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by benoit
Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:04 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: I KILLED IT... (neg feedback)
Replies: 18
Views: 3573

Re: I KILLED IT... (neg feedback)

Could your NFB resistor value be way off? Way too small --> Lotsa feedback/cancellation --> lower output?
by benoit
Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:07 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: FedEx lost shipment
Replies: 17
Views: 3931

Re: FedEx lost shipment

Got my notice from Fedex that my Weber order was sitting at my door at 3:44 pm. I am at work until 4:30 drive across town to pickup wife then across town to pickup grand daughter and then home. The package is not there! So now comes the chasing down the lost package and re-imbursement process. :evi...
by benoit
Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:23 pm
Forum: Trainwreck Discussion
Topic: Zeus, my First (and on going) Build.
Replies: 55
Views: 15293

Re: Zeus, my First (and on going) Build.

One important piece of insight you don't want to overlook - trainwrecks are ladies. Beautiful, fierce, angry ladies. Naming one Zeus will at best confuse her, and at worst, drive her to destroy herself, and possibly the world.
by benoit
Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:37 am
Forum: Trainwreck Discussion
Topic: Off Topic but...
Replies: 2
Views: 963

Re: Off Topic but...

Woah, Dimebag and John Lennon, same day, albeit 24 years apart? Not that there's really any woah. I'm too tired to be attempting thought.

'night, Amp Garage.
by benoit
Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:01 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Bypassing Plate resistors
Replies: 11
Views: 2519

Re: Bypassing Plate resistors

Well I find it hard to detect a 3dB change. Other people probably have better hearing than me. Could well be. The sensitivity depends on where in the audible band the dip is. We hear much better in the midrange. It's also further affected by how loud the sound source it is as our ears respond diffe...
by benoit
Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:32 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Bypassing Plate resistors
Replies: 11
Views: 2519

Re: Bypassing Plate resistors

a -3dB rolloff (which is about the minimum amount of vol reduction the human ear can detect/distinguish) Respectfully, -3dB is not the minimum audible difference detectable. It's certainly not a large audible difference but most people can easily hear 1 or 2 db changes unless they're in a fairly no...
by benoit
Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:30 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Jeff Beck RR Hall of fame
Replies: 13
Views: 3683

Re: Jeff Beck RR Hall of fame

drhulsey wrote:The flamboyant percussionist behind Beck looks like Ray Cooper who did some of the 24 Nights gigs with Eric Clapton.
Great videos 8) Thanks for sharing.
Was that the cue ball with the tambourine?
by benoit
Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:19 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Jeff Beck RR Hall of fame
Replies: 13
Views: 3683

Re: Jeff Beck RR Hall of fame

Man I love that dude. I never pass up a chance to post this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuK2msTzec
by benoit
Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:24 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: champ extra gain stage
Replies: 26
Views: 9310

Re: champ extra gain stage

M Fowler wrote:Makes me wonder why you are asking us for help when you know David :? Are you fishing for something there guy?
Haha... You made the same mistake I did mark, the guy who posted right above you is Big Daddy, and is NOT the original poster, bigsmitty :D
by benoit
Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:23 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Swamp Thing Amp
Replies: 44
Views: 10841

Re: Swamp Thing Amp

I haven't recorded any of my amps and I sure do need to do that. But getting my friend over is not easy and I hate handling the recording end of things, he has to do it for me. I'll do the guitar playing but he can run the recording equipment. :) Mark I'd be willing to help some time, I know a thin...
by benoit
Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:21 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: What iron for RXES?
Replies: 41
Views: 8965

Re: What iron for RXES?

M Fowler wrote:Ben some how we need to make that christmas list come true for you buddy. :)
Haha, amen to that. We'll see. I'd really like to do either a rocket or stangray with verb, or maybe even a full-on ac30 with all the bells.
by benoit
Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:36 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: When you just have to either go big...or go home...
Replies: 31
Views: 7304

Re: When you just have to either go big...or go home...

UR12 wrote:Hmmmm ......OK.....Excuse my ignorance but what does this have to do with a Trainwreck?
Heh.. I just sat there for a while gazing at the massive stack and forgot about everything, didn't even notice :D
by benoit
Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:36 am
Forum: Trainwreck Discussion
Topic: Dwarf Tube Rocket Amp
Replies: 157
Views: 65033

Re: Dwarf Tube Rocket Amp

I like "Little Missile" myself.
by benoit
Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:31 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: guitar pickup impedence question
Replies: 4
Views: 1242

Re: Moving Target

Single coils before they go thru a 250K pot are lowish impedance, but the output impedance of a magnetic pickup is frequency dependent and the math gets pretty complex. But the complex math only makes life simpler ;) As to the question about input transformers, we don't use them in guitar amps (at ...
by benoit
Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:12 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: copper clad board
Replies: 10
Views: 1021

Re: copper clad board

You should check out McMaster-Carr as well, see how their price compares.