How much does the Tone Stack affect the sound?

jctaudiodesigns · Post by **jctaudiodesigns** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:19 am

Just curious, how much does the tone stack affect the sound of the amp, especially when dimed?

Has anyone tried to put in a switch to go between 2 different tone stack configurations?

HEAVIER THAN HELL · Post by **HEAVIER THAN HELL** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:02 pm

The 56k/250pF tonestack makes the amp more Fendery - no surprise really.

The higher you go with that slope resistor, the more Fendery it will get and you loose that characteristic 'Marshall' low-mids tone.

I've got a pot on one of my high-gain builds were I can dial-in the value of the slope resistor. Probably not the smartest idea I've ever had with such a high voltage across that pot, but it works and is a cool feature for matching the low/hi midrange with different guitars.

jerrydyer · Post by **jerrydyer** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:18 pm

someone told me lift the middle lug of the mid pot and your tone stack is pretty much out of the circuit. try it.

Gibanez · Post by **Gibanez** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:15 pm

jerrydyer wrote:someone told me lift the middle lug of the mid pot and your tone stack is pretty much out of the circuit. try it.

That almost sounds like the same effect the pre-amp boost switch on
a Dumble has.

Grosh_Guitars · Post by **Grosh_Guitars** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:45 pm

jctaudiodesigns wrote:Just curious, how much does the tone stack affect the sound of the amp, especially when dimed?

Has anyone tried to put in a switch to go between 2 different tone stack configurations?

here's a cool free program to download that shows what each value change does to the tone stack.

http://www.duncanamps.com/tsc/

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How much does the Tone Stack affect the sound?

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