sjaustin wrote:
Nice work! I've always known about the dual gang thing, but I never thought about separating them. What an interesting idea.
Glad you got your diodes sorted out. Here are a couple more things to consider about those:
1. The LEDs have a higher forward voltage than the other diode types, which means they have higher headroom and they clip a little harder. Many times we hear from builders who think the LED setting isn't doing anything, and that's because it often isn't, because they won't clip at all unless the gain is turned up pretty high. This is especially true on Klon type overdrives where the gain knob is also a blend knob. Silicon diodes have the next highest forward voltage, and germanium have the lowest.
2. My favorite clipping option for the Klon is asymmetrical germanium. It was offered on a previous version of the single channel Silver Pony, and I immediately set it there and left it there. You can test this out by putting two germanium diodes together in series on one side of the pair, and a single diode on the other side.
Great info! I've done the asymmetrical clipping on some other drives with good results. If it'll work, I may actually replace the silicon diodes with an asymmetrical option for the left toggle option. Then I'd have Ge asymmetrical, LED, and Ge symmetrical.