New Guy Needs Help With Gibson-esq Build

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Re: New Guy Needs Help With Gibson-esq Build

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Matt D wrote:...The amp has a nice warm sound that overdrives easily. If anything, it is a little muffled sounding. If I wanted to add some treble (I hesitate to use the unspecific "sparkle" or "presence") to the overall sound of the amp, should I start with the preamp dressing or the 470k resistor feeding the PI?
It should be very easy to tack or clip another resistor accross the 470k to hear the effect of reducing it. Try something like 100k to get a parallel combination of 82k.
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Re: New Guy Needs Help With Gibson-esq Build

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Thanks Martin. What about clipping a potentiometer on there, adjusting to taste, and installing the new resistor?
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Re: New Guy Needs Help With Gibson-esq Build

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Sure, no problem.
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