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So, Lew set up a trade between his buddy AJ and I. Just got it yesterday, and I've been fiddling with it constantly. It is better than the last rendition of this amp, by quite a bit. It's been gone through by Bruce at Mission Amps, and he's even added an effects loop, which I have already used with a rack reverb/delay I forgot I had. One thing I did need to do was replace a pilot lamp. I wired in an LED, so it will likely never burn out as long as I have it.
Bruce has done a couple of tweaks to it to make it better than the original design, including the effects loop, and a B+ dropping resistor. I'll have to check with him for sure, but I'm suspecting it's too drop B+ a bit too ease the strain on the tubes. The one I had before was a bit high on the plate voltage as well. The preamp tubes are super awesome as well. A 12az7 in V1, which is about 70 on the gain scale, and 2 12ax7's in V2 and V3. 6L6WXT's for the power section as well. I have been looking around for schematics since my first one, but they don't quite match up. I'm sure the components vary a bit between versions. Anyway, I'm liking it a lot with my Marshall 410. Thanks again Lew!
Bruce has done a couple of tweaks to it to make it better than the original design, including the effects loop, and a B+ dropping resistor. I'll have to check with him for sure, but I'm suspecting it's too drop B+ a bit too ease the strain on the tubes. The one I had before was a bit high on the plate voltage as well. The preamp tubes are super awesome as well. A 12az7 in V1, which is about 70 on the gain scale, and 2 12ax7's in V2 and V3. 6L6WXT's for the power section as well. I have been looking around for schematics since my first one, but they don't quite match up. I'm sure the components vary a bit between versions. Anyway, I'm liking it a lot with my Marshall 410. Thanks again Lew!
