Distortion frequencies

[Darkbluemurder]

In the Funk book he mentions clipping in a four gain stage amp. This isn't the same as we have but Gary's assessment of the last two stages is what I have seen too. Running a 1 khz sine at moderate settings the waveform looks much the same at the clean master. Past that point, it clips the top and then the bottom. My wave distortion looks more like the edge of a samauri sword, though. When pushed, the tops will crater like the top of a cursive "r". Here is the diagram:

I have the Funk book, too. This circuit looks suspiciously close to the SLO overdrive channel less the effects loop. It's a totally different animal compared to an ODS. The 3rd stage with its 39k cathode resistor - while not providing much if any gain - introduces a radical clipping of the signal. No such stage exists in an ODS - HRM or non-HRM.