Re: Finally tried the Fender Excelsior
This Excelsior Pro model really does sound a lot better with the Eminence Legend 1518. It removed the raspiness in the breakup, added firmer bass, as well as a bit more volume. I don't know why they didn't use this opportunity to add a tone knob and get rid of the bright/dark switch. Now, that's the only negative.
I use 11's on my guitars, so the bright mode isn't super bright, just a little bright. But, I also notice an accentuation of an unpleasing harmonic that doesn't jive with humbuckers, filtertrons, and makes the open G string jump out at you. I read on Bill M's mod page that the addition of a 500K tone knob gets rid of this when the tone is in the middle range. This problem is also cured when the switch is bypassed, which tells me the bright/dark "tone stack" plain sucks. However, the amp sounds really nice in the bright mode....especially with Fender guitars. I'm just being my critical self, since I own a lot of good amps and hear these details.
So my question to the mod squad is this...
I don't want to remove the switch and drill the slot wider. I've never liked irreversible mods on a chassis'.
What I want to do is use the amp in Bright mode, but trim back the treble to what would be 1:00 if it had a tone knob. I want to know how to mod the switch with a resistor or res/cap network, or even a mini pot.
I've also heard about snipping one yellow lead off the switch, turning bright into bypass, leaving the dark mode alone.
Here's the gut shot.
This Excelsior Pro model really does sound a lot better with the Eminence Legend 1518. It removed the raspiness in the breakup, added firmer bass, as well as a bit more volume. I don't know why they didn't use this opportunity to add a tone knob and get rid of the bright/dark switch. Now, that's the only negative.
I use 11's on my guitars, so the bright mode isn't super bright, just a little bright. But, I also notice an accentuation of an unpleasing harmonic that doesn't jive with humbuckers, filtertrons, and makes the open G string jump out at you. I read on Bill M's mod page that the addition of a 500K tone knob gets rid of this when the tone is in the middle range. This problem is also cured when the switch is bypassed, which tells me the bright/dark "tone stack" plain sucks. However, the amp sounds really nice in the bright mode....especially with Fender guitars. I'm just being my critical self, since I own a lot of good amps and hear these details.
So my question to the mod squad is this...
I don't want to remove the switch and drill the slot wider. I've never liked irreversible mods on a chassis'.
What I want to do is use the amp in Bright mode, but trim back the treble to what would be 1:00 if it had a tone knob. I want to know how to mod the switch with a resistor or res/cap network, or even a mini pot.
I've also heard about snipping one yellow lead off the switch, turning bright into bypass, leaving the dark mode alone.
Here's the gut shot.
Comment