Blue Breaker mod
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ICTRock
Well-known member
Sure. Does your particular blues breaker pcb accommodate both soft and hard clipping arrangements?
If so, one side of the switch (DPDT ON/OFF/ON) will have the bottom and center lugs switching out diodes and the other side's top and center lugs switching out the other diodes.
I don't care for the prince of tone diode arrangement as you end up with a Vf of about 1.5V in hard clipping vs the .7V in the king of tone and you don't get the best setting which is both sets of diodes engaged. DPDT ON/ON/ON should do that in a traditional kot diode arrangement but then you lose "clean boost" mode.
If so, one side of the switch (DPDT ON/OFF/ON) will have the bottom and center lugs switching out diodes and the other side's top and center lugs switching out the other diodes.
I don't care for the prince of tone diode arrangement as you end up with a Vf of about 1.5V in hard clipping vs the .7V in the king of tone and you don't get the best setting which is both sets of diodes engaged. DPDT ON/ON/ON should do that in a traditional kot diode arrangement but then you lose "clean boost" mode.
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Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
Yeah, ya really need two switches to get all four combinations.
