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Re: New toy
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:58 pm
by laurie
visserman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:15 pm
Laurie, could you build a design based on a circuit you put into your guitar? Not interested in a pedal really. As you mentioned you have a lot of low gain transistors, a circuit like this may fit the bill.
Maybe some other folks here may be interested as well.
I am not sure if you would need to know specifics of the guitar, since this could turn it into a "one-off custom idea" which is less interesting for you.
Just let us know what the possibilities are, and also, if other people are interested in something like that as well.
For me, I would like it, just one sound, ideally operated by a push-pull button.
Cheers
Regretfully, no. The types of circuit I am able-to-manufacture/interested-in simply won't fit in a guitar. Pedals only.
Re: New toy
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:08 pm
by sclitheroe
laurie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:09 am
Pepe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:59 pm
Cool! Can we expect new effect circuits soon?
Maybe. I have an idea for a Germanium overdrive that, to my knowledge, has never been done before in the way I'm thinking.
I have hundreds of low-gain Germanium transistors that didn't "make the cut" for the Fuzz Architect pedals that could be used ...
A transistor based Ge OD, eh? I'll take two please.
Re: New toy
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:36 pm
by Old_Iron
sclitheroe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:08 pm
laurie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:09 am
Pepe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:59 pm
Cool! Can we expect new effect circuits soon?
Maybe. I have an idea for a Germanium overdrive that, to my knowledge, has never been done before in the way I'm thinking.
I have hundreds of low-gain Germanium transistors that didn't "make the cut" for the Fuzz Architect pedals that could be used ...
A transistor based Ge OD, eh? I'll take two please.
Is it possible to mod an OD-2 to use PNP Ge transistors?
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Re: New toy
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:56 pm
by laurie
Old_Iron wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:36 pm
Is it possible to mod an OD-2 to use PNP Ge transistors?
Well... you could swap Q12, Q15 and Q20 for PNP Ge transistors. I have NO idea what it would do to the tone. It would do
something, though
Re: New toy
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:01 pm
by laurie
sclitheroe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:08 pm
A transistor based Ge OD, eh? I'll take two please.
Thank you for that sentiment.
Much water under many bridges before I have something that actually works. I'll keep you posted.
Re: New toy
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:12 pm
by Old_Iron
laurie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:56 pm
Old_Iron wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:36 pm
Is it possible to mod an OD-2 to use PNP Ge transistors?
Well... you could swap Q12, Q15 and Q20 for PNP Ge transistors. I have NO idea what it would do to the tone. It would do
something, though
Hummm, I have a spare OD-2 here, some Ge transistors, sockets...
Although I didn't like the Electro Harmonix Ge overdrive, my only reference.
Thank you Laurie, I will think about it.
Re: New toy
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:07 am
by visserman
Thanks for your reply Laurie.
Would like something simple as it will make travelling easier.
Cheers!
Re: New toy
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:10 pm
by BearBoy
laurie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:01 pm
Much water under many bridges before I have something that actually works. I'll keep you posted.
Interested to see how this progresses, Laurie.
Talking of Germanium based ODs, I was having a blast on my BSD last night. Cracking pedal
