Diode Clipping Section of VFE Triumvirate

[Brad Hill]

Hi everyone,

Was just going over the schematic for the VFE Triumvirate and noticed that the diode clipping section in the treble part of the circuit has a link joining all four diodes (cathodes of D3 and D5 + anodes of D4 and D6).  Not sure I've seen this arrangement before and wondered if someone could provide a little explanation of the pros/cons of the "jumper"?

- brad -

[Aentons]

I had always wondered about that too. I read somewhere a while back that it doesn't make a difference if it's connected in the middle or not. I've done it both ways on a tubescreamer circuit and it sounded the same to me.