Benson Germanium Boost

When designing the temperature-controlled fuzz, Benson tried some unusual approaches. One false start utilized a voltage-controlled error correction circuit to bias a single germanium transistor. It ultimately didn’t work for the fuzz, which is comically sensitive to transistor gain attributes.  Benson did find a place for it though.  It turns out it was PERFECT for achieving a germanium clean boost that, (like Bensons fuzz) is impervious to component drift, leakage, and temperature.... moreso in fact. Benson also fixed a couple other issues preventing the germanium transistor from being used as a convincing linear boost... Benson increased the input headroom (even a normal guitar signal will drive a germanium transistor into unwanted input distortion without some tweaks) and increased the input impedance (a BJT transistor would normally thin out bass frequencies and interact negatively with whatever flows into it).  The result is a germanium clean boost that can utilize a germanium tr