias on any of these, if you have the sundial it's a rough bias control to set the center of the Sun Dial knob. You can turn the bias down for a spittier sound with less sustain.
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