Probably. I've tried it and this reintroduces the temperature drift to an otherwise-temperature-immune silicon device. I posted this in other fora at some point.atreidesheir wrote:Could I get a similar effect with a 2n3440 low gain (@50hfe) silicon transistor with a 1n34a tied to the base and collector to simulate leakage?
It doesn't do much except introduce leakage, but that's good for those pedals that are otherwise leakage-biased. It fakes yet one more characteristic.
For faking the noise that surface contamination gives, there are other tricks as well.