However, the alternate values for the stock version can also be used. Many people prefer the Albini version, and so those values are provided as the default configuration for the Particle. His is the only known unit to use these values.Д«ecause of this, there are really two different versions of the Percolator, the вЂњstockвЂќ version and the вЂњAlbiniвЂќ version. Curiously, his unit seemed to sound different from other Percolators, and when it was dissected, it was found to have several different values than others that had been traced. The Percolator was perhaps most famously associated with producer & musician Steve Albini as one of his вЂњsecret sauceвЂќ effect units. Adding to the mystery, there were several circuit changes made throughout the run, so even if you manage to find one, thereвЂ™s no guarantee that itвЂ™s one of the вЂgoodвЂ™ ones. The transistors and some of the components were gooped or obscured in the original. It uses a PNP germanium transistor paired with an NPN silicon, allowing it to run in a standard negative-ground configuration. The Harmonic Percolator is a two-transistor fuzz, but it bears no resemblance to any other of its contemporary pedals such as the Fuzz Face or any of the Tone Bender variants. Not much is known about the history of the unit other than that they were made in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Ed Geise, owner of an electronics repair shop called Interfax Electronics. The Particle Germanium Fuzz is an adaptation of the Interfax HP-1 Harmonic Percolator, an extremely rare and highly sought-after fuzz/overdrive from the mid-1970s.

Vintage fuzz face