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Re: Tweed Deluxe Sag and Cut-Out

7/5/1999 6:07 AM
Tracy	Re: Tweed Deluxe Sag and Cut-Out Hi Mook I have a 5e3 1959 origional tweed deluxe. If I ever turned that amp on ten I'm sure it would have done the same thing. It has a 5y3 rectifier. Not that thats a bad thing but the amp will sag alot because of the 10K dropping resister between the 1st and second power amp stages. However this lowered voltage on the grid contributes to the tweed sound. Switch the caps to 20uf on the first stage and put the 40uf after the 10k dropping resister. This will hold a tighter grid voltage on the 6v6 . It was a big improvment on my amp.

7/5/1999 6:07 AM

Tracy

Re: Tweed Deluxe Sag and Cut-Out

Hi Mook

I have a 5e3 1959 origional tweed deluxe. If I ever turned that amp on ten I'm sure it would have done the same thing. It has a 5y3 rectifier. Not that thats a bad thing but the amp will sag alot because of the 10K dropping resister between the 1st and second power amp stages. However this lowered voltage on the grid contributes to the tweed sound. Switch the caps to 20uf on the first stage and put the 40uf after the 10k dropping resister. This will hold a tighter grid voltage on the 6v6 . It was a big improvment

on my amp.

Replies:

Tracy Mook oops, I mean 5k drop... -- 7/5/1999 6:14 AM
Mook I'm considering decreasing the drop... -- 7/5/1999 9:34 PM