Re: Germanium Transistors, Noise and Leakage

Posted by Travis on Aug 03, 2016; 12:19pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Germanium-Transistors-Noise-and-Leakage-tp32320p32326.html

squirrels wrote

Thanks for the info. So basically the higher leakage makes it harder to bias correctly, which could lead to more noise?

No not at all. The role the leakage plays is completely dependent on the circuit in question. In the specific case of the the Fuzz Face, higher leakage will usually result in a gated sound (weak and farty with no sustain). Other circuits will react differently to leakage