High-plate Classic

[ijedouglas]

Looks great. I am always impressed by you guys that either have the blessing of a stash of these build-specific old parts, or are able to track them down.

Thanks. I wish I had a stash blessing. Many an hour spent on Ebay

[Stephen1966]

Looks great. I am always impressed by you guys that either have the blessing of a stash of these build-specific old parts, or are able to track them down.

Thanks. I wish I had a stash blessing. Many an hour spent on Ebay

Looking good... Ebay! Tell me about it. That thing is addictive.

Stephen

[dorrisant]

Very nice looking build there. One of these days I will buy a "proper" chassis... Who am I kidding? I love the look of those NOS parts. I'd like to hear this one, for sure.

[bepone]

very nice! any sound from it?

[ijedouglas]

A couple of tweaks and upgrades I'm finally happy.

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[bepone]

very nice! what are the MF's?

[ijedouglas]

very nice! what are the MF's?

Roederstein MK3s

[Colossal]

Sweet build. Looks really nice.

[erwin_ve]

Beautiful build! Perfect.

[fred.violleau]

Lovely build, looks fantastic and I am sure must sound great!!

Any audio clip? I am curious to hear these mods
What is the trimmer with the small cap in front of the PI? Adjustable boost?

Fred.

[ijedouglas]

Thanks.

Sorry, no clips yet.

The small board above the PI is a high-frequency taper. HAD used it in 094 and at some point in 102 (I believe). It's just a 500K trimmer with a 0.001 to ground. You can shave some of the top-end off as these amps can be on the bright side. Mine wasn't overly bright but I wanted to see what the HF taper was about. I have it set quite low and liked the way it sounded so it stayed. 094 had a 0.02 so he was probably using it to sculpt the top-end more than just remove highs.

[ayan]

Thanks.

Sorry, no clips yet.

The small board above the PI is a high-frequency taper. HAD used it in 094 and at some point in 102 (I believe). It's just a 500K trimmer with a 0.001 to ground. You can shave some of the top-end off as these amps can be on the bright side. Mine wasn't overly bright but I wanted to see what the HF taper was about. I have it set quite low and liked the way it sounded so it stayed. 094 had a 0.02 so he was probably using it to sculpt the top-end more than just remove highs.

Out of curiosity alone, you may want to try a .022uF cap on the HF taper. If I recall correctly, it really changes the character of the midrange more than the top end. I remember I didn't care for it, but I think it sounded good with Strats on the 2 and 4 positions... maybe? It's been a long time.

[ijedouglas]

Out of curiosity alone, you may want to try a .022uF cap on the HF taper. If I recall correctly, it really changes the character of the midrange more than the top end. I remember I didn't care for it, but I think it sounded good with Strats on the 2 and 4 positions... maybe? It's been a long time.

Thanks Gil, I'll definitely give it a go. Not sure if I have enough of the trimmer engaged to make a noticeable difference to the high-end but I definitely noticed a difference in the feel. I have no explanation for this though. It also seems to want to take off. Whatever it is, I'm liking (for this week )

[dorrisant]

is that installed like a cut control (Vox style)?

[ijedouglas]

is that installed like a cut control (Vox style)?

Connected to the input of the OD ratio control.