[sdiy] OT: Bass Guitar Preamp

[Tim Daugard]

> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Tim Daugard wrote:
>
> > Some effects boxes are reported to create some of the sound quality by
> > loading the instrument. The claim is that even when bypassed (not a true
> > bypass) the effect changes the sound.

>From Antti (sorry Antti - two Ts got it)

> pedals which depend on the low input impedance to remove excess highs
> before the distortion. An example is the Fuzz Face where it was a happy
> byproduct of the cheap design (only two transistors!).

Exactly the one I was thinking of. I have 6 different schematics for Fuzz Faces and was
going to experiment with the sound. Loading the instrument seemed to be the first step to
experiment with.

Tim Daugard
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