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Offline jerrydyer

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AC 30 type help?
« on: May 25, 2010, 02:54:33 pm »
Ceriatone liverpull with like a parasitic osillation goin on. Half volme I get a farty type sound a little like blocking distortion but the not doesnt fade it just has lots of breakup (wrong kind) Sheilded only to the first grid. more sheilding /  ?
thanks in advance y'all

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Re: AC 30 type help?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2010, 03:10:02 pm »
Have you done any "chopsticking" to see if you might be able to locate where the problem is occuring?
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Re: AC 30 type help?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2010, 04:18:42 pm »
- the grid stoppers (1.5K resistors) of EL84 must be close to the pins
- check signal wires especially around the PI that the incoming and outgoing wires are not too close to each other
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Re: AC 30 type help?
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2010, 11:46:51 am »
thank you all. turned out to be a bad ground in two spots.   shipped to wisconsin today. sounded killer. the liverpull is cool.   

 


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