Schematic Elements for Guitar and Effects: Soft Clipping, Overdrive, the Blues Breaker and TS-808

This video builds on the previous videos by looking at two popular implementations of soft clipping to produce overdrive. We break the circuits down into their functional blocks to demystify the schematics. More information on emitter follower stages: https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/analogue_circuits/transistor/transistor-common-collector-emitter-follower.php 00:00 - Intro 00:09 - Blues Breaker 09:55 - Tube Screamer