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Offline tubenit

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Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« on: January 04, 2009, 06:32:39 am »
Someone on the forum was asking about mods to change tones, etc..... so I drew this. Leave me a PM if you see any errors.

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« Last Edit: November 19, 2011, 07:44:03 am by tubenit »

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 10:09:52 am »
Brilliant!!  ;D Just what I needed. Handy Mods all in the one place. Saves hours of searching. Thanks, I really appreciate your work.

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2009, 01:10:56 am »
Likewise

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2009, 01:12:29 am »
What does the "cut control" do?

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2009, 06:23:49 am »
Cuts some treble out.

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2009, 02:28:10 pm »
Ive always wanted to try that  little circuit you call "Local NFB"  on a 2204 type setup. Where would be the best spot. Its a dumble trick isnt it   

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2009, 07:53:43 pm »
I'm not sure where one would use local negative feedback on a 2204?

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2009, 04:11:05 pm »
same spot?   ? 

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2011, 10:52:44 am »
Instead of a full/bright/fat switch you could use a pot. Attach all the caps +s to the cathode and the -s of the two caps to either side of a pot and ground the lug. 0 would be full 10 would be fat 5 would be bright. Or any where in between.

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2012, 10:08:27 pm »
I use a full/bright/fat switch on my pre now and use each position regularly.  I would be interested in trying the pot idea though. What value pot would you recommend so there isn't a lot of movement in the middle of pot travel where it does nothing?

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2024, 10:12:22 pm »
@Tubenit, would you mind re-posting the first image in the original post titled "Bells and whistles.GIF"?  It's not loading for me, but the other two are and I landed here from general rabbit-holing on amp mods - would love to have all the schems mentioned for reference.

Thank you, either way!

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Re: Switches, etc ... bells & whistles
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2024, 10:27:30 am »
I would be glad to help if I could but alas, I no longer have that GIF on my computer. 


My guess is the other posts and GIF cover everything in the first one anyway.   


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