Alright guys, I did it!!! I replaced both 1n4048s with two orange LEDs, rated between 2.0v and 2.4v. It didn't change as drastically as I thought it would, but that's probably a good thing, because this channel is so much better now, and the gain up to 10 is still very usable and isn't overpowering. It starts to get a good articulate crunch around 6-7 and I think I'll leave it there. It's a really cool distinctive switch between channel 1 clean to channel 2 crunch. It still compresses, but now it's alot less muddy than it was and I can get the volumes even with channel 1 and still have room to go up on channel 2 if I need it. Overall, I'm extremely glad I did this, and thank you guys for all your help.