I do. Op amp clipping is far more common than you think. Even if it's followed by diodes or whatever different clipping stages, op amp clipping still contributes a lot to the final sound. Some examples are Proco Rat, Marshall Guv'nor, Boss Metal Zone and other Boss distortions, Barber Electronics Dirty Bomb, G2D Morpheus, MI Audio Crunch Box and Tube Zone, Suhr Riot, and even the Klon Centaur at max gain. Then there are Sansmap Classic and GT2, Crowther Hotcake and Okko Dominator, which rely solely on op amp clipping.juansolo wrote:No urge to build one... Does anyone actually like the sound of op-amp clipping?
What I don't like at op amp clipping is the ugly jitter when the voltage borders the clipping threshold and the sudden transition from clipped to non-clipped and vice versa.
Could be deliberate, to shave some highs if you guitar has passive pickups.Cannibal wrote:The biasing resistor of the first buffer is only 150k, this thing has a pretty low input impedence. Do you think that's a deliberate choice or just a mistake by the "designer"?