Ge Diode vs. Ge Transistor

[Bearded Fish]

Is there any difference in using a Ge diode as opposed to the Ge transistor as a diode? It's in a Boss SD-1 FWIW. Is it true that it's perfectly ok to use 'junk' Ge transistors when using them as diodes? Cheers...

[petemoore]

You can measure the threshold of each one with the DMM's " ->l " mode.
 I socket them, and couldn't tell any difference between the Ge diode in the Ge Q's...the ones that weren't blown that is...if it's clipping, the difference is at what voltage it does so.

[phillip]

A leaky Germanium transistor works fine as a Germanium diode...I can't remember which two of the leads are used, though.  However, it's probably a lot easier to use a regular Germanium diode since it'll fit on the circuit board a lot better and will work just the same.

Phillip

[Pedal love]

You could have a diode pair for the tyco clone. Just find a quality ge tranny and connect the emitter and collector, to the two transformer outs. The base would be the pairs output.pl