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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: leevc5 on January 23, 2018, 02:36:18 pm

Title: 5F1 coupling cap are .022, how about going to .1 like a 5E3?
Post by: leevc5 on January 23, 2018, 02:36:18 pm

looking at my little 5F1 with a 12" Weber Alnico speaker and longing to hear a 5E3. The preamp section looks like half of a 5E3 and .022 coupling caps. So can I change my 5F1 to 5E3 caps and get a bigger sound or what kind of change might result or will a disaster ensue?

Title: Re: 5F1 coupling cap are .022, how about going to .1 like a 5E3?
Post by: sluckey on January 23, 2018, 02:55:18 pm

Using a larger value cap will increase the low end. Just try it. You may like it. No harm.

Title: Re: 5F1 coupling cap are .022, how about going to .1 like a 5E3?
Post by: 92Volts on January 24, 2018, 08:56:18 am

Deeper bass can lead to flubby or unpleasant sounding overdrive. Relatively "heavy-sounding" high-gain amps cut tons of bass before clipping occurs to avoid this.

With that said, no reason not to try!