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Gross Distortion

Gross Distortion
DISTORTION
Description
At its heart, Gross is a simple, one-transistor distortion from the same family tree as the Electra circuit. This simple yet powerful effect was built into Electra guitars in the late ’70s, and was later adopted by many boutique stompbox builders. For good reason: It’s a lively, dynamically responsive circuit with less compression than most modern IC-based distortion pedals. The transistor boosts the level, and then the signal hits a pair of clipping diodes, which provide the signature distortion. The oddest feature is the diode section. Instead of a fixed diode pair, two 12-position rotary switches select from 24 diodes for 78 possible diode combinations! An additional switch adds a third diode for asymmetric distortion, which makes 156 possible shades. My target number was 144—that’s why I called it Gross (though that may have happened the other way around). [NOTE: The new version 2 has an additional 78 combinations for a total of 234.]
Media
Videos
Official Product Video (EN)
Demo by PJ and the Beard (EN)
Reviews

Review by tonefiend (EN)

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Review by The Gear Page (EN)

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Review by guitar pedal X (EN)

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Technical data
Width
000.00 mm
Depth
000.00 mm
Height
000.00 mm
Circuit type
analog
Voltage
9V DC, center negative
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