Silicon Fuzz Face BC183LB Silicon Edition

Description

This pedal was built alongside the Build Your First Fuzz Face video and represents the classic, reliable gateway into vintage fuzz tone. Hand built in the UK by Joe Halliday of Hello Sailor Effects, this silicon Fuzz Face follows traditional values, clean signal flow, and practical engineering choices learned through years of service and bench work.

Each unit is assembled by hand on tagboard, wired point to point, and tested thoroughly before leaving the workshop. The focus here is simplicity done properly. No shortcuts. No factory tricks. Just a dependable, musical fuzz built the same way these circuits were understood and refined decades ago.
The BC183LB silicon transistors were chosen for their stability, low noise, and consistency. This makes the pedal reliable across temperature changes, stages, and studios while still delivering the unmistakable attitude and clean up that made the Fuzz Face legendary.
Built in small numbers and never repeated exactly the same way twice.
Built once. Built right.

Build video reference

Description of Sound
This silicon Fuzz Face delivers classic British fuzz with clarity, punch, and control. The BC183LB transistors provide a tight low end, articulate mids, and a smooth but present top end that cuts through a mix without becoming harsh.

Roll back your guitar volume and the pedal cleans up beautifully into a gritty edge of breakup. Push it forward and it roars with authority. It responds directly to your hands, your pickups, and your amp rather than masking them.

Perfect for classic rock, blues, early psychedelic tones, and players who want vintage feel with modern reliability. Stable, predictable, and musical at every setting.

Only a small number of these pedals were built from this batch. Once they are gone, the exact component selection and voicing will not be repeated.

If you watched the build video and thought I love that sound but I do not want the solder burns, this is your chance to own that exact tone.
Hand built. Limited run. No mass production.
When they are gone, they are gone.