1978 2203 pots in order
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1978 2203 pots in order
I have a 1978 2203 Superlead and my bass pot took a dump. I text Velvet George and he told me what the ohm spec was and I happened to have one. Replaced it and problem solved and sounded awesome again. Well now my treble pot is acting up. I figured screw it, I want to replace them all!!!
Can I get someone to tell me the ohm spec from left to right, (pre., bass, middle, treble, volume, master volume)
Thanks in advance,
Can I get someone to tell me the ohm spec from left to right, (pre., bass, middle, treble, volume, master volume)
Thanks in advance,
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Gain, Volume and Bass, 1MΩ log, Treble 250KΩ lin, Mid 25KΩ lin, Presence 25KΩ lin.
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Re: 1978 2203 pots in order
Thank you so much!!!!
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Oh what's log??
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Logarithmic, or audio taper. Pretty important with the volume controls, or it will come in with a BIG jump and not be very controllable at the low end of the scale.
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Re: 1978 2203 pots in order
Ok, thanks!!
I'm just gonna order them through parts express unless you know of a better place?
Thanks again!!
I'm just gonna order them through parts express unless you know of a better place?
Thanks again!!
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I know plenty of places better for the UK...
If you get confused by bushing lengths/sizes/threads/shaft types etc. you might find it easier ordering from Valvestorm.
If you get confused by bushing lengths/sizes/threads/shaft types etc. you might find it easier ordering from Valvestorm.
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Re: 1978 2203 pots in order
I like ALPHA pots
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Thanks again, I just ordered through Valvestorm.
Under 30.00$, not bad
Under 30.00$, not bad
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Me too. Cheap, cheerful, and do the job well. I put PEC's in my main workhorse, but I'm just not sure they were worth the extra. Maybe 30 years down the line I may appreciate the lack of required pot maintenance, but I just can't help but feel I'm missing something that I had before I put the PEC's in.stef wrote:I like ALPHA pots
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Well I got the new pots in and it sounds a whole lot better. But to me it still sounds very high endish. Are these amps always this trebly? I have the bass dimed, the mid about 11 o'clock and the treble at about 9 o'clock.
Velvet George converted this amp from 6550's to EL 34's for me. I like the more vintage sound. That's all that's been done to the amp other than the power chord.
Velvet George converted this amp from 6550's to EL 34's for me. I like the more vintage sound. That's all that's been done to the amp other than the power chord.
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Re: 1978 2203 pots in order
Yep, that's why I prefer the 1959 and 1987. To slightly tame the high end dime the gain knob, or remove the bypass captimmy2tone wrote:Well I got the new pots in and it sounds a whole lot better. But to me it still sounds very high endish. Are these amps always this trebly?
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This was discussed in a thread a while back...one you participated in.demonufo wrote:Me too. Cheap, cheerful, and do the job well. I put PEC's in my main workhorse, but I'm just not sure they were worth the extra. Maybe 30 years down the line I may appreciate the lack of required pot maintenance, but I just can't help but feel I'm missing something that I had before I put the PEC's in.stef wrote:I like ALPHA pots
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=27519" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A lot of times I get the mindset that, "if it costs more, it must be better" not so, it seems. Especially when dealing with tone. There is a lot of "mojo" added to tone by the inherent inefficeinces of some components. The trick is deciding which components provide mojo and which provide headaches.
"If you make a mistake, do it twice and smile and let people think you meant it." Jan Van Halen.
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timmy2tone wrote:Well I got the new pots in and it sounds a whole lot better. But to me it still sounds very high endish. Are these amps always this trebly? I have the bass dimed, the mid about 11 o'clock and the treble at about 9 o'clock.
Velvet George converted this amp from 6550's to EL 34's for me. I like the more vintage sound. That's all that's been done to the amp other than the power chord.
Yes they are to a degree, even worse with 6550's, but it is unusual for you to have to dime the bass.
I wonder if something might be a bit tired...
If you do decide to mod for more bass, DON'T put it in the preamp, simply add a .0047uF capacitor in series within the negative feedback loop. Or lower if that's not enough for you.
So I like purple, okay!!!!!!
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Man that's going back some. Actually I've gone back to using certain Alpha's in guitars too. Especially the push/pull switching mini log pots. Occasionally the taper isn't good enough and it ends up in the bin, but at the price, it's all good.rgorke wrote:This was discussed in a thread a while back...one you participated in.demonufo wrote:Me too. Cheap, cheerful, and do the job well. I put PEC's in my main workhorse, but I'm just not sure they were worth the extra. Maybe 30 years down the line I may appreciate the lack of required pot maintenance, but I just can't help but feel I'm missing something that I had before I put the PEC's in.stef wrote:I like ALPHA pots
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=27519" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A lot of times I get the mindset that, "if it costs more, it must be better" not so, it seems. Especially when dealing with tone. There is a lot of "mojo" added to tone by the inherent inefficeinces of some components. The trick is deciding which components provide mojo and which provide headaches.
So I like purple, okay!!!!!!
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