STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
I finally got around to converting it over to PTP.....It's a 1973 50 watt 1987 head....Sounds really great and it'll be better once these Sozo caps break in all the way...A few mods in there also! As always! :27: :chairfall :banana:
In my opinion metal film resistors "don't" make an amp bright and sterile if it's setup right and you know what you're doing....I'm waiting for the "Why no carbon comps"? Cause they add extra noise and hiss that I don't need and I can do without the drift in values!....LOL I will never have to deal with that stupid PCB board ever again!
Waiting on the 2 extra .022 Sozo caps to arrive to replace the Orange Drops,unless I want to go to the Sozo .1 caps that I do have? I prefer .022 values here though...
I snuck in some cool V2 mods,and a resonance control,and a few changes overall on the board for the cathodes on V1...Basically what I had before,but with newer components and the PTP board...The amp sounded great before,but I much prefer the PTP board.No extra gain stages added to the amp either! LOL
Just need to mess with some different tubes for V2 and V3....I think I'm going to move the PT primary wiring to the underside of the board,as I think it'll look better?
I've also lowered the pf cap across the Normal Channel's volume pot and I'm working on a different volume pot bright cap for the Bright channel,as I don't like the .005 these days and prefer that channel alot warmer....I don't crank the amp to 10 and until I get another attenuator,I need to maybe remove this cap or lower it "alot"?
All Sozo Caps Today! Much Much Smaller Bright Caps Across Volume Controls Also.
Here's the insides of an incredible old HiWatt Amp.....Most of your boutique builders were bit by the clean and neat insides of this amp....The first time I saw the insides of one of these amps,I almost pi$$ed myself....I consider my amp sloppy compared to all the right angles and neatness inside of a Hiwatt amp!
In my opinion metal film resistors "don't" make an amp bright and sterile if it's setup right and you know what you're doing....I'm waiting for the "Why no carbon comps"? Cause they add extra noise and hiss that I don't need and I can do without the drift in values!....LOL I will never have to deal with that stupid PCB board ever again!
Waiting on the 2 extra .022 Sozo caps to arrive to replace the Orange Drops,unless I want to go to the Sozo .1 caps that I do have? I prefer .022 values here though...
I snuck in some cool V2 mods,and a resonance control,and a few changes overall on the board for the cathodes on V1...Basically what I had before,but with newer components and the PTP board...The amp sounded great before,but I much prefer the PTP board.No extra gain stages added to the amp either! LOL
Just need to mess with some different tubes for V2 and V3....I think I'm going to move the PT primary wiring to the underside of the board,as I think it'll look better?
I've also lowered the pf cap across the Normal Channel's volume pot and I'm working on a different volume pot bright cap for the Bright channel,as I don't like the .005 these days and prefer that channel alot warmer....I don't crank the amp to 10 and until I get another attenuator,I need to maybe remove this cap or lower it "alot"?
All Sozo Caps Today! Much Much Smaller Bright Caps Across Volume Controls Also.
Here's the insides of an incredible old HiWatt Amp.....Most of your boutique builders were bit by the clean and neat insides of this amp....The first time I saw the insides of one of these amps,I almost pi$$ed myself....I consider my amp sloppy compared to all the right angles and neatness inside of a Hiwatt amp!
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