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I kinda tried your last suggestion M Fowler (i don't have the exact caps yet). But I was happy to get some distortion. I only have one volume pot though. Will that matter? I do plan to try out the other suggestion when I get a chance. I have an unexpected work trip in a couple days, but as soon as I...

Thanks for the welcome guys! I actually have installed a 12ax7 in the v1 position. It got louder but but really just barely starts to distort when turned all the way up.

Thanks for all the advice. I really appreciate it.

Hello, I'm a complete novice here although I do have a little electrical knowledge. I recently acquired a Packard Bell PA-20 amplifier that I'd like to use as a guitar amp. The amp works fine now and sounds great, but as it was made NOT to distort it creates a little problem in the guitar amp applic...