Fast Recovery Diodes?

Joe Popp · Post by **Joe Popp** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:19 pm

I am going up to 1N5408 3 Amp diodes for my next build. What is the advantage of getting Fast recovery diodes? Does it even matter in a guitar circuit? Just curious...

guitar007 · Post by **guitar007** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:52 am

On the same note...I recently noticed a catalog offering "Super Fast" recovery diodes. I wonder if there are noticeable differences.

Mynameisfritz · Post by **Mynameisfritz** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:08 am

Use the search button on FRED's - everything you need to know and hear has been posted in previous threads.

I just wanna add here that I ordered some STTA 2512P's from STM last week and I got the information that they don't produce them anymore. I was lucky to get some of the STTA 2512P's they had left.

I can't remember seeing a datasheet of the STTA 2512P here in the forum so far, so:

novosibir · Post by **novosibir** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:42 am

Don't use this big blocks and better go with the UF5408, it's the same size as the 1N5408

Larry

hotguit · Post by **hotguit** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:17 pm

Yeaaah
I use uf5408 with great results.
More clean and more defined tone.
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joshwilson3 · Post by **joshwilson3** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:38 am

hotguit wrote:Yeaaah
I use uf5408 with great results.
More clean and more defined tone.
bye
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The tone got cleaner by that diode swap?