Comment by temporallobe
3 days ago
Clipping diodes are common in distortion effects as well, especially guitar distortion pedals. Examples include silicon, germanium, LEDs, etc.
3 days ago
Clipping diodes are common in distortion effects as well, especially guitar distortion pedals. Examples include silicon, germanium, LEDs, etc.
I was always partial to the 6AL5 dual diode, which can handle over 300 volts:
https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6al5.html
https://www.r-type.org/pdfs/6al5.pdf