How to make a clean blend?

[Giorfida]

The irony of this whole post is, I was just thinking the other day: “is there a way to eliminate the “natural” clean tone blended in with the dirt in soft clippers like the TS and Zen circuits!!
Variety is what makes the world go round I guess!

 

[MBFX]

The irony of this whole post is, I was just thinking the other day: “is there a way to eliminate the “natural” clean tone blended in with the dirt in soft clippers like the TS and Zen circuits!!
Variety is what makes the world go round I guess!

Off top, I'd say try adding an asymmetrical clipping section on the output, and a makeup gain stage after it

 

[jesuscrisp]

The irony of this whole post is, I was just thinking the other day: “is there a way to eliminate the “natural” clean tone blended in with the dirt in soft clippers like the TS and Zen circuits!!
Variety is what makes the world go round I guess!

1. Use an inverting op amp gain stage (but you'd ideally need to add a buffer in front for impedance's sake and rework or skip the Voice control)
2. Add some high forward voltage hard clippers (LEDs, MOSFETs, 2-3 series silicon diodes) after the soft-clipping (probably the easiest solution)
3. Make the soft clipping configuration even higher forward voltage so that the op amp itself clips harder/sooner compared to what the diodes contribute (not a great solution but technically could work)