[sdiy] simple nasty clipping?

[nils pipenbrinck]

gregory zifcak wrote:

> hi,
>
> does anyone know of a really nasty really simple distortion circuit? i 
> tried the two diodes shunted to ground, and it was nice, but not 
> tearing. do i need to somehow boost the level first? i'm trying to 
> build this into a pre-existing device, so small and simple = better.

Try out the differential distortion stage from the Ampeg Scrambler (easy 
to find the circuit on the net). It does a dirty octave-up trick along 
with fuzzy distortion..

I like the circuit, it turns everything into sonic mayhem :) The 
original circuit has a bad frequency response, but it's just the buffer 
stage thast needs to be enhanced.

  Nils