BOSS MT2 Diezel mod: easy question

[halvarovitalee]

Hello everybody, it's me again Since I'm stuck with the Uglyface (at least for now) I decided to keep myself busy and looked around for BOSS MT-2 mods.. I decided to try the Diezel one and it's all good, you just have to change a few parts and it's done.

I got a single question for you guys: one of the changes is to substitute what looks like a normal diode with a LED. What's the point in that? It's not used as indicator of ON/OFF status and it's completely covered by the aluminium case..

[paulyy]

Its just a different type of clipping. Its not meant as an indicator but it does look cool when your playing. When you hit a note it will light up if you have it installed the right way.

[halvarovitalee]

Ah okay so it's due to its I-V characteristic.. Thank you!

(It'd be awesome to have it popping out of the box, but it seems to be quite sturdy and I have no specific tool)

[DavenPaget]

Ah okay so it's due to its I-V characteristic.. Thank you!

(It'd be awesome to have it popping out of the box, but it seems to be quite sturdy and I have no specific tool)

No it isn't . It's just a clipper .

[FiveseveN]

Yes, that's what he said.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode#Current.E2.80.93voltage_characteristic
What we're interested in is the behaviour in the forward bias region: this determines "when" the diode conducts current, i.e. at what voltage and "how sharply", i.e. how close the graph is to a straight angle.

[DavenPaget]

Yes, that's what he said.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode#Current.E2.80.93voltage_characteristic
What we're interested in is the behaviour in the forward bias region: this determines "when" the diode conducts current, i.e. at what voltage and "how sharply", i.e. how close the graph is to a straight angle.

Oh so that was what he was referring to .