Newest Killer Dirt Box!

[SlyFoxx]

I've always fancied myself a bit of a chemistry buff and thought why not put a few theories to the test. Now we had the glorious old dirt boxes of the past with germanium transistors. Not long after silicon became the standard and that's where we still rock. Today I am pleased to announce my new line of pedals featuring my patented arsenic transistors. They're just killer!

LesStrat made me post this I swear!

 

[Seashore]

These are the real deal. I played through one every day for a couple months and now I'm dead. It's never coming off my board.

 

[Mincer]

Not knowing anything at all about the history of transistors, did they actually make them out of arsenic back then?

 

[Securb]

Good luck trying to sell that pedal in California without a Prop 65 warning

 

[SlyFoxx]

I thought about the Cali issue but Gav and I ain't really watcha call besties anyway so I'm just really concentrating on the New York, Paris and Tokyo markets for the initial push.

 

[NegativeEase]

I've always fancied myself a bit of a chemistry buff and thought why not put a few theories to the test. Now we had the glorious old dirt boxes of the past with germanium transistors. Not long after silicon became the standard and that's where we still rock. Today I am pleased to announce my new line of pedals featuring my patented arsenic transistors. They're just killer!

LesStrat made me post this I swear!

You gest... but did you know they already use an Arsenic compound in transistors? it's for Military and Space applications usually for radiation protection.

 

[SlyFoxx]

Not surprising as Se, Ge and As are grouped in the periodic table. I was contemplating Fe and Cu and referenced the table and by accident noticed our friend arsenic hanging about with the other two delinquents.

 

[jeremy]

the only way to go if you want killer tone!

 

[Mincer]

You gest... but did you know they already use an Arsenic compound in transistors? it's for Military and Space applications usually for radiation protection.

See, that's the kind of info I came into this thread for!

 

[NegativeEase]

Not surprising as Se, Ge and As are grouped in the periodic table. I was contemplating Fe and Cu and referenced the table and by accident noticed our friend arsenic hanging about with the other two delinquents.

yeah, I think building an effective transistor usually involves a Metalloid. -and there aren't a ton of options.