Ultrastoner Big Muff Experiements
Finally, here's the Big Muff board with Germanium AC-130 transistors in Q2 (hFE 291) and Q3 (hFE 288). SO awesome. Indiana Jackson and the Temple of Awesome.
BTW, this is the Ultrastoner board from Grind Customs FX. With the plain ol' 2N5088 set it was already the kind of Big Muff you dream of owning. Very nice board. This germanium-sandwich configuration is kind of appealing, too.
Q1 is an Input Booster and Q4 is an Output Booster, so they mitigate any bizarre behavior that might occur at Q2 and Q3, which are the Clipping Amplifier stages. Even then, Q2-3 have Emitter and Feedback resistors and Miller capacitors to help assure stability. So the insanely over-designed nature of the Big Muff makes bad ideas like this less problematic.
Ultrastoner Big Muff Experiements
Finally, here's the Big Muff board with Germanium AC-130 transistors in Q2 (hFE 291) and Q3 (hFE 288). SO awesome. Indiana Jackson and the Temple of Awesome.
BTW, this is the Ultrastoner board from Grind Customs FX. With the plain ol' 2N5088 set it was already the kind of Big Muff you dream of owning. Very nice board. This germanium-sandwich configuration is kind of appealing, too.
Q1 is an Input Booster and Q4 is an Output Booster, so they mitigate any bizarre behavior that might occur at Q2 and Q3, which are the Clipping Amplifier stages. Even then, Q2-3 have Emitter and Feedback resistors and Miller capacitors to help assure stability. So the insanely over-designed nature of the Big Muff makes bad ideas like this less problematic.