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Brad Hill

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Diode Clipping Section of VFE Triumvirate
« on: February 03, 2023, 02:33:18 PM »
Hi everyone,

Was just going over the schematic for the VFE Triumvirate and noticed that the diode clipping section in the treble part of the circuit has a link joining all four diodes (cathodes of D3 and D5 + anodes of D4 and D6).  Not sure I've seen this arrangement before and wondered if someone could provide a little explanation of the pros/cons of the "jumper"?

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Re: Diode Clipping Section of VFE Triumvirate
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2023, 10:02:24 PM »
I had always wondered about that too. I read somewhere a while back that it doesn't make a difference if it's connected in the middle or not. I've done it both ways on a tubescreamer circuit and it sounded the same to me.