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Hi all, I’ve been toying with the idea of using the audio components of an old german tube radio console to make a 5 watt guitar amp. As it is, the thing is not voiced for guitar and thus sounds more like playing guitar through a bass amp (real round and smooth). Clean note definition is a bit lacking also. Being only rated for 6 watt push pull output with a pair of tiny EL95/ 6DL5 pentode tubes (dirven by the single triode portion of a EABC80) the resulting volume is quite low on it’s own (just barely loud enough to sink your ears into) but does stays clean. In order to get just that little bit more out of it I put an active compressor in front to provide input gain. Wow… it doesn’t take much more coaxing to drive the little pentodes into very nice, tight and warm overdrive that is great for rock rhythm and blues leads. Physically smaller than the average preamp tube… and only rated for 3.5 watts max output). So I will most likely convert this for use with guitar as a little 5 watter driving a 10" jensen. Could the output stage be effectively attenulated (not too far to go) to be able to insert at the Power amp section of my 25 watt 6L6 Fender and achieve switchable overdrive ? (the fender would have to be cranked much too loud to get similar overdrive on it’s own). Would have to create a patch point. Would attenulating as such defeat the tone ? Thanks, Savy Cheers, savy.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hi all, I’ve been toying with the idea of using the audio components of >an old german tube radio console to make a 5 watt guitar amp. >As it is, the thing is not voiced for guitar and thus sounds more like >playing guitar through a bass amp (real round and smooth). Clean note >definition is a bit lacking also. >Being only rated for 6 watt push pull output with a pair of tiny EL95/ >6DL5 pentode tubes (dirven by the single triode portion of a EABC80) >the resulting volume is quite low on it’s own (just barely loud enough >to sink your ears into) but does stays clean. >In order to get just that little bit more out of it I put an active >compressor in front to provide input gain. Wow… it doesn’t take much >more coaxing to drive the little pentodes into very nice, tight and >warm overdrive that is great for rock rhythm and blues leads. >Physically smaller than the average preamp tube… and only rated for >3.5 watts max output). >So I will most likely convert this for use with guitar as a little 5 >watter driving a 10" jensen. >Could the output stage be effectively attenulated (not too far to go) >to be able to insert at the Power amp section of my 25 watt 6L6 Fender >and achieve switchable overdrive ? (the fender would have to be cranked >much too loud to get similar overdrive on it’s own). Would have to >create a patch point. >Would attenulating as such defeat the tone ? >Thanks, Savy > Cheers, >savy.
Two very general rules of thumb are: 1. Small amps are best when used as small amps[flipside] 2. Attenuating an amp always destroys it’s sound. Pete [flipside] – Big amps are best when used as big amps. — You’ll barely regret this. –Fry
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