![]() Much of the hoopla about op-amps in overdrives emanates from the Tube Screamer, and its derivatives, where clipping diodes in the feedback path interact with the particulars of the op-amp. I've had the pleasure of having two entirely ungooped Centaurs provided to me by Bill Finnegan, along with a schematic, and can assure you that there is nothing in its design that would command fussy use of op-amps. There is enough overlap between what an 833 "likes" and what a TL072 likes, that there should not be a difference. But that's a matter of what's around the chip, than the chip itself. If it is pushed to the perimeter of its characteristics (e.g., open loop or very high frequency input), maybe. If it is used in contexts that are "inhospitable" to its characteristics, maybe. There is no more, or less, "color" to an LM833 (or NE5532) than there is to a TL072 or any of a host of other dual op-amps.
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