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Old 20th Nov 2018, 11:57 am   #1
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Default 386 amplifier "overdrive"

I posted a while back on 386 amplifiers so if the mods want to put this as part of that thread that's fine.

Bear in mind my level of ability/ knowledge with this one...

I was wondering whether, if I build two 386 amplifiers and take the output of the first and put into the output of the second, I could achieve an overdrive type effect?

I know that it will potentially be very primitive and, to avoid clipping etc, there may be modification to the circuit required, but I thought I would ask if it's a non-starter.

I'm planning to build a very simple and cheap guitar amplifier (cigar box type thing) and thought that it might be fun to try out a distortion effect given the very low cost of the 386 kits.
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