The differences between symmetrical and asymmetrical clipping is something I would like to see and hear. Keep up the great work.

I have learned more here than anywhere else! I was investigating this as a hobby, but getting overwhelmed. This has helped me understand so much, thank you!

@FuzzlordEffects

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the watching!

Recently built my first pedal kit, a big muff clone, and saw a lot of people saying a common mod is to change the clipping diodes for LEDs to take out some harshness. Thought I'd take a quick look at what the deal is with clipping diodes and came across this video, ended up watching a bunch of your videos over the past few days and honestly I feel like this channel is going to be invaluable as I learn more about building pedals. Thanks for all the hard work and free education, really appreciate it!

Best, clearest explanation of the inner workings of distortion pedals I have come across so far

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Really happy this video made sense thanks for watching Derek!

Wow, man!!!! Just learned more about circuits in 15 min that 2 semesters of electrical engineering courses💪The LED clipping diodes sound especially heavy on bass and add some serious weight to my tone🦍Love the clean boost function too🦇 Thank you for this video and WELL DONE🤜🤛🤘

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Haha totally know what you mean man! Cheers and thank you for checking it out!

@LeviBulger

Жыл бұрын

That's a pretty sad school if you didn't get a better education over the course of dozens of hours than you did with a short YT video 😂. I'm not disparaging the video, it's very well done. But that sounds like either hyperbole, or a massive waste of money on a school that should maybe be investigated lol

@NZ1one1

Жыл бұрын

Watching this from New Zealand. Thanks for the explanations; I now understand why a clipping circuit needs a diode in each direction! Awesome use of a visual tool to explain what the ears are hearing.

@BeholdenToTheRiff

Жыл бұрын

@@LeviBulger Haha - I think putting the information in the context of a guitar pedal made it infinitely more interesting than abstract schematics🤘

@BeholdenToTheRiff

Ай бұрын

@@JonDeth I'll have you know, going to clown college was the best decision of my life!!!

Great Video, man. I´m a Pedal Builder from Argentina and got years trying to explain this Stuff to the people I make Pedals for. You have made it in a very comprehensive way. Cheers.

10:34 made the theoretical visible in a way that hasn't connected with me with any other tutorial, visual or written. Excellent presentation.

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

So happy to hear that!!

Hungary here, I just put my first Distortion+ together, Germanium diodes were not available at the time of the build, so I made them with silicons, and I love it, it has some sort of a gutteral gnarly voice, almost like fuzzyness. Possibly I just fucked the circuit up, but I love it

How many camera angles and a shot that we can actually see the occiliscope Fuzzlord: yes

Great video! Thank you, you made it so easy to understand. Nice visuals !

Watching from Long Island, NY. This is cool stuff. I’ve been wanting to get into pedal building for a while. Finally have my degree, lots of guitars, pedals, and test equipment. Subscribed. The germanium diodes, which I think you said turn on at really low voltages, would clip more (more square shaped and shorter) and further reduce output signal. My favorite clipping is whatever is in the Friedman BE-OD, which is probably op-amp power rails... I don’t remember seeing any diodes in there. There was a Metalzone mod that had me replace silicon diodes (1N4001’s I think) with red led’s. I liked the silicons better.

@blahblah4767

2 жыл бұрын

FYI, the BE-OD actually uses cascaded gain stages, where the first stage is a soft clipping stage with red LED's. The second stage is a soft clipping stage with silicon diodes, and the third is a hard clipping stage with red LED's again.

wow, great video, clear explanation with visuals. Earned a loyal sub. Thanks!!!

Loving these videos. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.

@FuzzlordEffects

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I love how you can take the circuit and make it easy to understand. Of the ones used, I liked the led clipping. But I do think germanium would be great too.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Doing my best to keep things easy to understand! Cheers

Great video, easy to follow and very clear presentation. Many thanks.

This is an awesome video, thanks!

@FuzzlordEffects

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome tee, Jason!! Thanks for another technical vid.

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I love these videos. Thank you so much! 💚

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

No problem!

Really great explanation, thank you so much, regards from Perú!

Awesome! From Sweden and just getting into guitar pedals and electronics.

That was very well explained thank you !

Video about different clipping options like with mosfet, asymmetrical, etc.?

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

I adore this series. Thank you and I hope you continue to do this kinda stuff🤘 I plan on going back to school to learn electrical engineering and try to specialize in analog circuitry so this is an amazing intro

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it Jesse! Thank you for watching!

Incredible Video, very simple explanation for a complex theme ;-)

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching Farhat!

Really cool video, nice teaching , thanks

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video. Now I have a better understanding of clipping diodes. Cheers from Australia 👍

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!!! Cheers Tim!

Watching from Melbourne, Australia. Loved the tutorial & previous videos. I preferred the LED clipping. Looking to make my own pedals soon, so thank you for the informative videos! Following you on IG 🤟🙏

Greetings from East Texas! You're both thorough and concise. It's amazing how much knowledge you fit into just 15 minutes. I'm 38 and just now getting into building pedals. Better late than never, though.

Great video, so clear and well done, excellent. Listening from Montreal Canada, and before video, absolutely no clue what's my favourite distortion...

Cool video! I have a pharaoh supreme that has 6 different clipping options and now I get why there’s a sound difference! Cheers from Australia! Looking forward to the next video like this 🤘

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Bet that pedals sounds awesome and glad this helped!

Thanks for the explanations! It really helps to understand the pedals. Greetings from Germany

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful cheers!

You're a great teacher.

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

The best explanation I have seen. Thank you!

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

Cheers!!

im watching from phoenix arizona! ive been looking into designing guitar pedals! these videos are so helpful! thanks so much!

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Watching from Belgium. Very good explanation!

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joeri!

cheers from the netherlands! love the channel good sir. very inspiring!

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

Cheers and thank you!

Wow Jason this is such an awesome video I love it. :)

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and glad you liked it!

@Numocron

3 жыл бұрын

@@FuzzlordEffects You're very welcome. Much love.❤️

Awesome! This was awesome! Thanks for using the oscilloscope meter! The visual is the only way I can understand it.

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Helpful tool. Thanks for watching Adam!

Watching weekly from Canada! 🇨🇦 I love all of the clipping variations for different reasons. LED. Silicon. Germanium. Mosfet. Love ‘em all. My personal favourite, at the moment is a Muff w/ LEDs in the 1st clipping stage and Mosfets in the 2nd clipping stage... but a diode Lift is certainly dope af. Thanks for the clarity, Jason. You rock! Cheers!

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a great setup for a muff Larry! Cheers and thanks for watching man (:

This is a really clear, easy-to-understand vid. Thanks.

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

No problem!

You are welcome! I really appreciate YOU taking the time to MAKE this video! Absolute best explenation I’ve seen, by far! Really visual. I want an oscilloscope now! 😬👍

@the1khronohs40

Жыл бұрын

Instant sub, btw. Just a few minutes in, I knew it was worth it! Thank you!❤

Learned so much here! Please consider doing more videos like this; I'll be glued! You make it so easy to understand. (Oregonian, but in Colorado. Actually liked the power-rail clipping.)

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Will do! There are also more educational videos on patreon.

Subscribed because you organize your spare parts.

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

Of course I do haha!

I am watching this from Columbia, SC and I just started getting into breadboarding and analyzing circuits to better understand pedals. Thank you for discussing the differences between diode signals and clipping.

@DaisyHead666

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! fellow South Carolina doom playin resident.

Just stumbled upon this as I’m starting journey on diy pedals. Thanks for producing…a great video and very easy to understand explanations! Will now start working through your library.

@FuzzlordEffects

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very good lesson sir! Subbed!

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful thanks for watching Peter!

Great video! Thanks from montevideo! Love the led!

@FuzzlordEffects

7 ай бұрын

🙏

Great video and explanation! Silicon clipping is usually my go-to. Watching from Kingston Ontario

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! Just a little more bite to my ears

Pittsburgh as per usual!!! I think I liked the red led clipping the best, it was a little more harsh and chaotic sounding and I like that type of break up. Great video, keep up the great work Jason!!! 🤘🤘🤘

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! They are kinda the happy medium between silicon and no diode clipping. Thanks for watching!

Greetings from Brasília, Brazil. Thanks a lot for your videos.

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Man I love your videos so much. I’ve been learning a ton about building pedals from them! To answer your question tho, I’ve always looovvveeeddd op-amp style clipping fire overdrive, and for fuzz I’m really into LED’S.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

I think LED is my favorite also!

Great video, watching from Denver, I like the LED.

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

cheers Greg!

Great video. I like the scope! Been using an old Tektronix MONSTER-size dinosaur. Gonna order one of the Hanteks.

This channel is gangster 🤘😎

Really excellent explanation and demonstration for regular folk like me 😄 thank u! Excellent stuff, cheers from Shelby NC 🖖🏻

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

Cheers!

Thanks for the videos, always giving away valuable info for free, appreciate it big time, in the procces off some designs for bass and shotky diodes are what I'm going with for fuzz, super compressed soft clipping, thanks again from Dave in Edinburgh Scotland.

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave!

Great video, Jason! In my Murmur fuzz, I go for a best of 2 worlds approach: a pair of red LEDs in the first stage and a pair of silicon diodes I the second stage. Cheers from the frozen doomscape of Ohio! ✨❄️✨

Cheers from Brazil. Great content. Red LED.

Thanks for putting out this content I am getting into pedal building and would love to be able to support my family with it one day and be able to teach my kids. Here from Rome, GA

Excellent

Great video! I'm watching from Taipei, Taiwan in a 2 week quarantine that has me searching up things I've never thought to search before. I never really knew what clipping diodes were. Now that you've explained them and I've listened, I think no diodes are my favorite. Just adjust the level and tone. Silicon was way too compressed. I guess they all have their place in a mix, but just listening to one alone I'd prefer the clarity of Op Amps only.

Great explanation. The visual aspect of your presentation is fantastic for true learning. You must have been a great teacher in a previous life, or possibly, will be in your next life.

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

That is so nice of you to say!!

Hi! watching from Austin Tx. I've had lot of fun with some asymmetrically clipping LED's. the concept of no diode clipping is definitely new to me

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a cool one yeah?!? Cheers!

very informative. exactly what pedal builders should be doing on KZread

@FuzzlordEffects

2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Hi Jason! Watching from th UK here. Diode clipping was my favourite here, I prefer a more compressed fuzz sound. Keep up the excellence!

I really enjoy your videos I am waiting on my first pedal kit now. I went with a digital delay for my first build. If all goes well I would like to find an octave fuzz pedal next. I am watching from Waverly Ohio btw. Keep making these videos.

Hi, Jason! All diodes actually sounded fine. Would be nice to hear a tonal comparison where clipping amount is equal for all diodes. As we theoretically know at which voltage they clip, I think it is possible to calibrate input level for approx. equal amount of clipping. A test for different diodes (lets say silicons) to hear how much they sound different would be interesting too! I never done these tests myself, but tried different diodes to check how they affect the tone in a given pedal. Thank you for the interesting content!

Great video. Coming in from STL and really digging the smooth edges on the Red LED. Does your buddy have any more of the Mother Iron Horse shirts with the SG? I think you wore it on the pedal board video.

Thanks for great video. Cheers from Poland :-)

@FuzzlordEffects

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@orzelg

5 ай бұрын

@@FuzzlordEffects my pleasure

Cool demo. I am from Brighton UK, on the fence with clipping. Will have to experiment to make up my mind.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

This is one of the first videos to actually walk through this subject in a way that a big dummy who got a C- in high school physics can understand. Thank so much!

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Soooo happy to hear that. Like, can’t get a better comment than this. I suffered through physics and got barely a passing C in my first college class, and totally now how you feel.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it’s just not explained in a way that clicks with someone, not that they aren’t capable

Very illustrative. Would like a continuation in this series perhaps germanium/ symmetrical vs asymmetrical for example.

Awesome video! It's great to know much more about how things work under the hood! I'm writing from São Paulo, Brazil. I'm more of a distortion sound fan, rather than fuzz sound, so, in this case, I like no diodes better.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

No clupping diodes is my fave. Again watching from springfield.. great channel neighbor

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers William! Sooner or later will run into ya seeing your Fuzzlord gear!

I tend to like the louder and less compressed sounds so I liked LED and no diodes.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Those sound really cool!

@meesterdinglefritz2064

4 жыл бұрын

LED (Light Emitting Diode).

@MatzeMaulwurf

7 ай бұрын

@@meesterdinglefritz2064LIIIIIIIIIID

@meesterdinglefritz2064

7 ай бұрын

@@MatzeMaulwurf Ed Zachary

King Fuzzo, it's been my dream for a long time to build my own effects and synths. Thanks for the inspiration, getting me motivated on doing things properly. I've built stuff for myself in my studio for a couple of years, and never bothered with an oscilloscope. Would you recommend getting one? A video on their use when making audio equipment would be handy.

Hey Jason, great video! A video about some of the equipment you’re using would be cool, such as what you need to look for when buying an oscilloscope, power supplies etc. Watching from England!

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll try to do more of that in future! The two channel digital scopes like this one are a great intro.

Best teacher I've ever had

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing, I just finished my basic Electra and I´m reading about "what do what" with the signal to start mods. I´m another class of engineer but I like electronics a lot. Thank you, now I can see more clearly the signal wave form and how it changes with some mods I want to do.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Percy!

@percyhornickel

4 жыл бұрын

@@FuzzlordEffects Ok my Rangemaster is done!!!!!, PNP AC127... ...I started to build it in 2006 and I was so young and have no idea about electronics, over the years and most latelly I´ve been studing everything possible about electronics and transistors (how to set the bias over all) and well... ...my Rangemaster sounds great believe me (of course I´ve intalled a Bias control)... ...love it. Here in Venezuela little parts are impossible so buy (too, too expensive...) so I had to do a deep search in old devices.. ...if you could see how it looks horrible but beautiful, I didn´t sleep last night finishing the case...... ..I really love it... ...stange and beautiful, looks like a military device ;) ...As I say in other site, here in venezuela now is better to buy food tan a pot or a trimmer.. ..my engliish is not that good,sorry Saludos Fuzzlord

Every pedal that I have "made" up until now has used silicon diodes (for no other reason than the schematics/instructions told me to). I think tonally, I like the LED the best (although all fuzz rules). I have learned/understood more from this 16 min video than reading electronics books for the last year. The use of the oscilloscope really helped (can't wait to be able to afford one)! I love that you make and sell pedals, but are also cool enough to share your knowledge. Thanks a million, from Halifax, Nova Scotia!

@FuzzlordEffects

Ай бұрын

So happy to hear that this was helpful!!!

Absolutely killer sovtek shirt

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Connecticut , bass player , red and no diodes , Would love to see your version of a volt thrower pedal or an early Green Russian pre screws on the top panel.

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome you like the red and no diodes Michael! Great for bass. I'll have to look into those!

Watching from Grand Rapids, MI. I normally prefer OpAmp clipping or silicone diodes, depending on the sound I am going for. I really enjoyed this breakdown of the diodes and how you explained them technically and in layman’s terms. I had always heard LEDs are less compressed but it was nice to hear (and see with the oscilloscope) why this happens.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed the video!!!

Hey man! Love these instructional videos. Do you have any recommendations for resources that an absolute beginner could dive into to better understand analog circuit design??

Originally from Greece, currently living in Sweden . I have built a Green russian muff clone and experimented with various clipping options. My favourite is a combination of silicon and LED diodes (red). I wanna try out jfet clipping too. From what you demonstrated no clipping sounds best cause its the most "open" and loudest option. Thanks for the video , well explained !

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful cheers!

Good Stuff

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Greetings from Brazil!

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Lucas!

Really nice video! Can you tell us why you specify the color of the diodes? And do you use current limiting resistors in this application? Thanks!

Boulder City Nevada here. Firstly, thank you for the cool video. Secondly, silicon is in the mud. Red LEDs, nice with some tremolo me thinks. Power clipping, where's the fun in that? Overall summary: Way mucho awesome! Good on you!

Thanks Jason - these videos are great! Watching from Marysville, WA. In this particular demo, I think I prefer no diodes. But having the options is so important for different guitars, amps, signal chain, etc. I'm trying to get my head around wiring a bypass switch (3P3T?) with an indicator LED, and would love to watch you explain that in detail. I think you showed/explained some of that in a recent pedal building video, in the last week or two - but my comprehension isn't quite there yet.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll try to do a video on that soon!!

I really like the red leds it’s more understandable but also louder with more distortion then ro

Watching from Northern California, I’m new to the world of circuitry and trying to learn how make my own pedals. Personally I liked the sound of the red LED!

@FuzzlordEffects

3 жыл бұрын

LED is a badass sound cheers Shane!

Red LED diode be my fav.

@FuzzlordEffects

5 ай бұрын

Cheers!

I just recently build me a parentheses Fuzz with 3 Clipping options and i am torn between Silicon Cleeping because of the, what i learned now, the lowest tipping point which makes it more "round" i guess overall and no diodes on the other side because it feels the most like a nice Amp distortion with nice Dynamics. Cheers! Nice Video as always!

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

I bet that fuzz sounds awesome!

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Hey!! Watching from south Spain. Really loved the video, so clear and focused. I thought I would prefer LED clipping before the tone comparison but after that I go for Silicon. Would be nice to hear Germanium. Thanks!!

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Fernando!

Preferred the red LED clipping diodes the most for sure - the short sustain... gives more control of reverb etc. Would love to hear the glass germaniums, and maybe a mix of the of the diodes together, through buffered/op amp circuit clean before clipping possibly. Thanks for the video :)! very informative

I found your channel the other day and it's been a huge help getting me to understand pedal circuits. I wish I had known this during my EE Classes, I would have paid attention! Can you do a video that talks about (or even shows on the oscilloscope) the difference between a fuzz pedal and a distortion pedal? There seems to be a lot of confusion/overlap and I would love to know the differences from a component and output perspective.

@FuzzlordEffects

4 жыл бұрын

Oof that is such a gray area and wish I could pinpoint it better on a scope! But sure! Maybe soon we can at least look at different pedals on a scope 🤘

Great video! How did you get the ehx font in your thumbnail?

Hei from Germany!! I really liked the "fucked up" sound of the LED clipping, but I still love silicon.