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I just started building the Choral Reef. I saw the posts about a few sources for the MN3008 back when it was released. It's been a little while so I figured I'd ask...

Has anybody found any other or new sources for the MN3008 for less than the small fortune that Small Bear is charging?

I'm in the US so the overseas shipping for Banzai comes out about the same.

Has anybody tried a different chip?

I finally finished my Alpha Dog and it sounds pretty good... but boy does the Soft knob unleash a big bucket of farts when counter-clockwise. I used the 1n34a "workalike"  from Small Bear and put it in a socket. Does anybody have any suggestions for alternatives or mods for that particular clipping option?

I'm going to order another round of parts for the Old School, White Horse, and Dark Horse once the BOM is released for the Dark Horse.

Btw, my vote for the next release is the Bumblebee

Wow, Thanks. The Soft knob makes total sense now
Sorry, I guess I remembered the labels on the wrong sides.

So... Is the Hard pot blending between asymmetrical and symmetrical silicone clipping?

Also, you said: "it has two more 1n4148 in parallel with the soft pot to blend additional clipping diodes in series".
Did you mean?... in parallel with the Hard pot

Thanks Again!

I see that in the Alpha Dog there are two clipping sections, "Hard" and "Soft". I understand that the normal Rat clipping is the Soft section. What is the "Hard" clipping section... the output stage? It looks like the options are the BS170 (Mosfet) transistor, no clipping, and the 1n34a(Germanium) diode.

I use to own a Deucetone Rat and it had lots of clipping options but I remember having the option of Germanium diodes in what would be the "Soft" section in the Alpha Dog. I guess I don't understand why the 1n34a is where it is?

The Deucetone clipping options were:

Clean Rat = no clipping
Vintage Rat = silicone diodes
Turbo Rat = LED
Dirty Rat = Germanium diodes


Also, I see the four 1n4148 diodes on one side of the "Soft" clipping section and the center position is no clipping. Is the other side the 2n5458? Isn't that a silicon transistor? Why use two silicon options instead of LEDs for one side?


Thanks folks!

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