Big Muff diodes

bobbass4k · #1 10-17-2009, 07:05 PM

Hey, I'm finally getting around to building me a muff and I've already got 2 silicon fuzzes so I want to use germanium diodes, but the only ones I can get hold of are 1N34A but I can't find any info on them, does anyone know if they're suitable to use in a muff, and if not, any reccomendations on other germaniums diodes?

rratajski · #2 10-17-2009, 08:12 PM

yes, they'll work and will sound great.

sonicvi · #3 10-17-2009, 08:58 PM

They will work, but they won't make the Big Muff sound like a fuzz with germanium transistors.

rratajski · #4 10-18-2009, 05:53 AM

They'll smooth out the tone and reduce the gain. I would only suggest throwing them in the 1st loop.
rcubed usually suggests trying no diodes in the 1st loop.
I would keep the second set of diodes as siliconzzzzzz. Trust me.

MAMMOTHvolume · #5 10-18-2009, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by rratajski

They'll smooth out the tone and reduce the gain. I would only suggest throwing them in the 1st loop.
rcubed usually suggests trying no diodes in the 1st loop.
I would keep the second set of diodes as siliconzzzzzz. Trust me.

+1 no point putting germanium diodes in really, the muffs already really compressed

if you really want to try out germanium diodes i'd recomend putting them in a rat / dod250 type circuit