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leonard d rock
Silver Member
Philippines
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 Posted - 02/09/2009 : 03:34:14
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hello all,
most of the ds-1 mods here talk about changing d4 or d5 with a led or adding a led to d4 or d5. the effect seems to be lesser distortion, more volume which is good for most. however, i noticed that the guitar "feels stiff" and not pinch harmonics are harder to make because of the gain loss. however, i think i may have overcome this by adding another stock diode in4148 to compensate. maybe its just my ears but heres what i did:
d4= stock;
d5=in4148>red LED>in4148.
anny comments?
tnx , ldr |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2009 : 03:43:21
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| i think distortion is a matter of taste i know people that like it all the way up. i choose my distortion level to be about 50%, I am more interested in coloring the tone not making mush |
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cctsim
Silver Member
United Kingdom
418 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2009 : 04:43:04
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By having 3 diodes in place of D5 you have increased the clipping threshold for positive voltages even further to ~ 0.6+1.8+0.6 = 3V,
Theoretically, this means even less distortion / pinch harmonics because less signal is clipped.
It is worth double checking the diode polarities and that nothing is shorted.
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leonard d rock
Silver Member
Philippines
301 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2009 : 02:07:24
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after a day or so playing it with that mod, i removed the added diode and LED and its now back in almost stock form. i'll try to do the flatmids mod again
tnx,
ldr |
Edited by - leonard d rock on 02/11/2009 02:08:19 |
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hot tubes
Silver Member
Canada
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Posted - 02/12/2009 : 14:51:42
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quote:
Originally posted by leonard d rock
hello all,
most of the ds-1 mods here talk about changing d4 or d5 with a led or adding a led to d4 or d5. the effect seems to be lesser distortion, more volume which is good for most. however, i noticed that the guitar "feels stiff" and not pinch harmonics are harder to make because of the gain loss. however, i think i may have overcome this by adding another stock diode in4148 to compensate. maybe its just my ears but heres what i did:
d4= stock;
d5=in4148>red LED>in4148.
anny comments?
tnx , ldr
i have noiticed the same thing , thats why i posted some questions about how to get the gain back and also the sustain , it is also
important for us players who do alot of lead work etc.
i wonder what the story is about the ds1 feeling "STIFF"? |
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ds-1 with LEDS
