daCod wrote:Diodes. Help with diodes.
That circuit has two soft clipping diodes in the feedback loop of the opamp (like a tube screamer, among other things). The stock pair is two 1N914s and those are silicon diodes and most other silicon diodes are gonna behave about the same way. The big two diode types you might want to replace them with are gonna be germanium diodes (lower forward voltage, more soft squishy cliping) and LEDs (higher forward voltage, less clipping, louder and harsher). So that gives you three main clipping options, but...
You can also use asymmetrical clipping. In this example you might have an LED and a germanium as the pair, or whatever. You might also double up diodes and have two germaniums on one side, and one on the other. The possibilities are many, so now you've got ~12 options...
There's also a straight bypass with a small cap where you replace the pair with a cap, or one where you replace one side of the pair with a cap. I think that puts you at about 25 different combos without attempting to triple up diodes on a side. There's a lot there to experiment with. You could put in some sockets and plug and play to feel it out, or you could replace your switch with like a 12 position rotary and put a bunch of shit on there for options.