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by schatman
Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:54 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Preamp mod help
Replies: 6
Views: 1851

Re: Preamp mod help

Figured it out. I had bypassed the anode resistor. It works alright now. The "Tweed" channel has a huge amount of gain. The original MOD102 design has higher gain in both stages to compensate for the signal loss in the tonestack. When I turn up the tweed volume it goes from zero to almost max in a s...
by schatman
Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:15 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Preamp mod help
Replies: 6
Views: 1851

Re: Preamp mod help

If this attachment works right, it should show my intention.

[img:1089:581]https://tubeamparchive.com/files/mod102_mod_999.jpg[/img]
by schatman
Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:58 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Preamp mod help
Replies: 6
Views: 1851

Re: Preamp mod help

Thanks for the quick replies. "Schematic? Pictures?" I was going to upload a couple but had to run to a meeting. Should hopefully have them up soon. "Just on the off-hand chance you've got a DPDT switch where the common (wiper) connections are at one end, rather than in the middle (where we all expe...
by schatman
Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:54 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Preamp mod help
Replies: 6
Views: 1851

Preamp mod help

Hi, I just built a DIY MOD 102 as my first amp build. It went together really quick and sounded pretty good as is. The only problem was a slight hiss (peaks between 2800 and 3300 Hz) when the volume was above 5 or so. I wanted to do a couple mods as a first timer, so I started playing with the tones...