Re: Dual Rectifier Guitar Amplifier...wtf?

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:11:00 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:53:54 +0000, D from BC wrote:
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:13:32 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:56:32 +0000, D from BC wrote:
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:50:59 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:20:37 +0000, D from BC wrote:

Clipped from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_metal "The Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
guitar amplifier has been the cornerstone of the nu-metal guitar
tone. The amplifier has a very low-midrange voicing, and very strong
in the bass frequencies. ......."

I dunno...doesn't this dual rectifier bit sound a bit goofy? Is
somebody just trying to make this amp sound cool or is there
something unusual going on with oooooo :0 "dual rectifiers".

Maybe Mesa/Boogie fk'd up and had to add a rectifier in post
production.
:P

It's a very expensive fuzzbox with a response that will please even the
most discriminating heavy metal guitar phool's ear:
"The amplifier has a very low-midrange voicing, and very strong in the
bass frequencies. It also has excessive preamp gain, amplifying
frequencies to the state of thin, harsh buzziness." ;-)

"dual-rectifier" just means that it chops both half-cycles, for that
"symmetric" sound. ;-)

The simplest fuzzbox is a diode in series with the speaker.

Diode in series with a speaker....ewwwwww.. :P D from BC

I saw that in Poptronics or something about 40 years ago. ;-) Here's one
that's close:
http://www.home-wrecker.com/bazz.html

A very long time ago I did try to design some fuzz boxes.. I think I was
trying to create 2nd order transfer functions for even order harmonics
(2,4,6,8..etc..if that's right) and playing with
expander/compression/limiter (compander?) type circuits.

I think I also tried some stuff kinda like what's done in RF mixers for
frequency conversion.


I've just discovered about 48X 1N4148 diodes in one of my junque bins; I
have a 556 - I wonder if it'd be worth the bother to make a Dalek. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Dalek's are made with computers running CGI software.. :P
D from BC
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