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Originally Posted by RivercitySonic
I know this thread's a little old, but I have one of these amps & am going to be using it for the first time at a gig tomorrow night. For me, I love the amp, but it breaks up to quick, so I'm thinking of trying the Mercury Magnetics upgrade & possibly even gutting it & hand wiring a 5E3 circuit in there myself in conjunction with the mercury upgrade. My buddy Al & I pulled mine apart today & made a couple of mods that were real quick & easy to do, so I thought I'd share them with you cause they made a big difference to the sound of the amp for the better. (For me) I play a mixture of Blues/Jazz/Classic Rock so the amp is just about perfect for my style of playing, but I would just like it if it had a bit more headroom & a little more output volume. What we did today was a good start:
1. Replace the 6V6 with a 6L6. It fits right in & doesn't even need to be re-biased.
2. Replace the 12AX7 with a 12AT7. We tried an AU7, but it didn't drive the output section enough so we settled on the AT.
3. remove one cap from the amp.
I'm attaching a couple of pics of the mod, I'll try to get a full shot of it in action tomorrow night if the lighting's ok. (I hate the flash) I'll also post some audio clips in the next couple days.
Peace - J.
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so i get the 12AT7, a little less gain for less breakup as you turn up.
but what about removing the cap? what is the purpose of this?
i am thinking of putting a Weber speaker in mine.
Hey, where are you located? I am in Trenton/Belleville area. You near Napanee way?