Learn about transistors with Roger Mayer

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Learn about transistors with Roger Mayer

Post by OffYourFace » Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:42 pm

I just found these videos that Guitar Village in the UK did with RM almost a year ago. In this one he goes into detail about transistors.

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Post by zhivago » Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:17 am

Very cool, thanks for posting this one Mike! 8)
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Re: Learn about transistors with Roger Mayer

Post by sal paradise » Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:15 am

Ooh, amazing. Thank you!

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Re: Learn about transistors with Roger Mayer

Post by fuzzjunkie » Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:47 am

I like that he dispels the “magical transistor” myth and that it’s not about whether it says NTK or TI or RCA on the label, but what the hFE measurement is and how that relates to the rest of the circuit.

It also sounds like both he and Jimi Hendrix preferred silicon over germanium transistors in the Fuzz Face circuit. Mostly because they are more reliable, but also because Jimi wanted to cut through the mix more than he wanted glassy clean up, despite modern tone chasers preferring the opposite.

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