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								by jelle  Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:12 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Some pics of a friend's PCB Marshall that I converted a while ago to a turretboard amp. Tubedepot OT, Larry grounding scheme. Teflon wire. We tried paper in oil caps first, combined with 6L6 powertubes. We quickly decided to use Mallory 150 caps and Valve Art KT66 tubes. It sounded absolutely freaking great. Outstanding transition from clean to sweet saturation. Then my buddy complained it was too loud...  
Only had 395V B+.
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								by M Fowler  Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:22 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Nice job Jelle.
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by vibratoking  Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:44 pm 
			
			
			
			
			That's beautiful.  I want that.
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by Reeltarded  Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:57 am 
			
			
			
			
			Fun!
			
			
									
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								by jelle  Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:07 am 
			
			
			
			
			Thanks!!! I miss that amp. It lives in Europe, far away.... at some point I want to have one too. It rawks, in a very natural way.
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by Reeltarded  Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:29 am 
			
			
			
			
			I want another combo chassis. These are fun to build on. That looks great. Mine, ehhhh. Sounds good!
			
			
									
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								by jelle  Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:33 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Yes, more space, more gainstages, switches for all plexi configurations, SIR39..more more more..... Wait.... What just happened?!
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by lumox0013  Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:56 pm 
			
			
			
			
			beautiful work  classic only better!!!   how would you describe the change from oil caps and 6l6s to mallorys and kt66s ,also did you try the 66s with the oils .thanxx
			
			
									
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								by Reeltarded  Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:57 pm 
			
			
			
			
			You just lost your mind AND the respect of Dumblers around the World!!
 
Marshalls sound good without all that balanced PI thing stuff!!
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								by jelle  Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:39 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Haha, yes, Rawk! 
Reeltarded wrote: You just lost your mind AND the respect of Dumblers around the World!!
 
Marshalls sound good without all that balanced PI thing stuff!!
 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by vibratoking  Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:29 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Marshalls sound good without all that balanced PI thing stuff!! 
Just curious...do you know that your Marshall won't sound better after balancing the PI?  I've never done it, so I don't know.
 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by Reeltarded  Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:41 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Yes I do know. No it doesn't. Seems odd but they like being messy!
			
			
									
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								by Blackburn  Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:47 pm 
			
			
			
			
			+1 for low B+!!! I have the same on my build with a GZ34.
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								by jelle  Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:49 pm 
			
			
			
			
			lumox0013 wrote: beautiful work  classic only better!!!   how would you describe the change from oil caps and 6l6s to mallorys and kt66s ,also did you try the 66s with the oils .thanxx
Thanks...well with the PIO caps and 6L6 it was more clean and with clear top end that one would expect from a tweed bassman clone. The changes brought it to marshall territory. Changing the primary Z to 3.4K REALLY did the trick for more aggressive tones with more distortion.
 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by oh7hhi  Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:42 am 
			
			
			
			
			Blackburn wrote: 
Can I use this as a signature?
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