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I have one here. I assume upping up C2G and C4G would do the trick.

Good stuff to know. Whats a good start to increase for example the value of the PI filtering. Double the amount of what`s already there or maybe try 1.5x of the original value?

To my understanding, higher filtering only comes into play, when the amp is played loud enough to prevent the power section to sag

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Sound gayish to me. But who am I to judge 😉

One thing I encountered when I was building my audio system is, how the cables connecting the speakers to the tube amp affacted the sound. First I was using thick copper speaker cables. But the sound was distorted in the high end. The high hat in the recordings sounded like a "ssshhh ssshhh...

Thanks for your contribution. You forgot to mention that black tolex ads bass while white tolex sound brighter. And red tolex equals more gain!

There is definately a connection to frequencies as well as the other things you mentioned. A lot of bass in the preamp contributes to a loose feel. But I am more interested in an immediate attack. I would call it as well some sort latency I want to get rid of, no matter how of loose or tight the...

So lately I`ve been thinking of what determines the feel of an amp? Beside the obvious thing like the OT and the circuit, usually people say that the more commlex an amp is, the slower the response in general gets or the more disconnected it feels. But what is it with the increased complexity...

I think it’s you I got the advice from. They work perfectly in my 2204 and make it sound huge. I never tried them in a Mesa though

I have a stash of pres and I am still hunting for good deals. Ergo I‘m stashing up. Chinese square getter can still be found cheaply and they go in my Mesas. EI are perfect in Marshall PI positions. Mullards are almost impossible to find for decent prices, sadly.

I once bought a DR RevG. Very good sounding example of an RevG in nearly mint condition apart from smelling like an old ashtray. But the whole house of the dude I got the amp from smelled like that. I didn’t care too much as I do smoke as well, but I had to give the HS some cleaning and put the...

I`m kind of surprised, no one mentioned the Petro-Dollar in this discussion? So let me "mansplain" Your money is just paper without any actual worth. 100 years ago, the US had the gold standard that backed up the dollar. For every dollar, you were able to trade it in for an ounce of gold. The...

The VII compared to the III is a good step up in complexity. He`s either going to like it if he`s a tweeker or turned down by it. You should check this with him. Than there`s the push thing of vintage amps. Can`t comment on this, as I`ve never compared a VII to an older Mark. Talking about...

Very nice and clean amp, congrats! On a note: having those big screen resistor on the output sockets indicates, that you may have a model with a high voltage PT. Jason from headfirst recommends lowering the voltage in the preamp section only to get it to 2203 specs. He made a video about this...

I do have a 82 jcm 800 2204 and it`s a stellar amp. I bought it as a combo and converted it to a head. The transition from low B+ to high B+ happened somewhere in 82. Mine is an early 82 with the a PV around 390 Volts. It came with Mullard 12ax7 tubes. I did put a EI yugo long plate in the PI...

Don’t mod a Recto. They are getting classics. So many Marshalls been modded and now people are searching for stock ones. Get a good boost and be done with it

I am happy I‘ve found a tech that was able to fix my Triaxis and RevF here in Europe (both amps had „repairs“ before). He‘s in Belgium. As long as he’s in business, no boat anchory for. You guys are blessed having Mesa in the US doing the work. If they stop, others will step in. It’s just a...

To my knowledge, the only difference between orange and red modern on this amps is the taper of the presence pot. Sp basically, having the presence of red at 9-10 o’clock should bring you in orange territory?

Very nice job! How did you get rid of the glue residues before tolexing? I once did a 4x12 and this was by far the hardest part of the whole job