[sdiy] Output level on DIY distorion effect super duper low.. why?

[Aaron Bader]

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:15:49 -0400
harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:

> I think your topology is basically wrong.  You have the diodes in the
> position where they might go if you were using an opamp and not
> a transistor.

I will agree that this is transitor abuse, mostly due to the lack of
any biasing, but I think it would be worth the time to play with it a
little more like it is just to see how the shunt feedback sounds. Slip a
resistor in between the diodes and the base of the transistor and play
with the value and see what you get.

Hey, can't hurt - is 15 minutes and a resistor worth the chance of
something innovative?

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