This video look at how we can modify the basic Clean Boost (see previous videos) into a distortion pedal using clipping diodes set up in both the “soft“ and “hard“ clipping configurations.
00:00 Introduction
02:08 Breadboarding the original circuit
02:32 Adding Diodes - Silicon - Soft Clipping
03:24 Guitar - Soft Clipping - Clean(!)
03:34 Increasing the gain of the circuit for clipping
04:34 Addressing (some of) the circuit noise
05:34 Guitar - Soft Clipping - 1n914 silicon diodes
05:50 Using green LEDs as soft clipping diodes
06:21 Guitar - Soft Clipping - Green LEDs
07:24 Adding Diodes - Silicon - Hard Clipping
09:03 Guitar - Soft and Hard Clipping - 1n914 silicon diodes
09:19 Guitar - (just) Hard Clipping - 1n914 silicon diodes
09:40 Using Germanium D9E for Hard Clipping
10:08 Guitar - Hard Clipping - D9E Germanium diodes
10:44 Visualising Clipping Diodes on the Oscilloscope
17:00 How I have the scope probes set-up
17:18 Abo