Re: Diode question

Posted by motterpaul on Oct 31, 2015; 11:55pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Diode-question-tp25483p25633.html

Hey Chris - I completely agree with Beaker's first statement. I got some of those Russian torpedo diodes in a trade and they seemed to really suck gain out of a circuit - very soft. Of course, it could be dependent on the application, but I found them to be very different from any silicon diode or even some of the more common Ge diodes, much softer knee (as induction pointed out, "mushy" would also be a good term) and a significant volume loss.