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previous: Rob W. Hello All!!!After h... -- 12/27/1999 2:16 AM

Re: Vibrato Project...

12/27/1999 10:43 PM
tboy	Re: Vibrato Project... Rob, A defeat switch would have been useful for the original opto-electric tremelo that your amp started out with (to disconnect the gain-sucking intensity pot), but really has no purpose with the bias modulation type circuit, because the tremelo is effectively out-of-circuit anyway when the intensity is set to zero. If you really want to have a useful kill switch, get a pot with one of those pull-push switches, and just parallel the switch contacts across the tremelo footswitch jack. That way you can kill the effect from the front panel without disturbing your intensity setting. --tboy

12/27/1999 10:43 PM

tboy

Re: Vibrato Project...

Rob,

A defeat switch would have been useful for the original opto-electric tremelo that your amp started out with (to disconnect the gain-sucking intensity pot), but really has no purpose with the bias modulation type circuit, because the tremelo is effectively out-of-circuit anyway when the intensity is set to zero.

If you really want to have a useful kill switch, get a pot with one of those pull-push switches, and just parallel the switch contacts across the tremelo footswitch jack. That way you can kill the effect from the front panel without disturbing your intensity setting.

--tboy