fdesalvo
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Meh :dontknow:
But seriously. I love the latest amp I built - it's spanky, fat, and clean - but it refuses to break up! I want a softer attack with a little more compression on the front end of the notes and great bloom and harmonic swirl. You know what I just described? A tweed power section. Cathode bias, baby!
Mwaha...mwahaha...mwahahahahahahaahaaaaaa!
With a little snip here and a couple new blobs of solder there, we effectively can turn this ol' AB763 power amp into something more along the lines of a 5E7 Tweed Bandmaster, thus rendering the aforementioned smokey, harmonically swirly, rich and chewy, tone I need to hear WITH earlier and actual breakup.
If I end up liking this change, I'll have an extra hole for another potentiometer back there....hmmmm.
Should have this done by Thursday! Will report back on this then.
But seriously. I love the latest amp I built - it's spanky, fat, and clean - but it refuses to break up! I want a softer attack with a little more compression on the front end of the notes and great bloom and harmonic swirl. You know what I just described? A tweed power section. Cathode bias, baby!
Mwaha...mwahaha...mwahahahahahahaahaaaaaa!
With a little snip here and a couple new blobs of solder there, we effectively can turn this ol' AB763 power amp into something more along the lines of a 5E7 Tweed Bandmaster, thus rendering the aforementioned smokey, harmonically swirly, rich and chewy, tone I need to hear WITH earlier and actual breakup.
If I end up liking this change, I'll have an extra hole for another potentiometer back there....hmmmm.
Should have this done by Thursday! Will report back on this then.
