Hello MARK!
On 07 Dec 97, MARK VANSICKLE wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 MV> Cheesy is as cheesy does.  Curve tracers are prob. pretty cheap these
 MV> days,
To a degree, but it's not something that even 10% of the guys here have in 
their toolbox.
 MV> SCRs?  Do some of these pedals employ lamp dimmer ckts (only thing I
 MV> ever used an SCR for--and that was in school)?
There's all kinds of uses for SCRs and triacs.  They're quite common in 
switching circuits.
 MV> Chips.. why, there can't be any chips
 MV> in an analog pedal / box..
Pretty much anything with an "LM" prefix is going to be an analog or linear 
chip.  All kinds of those in use from operational amplifiers (very common in 
distortion boxes) to voltage regulators.  Besides... I was talking about guys 
performing mods on older amps... no telling what they'll use to increase gain 
or revoice the amp.
C-ya! Rich
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