power sag in a stupid DS-1 stompbox

[Steben]

Think about this: an opamp draws more current as signal increases, most of them are class AB.
If one puts a sag resistor in series with the power/battery line, the supply voltage drops at higher current draw.
Since the clipping treshold is set by silicon diodes, headroom change is nihil. However, if one uses for example zeners at higher treshold (+/-3V) the fall in supply voltage crosses the clipping treshold. This means at higher draw the clipping can get harsher. just my 50 cents.
But another big change is the following: the single transistor stage in front of the opamp has a very fragile bias setup. The base voltage is set by a feedback divider circuit. This means that the base voltage drops as well as the power drops. Knowing the log characteristics of the base-emitter junction, this means a drop in gain (response curve gets flat). Compression gets involved!!!

[ayayay!]

Are you just kind of "thinking out loud" here?  I thought this was all common knowledge about the DS-1. 

[Steben]

Are you just kind of "thinking out loud" here?  I thought this was all common knowledge about the DS-1.  

power sag in a DS-1?   common knowledge?
Talking about adding resistor in power line?

[Steben]

I mean: no dying battery stuff please .... that's a bit rubbish