More diode clipping Madness

[WGTP]

Probalby old news, but using a +/- .1uf cap between diodes and ground provides a bass boost that varies with the signal level.  Max clipping = Max boost.  As the signal fades, the bass boost decreases.  The highs get clipped more which lowers their level in relation to the bass.  It works well with a double clipper as the 2nd set.  By using various diode combinations and cap values, it can be adjusted.  Something for those of us that have no plans for the weekend.   

[MartyMart]

Well thats "new news" to me , sounds like a great idea ... could work on a Dist+ nice !

MM.

[nelson]

hmmm, news to me too.

How about a dual gang pot wired to turn up the bass distortion while lowering the treble distortion and vice versa.

I think it would go well with a bass distortion.

Footswitchable Jfet gain stage---->2 X Cd4049 inverter gain stages--->set up described above.

hmmmmmm

[burnt fingers]

I'll have to give that a try.  I was gonna perf a sonic Dist and DIst + soon (with just about everything socketed of course) to se which could potentially become my next pedal board resident.

Thanks for the info.

Scott

[Khas Evets]

I'm assuming this is a cap in series with the diodes. This would combine clipping at all frequencies and a low pass filter. The result is clipping in the high freqencies and passing the lows unclipped. So the relative volume of the highs to lows would change as the highs clip more. Or said another way, bass becomes louder relative to the highs as more clipping occurs in the high frequencies.