New Amp Specs with clips

[rgorke]

Well, not totally new. I took out the PPIMV and put in a 47k for the NFB on the 16 ohm (actually on the speaker tap with the selector at 16 ohms).

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Here are clips before the changes...

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Thoughts? ( just trying to keep up with Ralle....)

[stef]

I like "before" -more hair, brighter and louder

[jnew]

I'd have to agree although I'm done with 2203/4 front ends and ppimv's.

[Strat78]

The new clips are much better. I'm getting to the point that I can hardly contain my dislike of the ppimv or the mod5 tone; mud and screech.

[rgorke]

The new clips are much better. I'm getting to the point that I can hardly contain my dislike of the ppimv or the mod5 tone; mud and screech.

Thanks, and with a good attenuator, the PPIMW and Mod5 are somewhat irrelevant.

[rgorke]

Here are two new clips with the same set up except with some tweaks. They both are run through an Echoplex and one I added some MXR 6 band eq for some comparison.

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[Michael R/T]

I'm enjoying all your clips, they all sound great to me.

[Tone Slinger]

In all honesty I cant really tell any difference between any of these much.I hear the tone of 'Mark', ya know ? I'd much rather hear you and your amp via a cellphone mic or something .

[jnew]

It sounds damn good. I think I can hear how the MXR hits the echoplex a little harder, thus pronouncing the delay a smidge more. The MXR is in front of the Echoplex, right?

[jof006]

They all sound good to me.
Are you slaving there?
What's the full spec.?

[Tone Slinger]

It's Mark Abrahamian (AKA 'Rockstah'). Do to that clip what you want, it aint gonna sound no better or worse .

[rgorke]

They all sound good to me.
Are you slaving there?
What's the full spec.?

No slaving. The set up is using Mark's DI track and putting it through my signal chain -> MXR 6 Band (on or off with truebypass) - > echoplex -> upper left hole of amp. I am also using an attenuator. It is above bedroom volume but not much. SM57 -> Digi 002r -> Garageband.

I only use Mark's DI to test changes that I make in the spec. This way, I remove variables of the guitar, tuning, playing, etc and can try to hear what exactly the change in amp spec is doing. Sometimes I feel like my hearing plays tricks on me until I go back and listen carefully to clips. It is just a tool for fine tuning the amp.

For example, I can hear how the PPIMV was impacting the tone even though the MV was dimed, it was still having an affect. Similar to George's clips with the push pull bright cap. When the volume is wide open it "shouldn't" have an affect, but it seems to.

This spec is pretty close to stock plexi with a 0.047 for the mid cap.

[stef]

They all sound good to me.
Are you slaving there?
What's the full spec.?

For example, I can hear how the PPIMV was impacting the tone even though the MV was dimed, it was still having an affect.

This spec is pretty close to stock plexi with a 0.047 for the mid cap.

I agree, finally removed the PPIMV and now it's fuller sounding. My amp never sounded better, straight 12000 spec with pihers, iskras and mustards...
Roger, what does the 47 mid cap do, in comparison to the stock 22nf