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Re: Bench's LC tone control circuit

10/19/1999 10:49 AM
Andrew	Re: Bench's LC tone control circuit >Fender used some multiband L-C based EQs in some of their >'70s and early '80s amps to good effect. Super Twin? Mesa-Boogies too, IIRC, had LC's in their graphic equalizers, but buffering was by transistor. I've never sat down and worked out if the values that M-B used were sensible though (as far as Q of the filters and their actual centre frequencies go.) Sad to say, I've never had the pleasure (or otherwise) of actually using one of those M-B either. Just another tuppence worth... Andrew

10/19/1999 10:49 AM

Andrew

Re: Bench's LC tone control circuit

>Fender used some multiband L-C based EQs in some of their
>'70s and early '80s amps to good effect.

Super Twin?

Mesa-Boogies too, IIRC, had LC's in their graphic equalizers, but buffering was by transistor. I've never sat down and worked out if the values that M-B used were sensible though (as far as Q of the filters and their actual centre frequencies go.) Sad to say, I've never had the pleasure (or otherwise) of actually using one of those M-B either.

Just another tuppence worth...
Andrew