a diode behaving like a cap

[Bissell, Harry]

Most of the Germanium clippers come from the days when Germanium was still
king, and the lower voltage drop was usually the reason for selecting it in
a clipper. By the way, a few small Silicon Shottky Diodes have forward drops
as low as about .4V     HP5082-2835 is .38Vf  1N5711 is .41Vf. This is low
enough to make a passive clipper for most Guitar Pickups (with higher
outputs than that). Switch in a reverse pair to get pretty good fuzz. I did
this in a Bass Guitar and my bass player sometimes flips it on to annoy me.
Oh? are we allowed to mention the "G" instrument here ?  ;-) harry

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Perry [SMTP:pfperry at melbpc.org.au]
> Sent:	Saturday, January 30, 1999 3:24 AM
> To:	synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject:	Re: a diode behaving like a cap
> 
> At 08:14 PM 29/01/99 -0500, Terry Michaels wrote:
> 
> >The other thing about germanium diodes is much greater reverse leakage
> >current.
> >
> and the other other thing is the 'rounder' shape of the knee in the v/i 
> curve, which is why they are sometimes preferred in distortion units
> 
> paul perry melbourne australia