Fulltone Soulbender LED swap

[Sweet Action]

I swapped out the red LED on my Soulbender for a high-brightness blue one several months ago without changing the resistor (mostly because I couldn't identify which one was for the LED).  Now I'm not sure if it changed the tone of the pedal.

I know a high-brightness blue LED consumes more current than a standard red one, and my battery will probably be used up faster.  But can this drain current from the rest of the circuit, or is that only theoretical???  If there is a current drop, is it so minute that it's within the tolerances of the circuit?  I know those germanium transistors can be rather finicky ... but maybe I'm just being paranoid.  Thanks!

[jrc4558]

It will not change the sound of your circuit. Its not in series with the power supply, so the voltage drop is not an issue either.

[Sweet Action]

Nice! So basically with any 3PDT switch you can do a direct swap of the LED and only change the resistor if you want to alter the brightness of the LED?

[jrc4558]

Korrect!

[erick4x4]

Heck I lower the resistor on most of my pedals since I always use a power supply, so that I never mix up which is on and off, when the big light racks are shining on me!