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if you mic the speaker close im thinking it will be a bit hard to hear the front vs rear speaker as you would probably need to be further back to actually hear the difference in what the cab is projecting .
This was very helpful, thank you very much! About replacing the Master volume pot - Which pot did you choose? I'm relatively new to modding amps, but feel pretty comfortable replacing components. That's probably the first thing I would modify in the Blues Jr.
Good question. I think a typical fuse for a 50w tube amp is about 3 amps. But that's total current draw. I think a lot of that goes into the heaters, and would not run through the rectifier. For the B+ high voltage line I believe a 12AX7 is rated for only about 1ma. I believe I biased my 6L6GC's in this amp to about 50 ma of current to the plates. Just looked at the data sheet for a 6L6GC. At 450vdc on the plates the max signal plate current is 210 ma for two tubes.
Also 5881 tubes need a larger ohm output transformer. El34 needs a lower ohm output..if you change output tubes. You also need to change output transformer for optimal results.
I haven't seen any videos on using one of these (signal tracer) on an audio receiver. I have one stuck in protect mode and was wondering if something like this would work to trying and find out if there is an open component somewhere? I just don't want to risk blowing something up if it's not a practical option to voltage testing.
There's 2 ways to your pickguard ideal situation, one is Cabronita which needs to move the neck pickup wiring route to the bottom of the pickup route diagonally to the top of the control plate route. Still a partial route like yours, just moved. 2nd needs a long drill bit and no neck pickup wiring route, delete it. Drill straight down the center of the guitar from the neck pocket thru the neck pickup route into the bridge pickup route. Then both sets of pickup leads go into the control cavity theu the bridge pickup routing hole.
Rub bar soap on your neck screws, load the threads up good. Also drill out the body holes slightly more than your correct sized neck holes. If the screw threads grab the body as tight as in the neck the clamping force of the screw head only clamps the plate to the the body. If the screws are loose or even slip out of the body holes the the clamping is distributed across the plate and actually pulls the neck tight into the neck pocket. Just simple mechanical engineering, no voodoo.
Great video. Keep em coming. I appreciate you taking the time to go over every aspect not just glossing over smaller details to get to the fun parts. So many useless how to videos on this subject because people would rather show off their expertise than actually teach somebody something. 🤘
Hey Kley. You mentioned a link to your final schematic in your video but I couldn't find it. Can you please send me the schematic? Also, what software do you use to create your schematics?
The idea in my mind is that the capsule and circuit are the components that actually affect how the mic sounds. The shell and mount are just the chassis upon which the important components are mounted. I'm not familiar with a cheaper way to make a mic that sounds like this.
@@saturnskull1242 I screwed the chassis into the enclosure. I grabbed a metal handle from the hardware store and screwed it onto the side and carry it vertically.
My warmoth neck is wizard 2 thin with the smallest fets and action so low that you cant tell there is atrings on it, tripple birds eyw maple, placed my oeder in person at the warmoth place in Washington state in 1999
The Darby Hewitt paper claims to have installed a 250uf at C4. Has anyone else done this and can you please advise what you installed? I can’t find anything with this value that will physically fit there.
I have a acquaintance of mine that works at mxr and he told me these switches were not made initially for the customer they were made for employees one setting goes in one box and the other setting goes in another box it was a manufacturing situation not a customer option
I think Rob Robinette's 90% power soak circuit would work nicely with this mv. I built one in a small enclosure. There's a noticeable attenuation. It's not what one might expect after reading 90% vol reduction but it make a difference. Coupled with the master vol ( linear taper maybe? ) I think you might get yourself down to TV volume ? Hopefully. Also, for a low wattage amp like the 5e3, there's a very good attenuator design I would try as well. Low Head Room youtube channel has some really great vids. In one , he builds an Lpad type soak. He uses an extra 100 watt resistor to protect the Lpad from smoking like a hash joint 😂