Softening the Orpheum/FY-2/Fuzz-Rite

[analogguru]

1.) Primarily I wanted to point out, that 5M6 (in parallel to 2M2) is a too high value to have an audible effect.

2.) In the FY-2 we deal with a collector feedback bias (CFB) configuration.  So .... if there is a higher base current the transistor conducts more leading to a lower collector voltage.  A lower collector voltage leads to a smaller base current.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_transistor_biasing
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_3/chpt_4/10.html

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