Principles of Tone: beyond the output

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Re: Principles of Tone: beyond the output

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Slope control used to be a skiing term.
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I don't know that this kind of post has any relation to building amps and IS definitely political in nature due to what's going on right now. I'd highly recommend you please remove it.

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Leo_Gnardo wrote: Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:46 am Early Sunn amps had this control, they called it "contour." At the time - VietNam era - "slope" was a disparaging term for Asians, wise of Sunn to choose an alternate term & avoid possible hassle from being misinterpreted as being politically incorrect.
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Re: Principles of Tone: beyond the output

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Back to the original discussion: yes, the scheme of using variable resistors for most Rs would make sense when prototyping (or just use a breadboard).
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