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

[harrybissell]

Naw its not abusive to the transistor with the 400K collector load :^P
And if you use the 220pF cap it won't load the source too badly either.

As you slip in the resistor you mention (which I admit thinking that same
idea) you will get better gain, but worse clipping.

No reason not to just 'go for it' as you say.   I remember taking a twin-tee

design from a magazine app note, and making what was the coolest fuzz-wah
by sticking a guitar input on it. One transistor groovedness !!!

H^) harry

Aaron Bader wrote:

> 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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