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Garveyte01
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New ods124 but have a problem

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Hi everyone, first let me just say I appreciate the amp garage community immensely, I am a beginner somewhat, I built the amp but it definitely has an issue I can’t resolve, please watch the video I hope it explains everything well and you can see how it reacts with the current limiter. Thank you
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Video?
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Also I have a guitar sound that is very faint and very distorted
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martin manning wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:49 pm Video?
I was having a hard time uploading a video so I broke it down in 2 parts and with a shot of my build
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So I reworked my bias pot connection and I have about-35 dc volts on my control grid, but I’m still getting severe tremolo (fast oscillation) and from what I can read on my current limiter it is drawing 30 volts to ground
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Garveyte01 wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 3:35 am So I reworked my bias pot connection and I have about-35 dc volts on my control grid, but I’m still getting severe tremolo (fast oscillation) and from what I can read on my current limiter it is drawing 30 volts to ground
You might have to swap the OT primary connections.
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That was my thought too. An easy way to test that theory is to disconnect the negative feedback lead from the OT secondary.

I hear 120 Hz buzz, maybe indicating a grounding issue. I’d also recommend a good tidying up around the preamp tubes to get it looking more like the layout.
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Thank you Martin it was a grounding issue at V1, I’m so glad I found that and now it is working. I’ve learned so much doing this project and then troubleshooting my problem! I could have never done this without the Amp Garage community! Now I’m going to tidy my wiring better. Thank you
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