ShadowSpectre

lol. it was just something that occurred to me at like 3 in the morning when i had been designing and redisigning the most switch/knob efficient way to get all the sounds from H-S-H. lol. its basically impossable BTW.

Hmmm.. i'm sorry, i should have been more clear. Yes i was referring to rectification, not just putting a typical solid state diode in the signal path, but i didnt know that a capacitor wouldnt block all of it... if there were a reference to ground... hmm.. anyways i guess its not the best idea. also, i have active pickups in my guitar and i use 12s so i can put out about 2 or so volts (i've measured).

Hey

would it be possible to, in a guitar, install a preamp, and right after it split the signal chain into three. one would be dry, one would encounter a diode followed by a capacitor to block DC ( i think ) and the third would encounter two such diode-capacitor chains, then blend all three together with blend knobs? this would theoretically allow a musician holding a note/chord to turn up the levels of the octaves and down the fundamental, thereby achiveing a mediocre approximation of standing in front of an amp which has been cranked to hell?

Now that i think about it, it seems kinda trivial/dumb, but could it be done nonetheless?

Hey i had a wierd idea (keep in mind that i know very little about induction and transformers): Transformers saturate faster at lower frequencies.... So doesnt that mean if an electric guitar signal was passed through a 1:1 winding ratio transformer that the bass would be rich, full, and packed with harmonics as if overdriven, but the midrange and treble would remain clean? If it does, how would i have to build a transformer to fit in a guitar to do this (or possibly blend this effect in with a knob? Actually while i'm at it, could a transformer not be used as an alternative to a preamp (requiring a battery) to lower the impedance to counter the effects of cable capacitance and loading?

Thanks