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Offline isaac_teller

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Tricky tremolo question
« 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)?


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Re: Tricky tremolo question
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2025, 01:22:26 pm »

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Re: Tricky tremolo question
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2025, 12:21:26 am »
Thanks. Good idea but still adds a triode.

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Re: Tricky tremolo question
« Reply #3 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

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Re: Tricky tremolo question
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Tricky tremolo question
« Reply #5 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:

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Re: Tricky tremolo question
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2025, 10:03:24 am »
SEL49 you are right. I stand corrected.

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Re: Tricky tremolo question
« Reply #7 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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