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Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« on: October 28, 2016, 05:05:38 pm »
Hello all, I'm building a DR single channel(trem channel) using standard tag board and wondering if there are any changes I need to make other than;

 not installing the connections for V1, removing the bias network for V1, the socket, controls, etc,

 and removing the 220K resistor (fed from V1 pin 6) that is marked with the [X] next to the [Y] (above preamp tube #6.
 

Thanks in advance.
 

 

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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2016, 05:30:38 pm »
Sounds about right.
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2016, 05:21:52 pm »
Sounds about right.

Thanks much for the advice, good stuff.


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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2016, 04:33:10 am »
You might also want to double the last power string dropping resistor to keep the same voltages in the preamp stage.  The last node is feedeing two tubes so when one preamp tube is "remowed" the current across the dropping resistor is halved and according the Ohm's law it's now only dropping half the voltage. Try sub the 10k resistor with 22k.

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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2016, 05:58:35 am »
You might also want to double the last power string dropping resistor to keep the same voltages in the preamp stage.  The last node is feedeing two tubes so when one preamp tube is "remowed" the current across the dropping resistor is halved and according the Ohm's law it's now only dropping half the voltage. Try sub the 10k resistor with 22k.
That node actually feeds three tubes.
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2016, 02:17:32 pm »
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That node actually feeds three tubes.

Good catch!. That is true. Then the difference would not be so dramatic.

{edit -- untangled quote -- PRR}
« Last Edit: October 31, 2016, 08:09:53 pm by PRR »

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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2016, 11:29:24 pm »
Thanks, sounds like it might be needed? or leave it at 10K alone for the time being?  Maybe I should place say? a 12K or 15K. 


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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2016, 06:12:13 am »
I just used 10K and never gave it a thought.
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2016, 04:23:19 pm »
Thanks team...great board.

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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2017, 12:50:02 pm »
Say I'm revisiting this,

I just found the single channel layout provided here by Doug.  One thing I noticed was that both 220K resistors are removed from the circuit (I knew 220K for the [X] hookup/normal channel one would be taken out.  Off Pin 2 V6

Should I take remove the remaining 220k[Y] location off v6 altogether then...

Someone on another board mentioned that I should add a straight wire to ground from the 220K(X) ...leaving "both" [y] and [X] 220k resistors in place as it helps compensate the "loading down of the circuit?

I guess I'll do that for now since I have one in place already, see how build sounds I suppose.

The layouts in the board section are amazing, what a resource...thanks.

Thanks...
« Last Edit: January 20, 2017, 09:47:36 pm by Tweeds »

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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2017, 10:29:58 pm »
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Someone on another board mentioned that I should add a straight wire to ground from the 220K(X) ...leaving "both" [y] and [X] 220k resistors in place as it helps compensate the "loading down of the circuit?
That will form a 2:1 voltage divider and cut your signal in half.

Those two 220Ks are used to mix the two channels together and also provide a bit of isolation between channels. Technically speaking, since you only have one channel you don't need either of the 220Ks. If you layout the board to accommodate both resistors you can experiment to see which way you prefer.
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Trem Channel Build - layout changes?
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2017, 11:35:50 am »
Thanks so much, I'm glad I asked' I'll rune a wire from the "Y" connection point on the right of the board to the top of .001uf cap before the PI tube...

Good stuff..
 

 


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