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Title: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: isaac_teller on November 26, 2025, 12:37:08 pm
Hello everyone. Is it possible to add a depth\intensity control to a Valco 1224 without adding another triode while also keeping the tremolo on the first gain stage(for example: without using the type of circuit found on the Fender 6G2)?


file:///C:/Users/zafim/Downloads/Valco_National_1224_TremoTone%20(3).pdf

Title: Re: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: SEL49 on November 26, 2025, 01:22:26 pm
Look at the Marshall 18 watt amp...

     https://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/Marshall/Marshall_18watt_schem.pdf
Title: Re: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: isaac_teller on November 27, 2025, 12:21:26 am
Thanks. Good idea but still adds a triode.
Title: Re: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: kagliostro on November 27, 2025, 03:39:17 am
May be that instead of a triode you can add a MOSFET as CS (Common-Source Amplifier - or Simply Gain Stage) and follow the proposed schematic

Other thing you can try is to use a MOSFET as SF connecting it after the oscillator you have on the Valco

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May be you can borrow from the GA40 Les Paul

Franco
Title: Re: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: SEL49 on November 27, 2025, 06:46:52 am
Thanks. Good idea but still adds a triode.
Not so. V3A is the preamp and V3B is the oscillator. Exactly what you asked for.
Title: Re: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: Merlin on November 27, 2025, 07:08:14 am
If only someone would write a book about this sort of thing, with this exact answer on page 162, fig. 8.11  :laugh:
Title: Re: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: isaac_teller on November 27, 2025, 10:03:24 am
SEL49 you are right. I stand corrected.
Title: Re: Tricky tremolo question
Post by: HotBluePlates on November 28, 2025, 02:28:00 pm
If only someone would write a book about this sort of thing, with this exact answer on page 162, fig. 8.11  :laugh:

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