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Fender Sidekick

11/22/1999 11:52 PM
marrk	Fender Sidekick I recently replaced an internal fuse in this amp for my friend. The amp was circa 1981. There is no overdrive switching. But, cranking the master volume results in some pretty decent(for a practice amp) distortion. The signal passes through a JRC4558D first, then through the Master volume, then a second JRC4558DD and clipping diodes. If I had more time, I would have tried to draw it out, but they need the amp back quick. This seemed like a pretty cool sounding design. Anyone have a schematic of it? Mark

11/22/1999 11:52 PM

marrk

Fender Sidekick

I recently replaced an internal fuse in this amp for my friend. The amp was circa 1981. There is no overdrive switching. But, cranking the master volume results in some pretty decent(for a practice amp) distortion. The signal passes through a JRC4558D first, then through the Master volume, then a second JRC4558DD and clipping diodes. If I had more time, I would have tried to draw it out, but they need the amp back quick. This seemed like a pretty cool sounding design. Anyone have a schematic of it? Mark