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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: clyde on February 08, 2024, 09:09:18 am

Title: Treble Boost Circuit
Post by: clyde on February 08, 2024, 09:09:18 am

I put a cathode cap in to boost treble, but it was a little much.  A standard anode by-pass cap mitigated it perfectly but dulled the tone when the cathode cap was out of circuit.  The solution:

Title: Re: Treble Boost Circuit
Post by: AlNewman on February 08, 2024, 03:55:01 pm

Yes, that works well.  I did that on my HRD on the more gain channel with a .47 cap and I believe a 500pF.

Turned it into a lead boost.  Works kind of like a band pass filter, way more useable than what was there before.  The extra cap to ground after the plate got rid of all the nastiness.