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Post by pwfirst on Nov 27, 2010 21:26:14 GMT -5
My mod kits are under the tree and my wife won't let me touch them. I went with the Bitmo mods a trio. Just had to show you the Teli I made that will be used with this little guy of mine.
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Post by pwfirst on Dec 25, 2010 21:50:07 GMT -5
Santa came to me too. Along with the blessing of my family home for the season, my usual bag of coal, Some one felt sorry for me and got my Bit Mo re-verb mod for this little amp. Took me a bout 2 hours to install it. Plugged it in, crossed my fingers, flipped the switch. No smoke, no fire, no pops. strummed the guitar same old soft tube sound, slowly turned up the re-verb and YES YES ;D we have success. Nice soft subtle re-verb up to full on re-verb tone, I really was happy with this first stage of mods. I could stop here and cover 90% of my recording needs. But I have a little more work to do. Stage 2 is next maybe tomorrow. The technical aspect of doing the mods is not to bad at all. Pre tining all the contact points and quick heat to make the contact and it is all pretty easy.
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Post by pwfirst on Dec 28, 2010 7:50:03 GMT -5
I am finished with the Mods. ;D I purchased a BitMo Trio Kit It comes with three parts. 1. Reverb, Pretty easy install, good instructions, and the tone is excellent, it is reminiscent of a classic spring reverb tone. ***** stars rating. 2. Voicing/Gain/Switch **** stars rating Position: # 1. Bright /Fender blackface type : sound. Clean sound. #2. British: Enhances 1st stage and the bottom end of the sound. Good for jazz clean, and full crunchy chords and a blues overdrive sounds are all available. #3. Brat sound this a middle and upper range sound for middle to high leads parts. 3. Tone Control with boost gain. ***** rating. Last two installations were slightly more challenging. Instruction were good with pictures. SOOO many knobs sooo little time. This amp work alittle different than amps I have had in the past. The volume knob changes volume but also adds a little crunch to the sound. So the knobs and switches all add a different dimension that changes when you change the volume setting. I have been setting the amp for tone and keeping my guitar volume at 1/2 . If I want it louder you crank the guitar volume up. I have about $200 total in the amp and I have to say is has the sound and versatility of a much more expensive amp. They do suggest a tube up grad that I will probable do when I can hide some money from the Keeper of the BOOKs. Overall rating **** and 1/2*. It is the best sounding amp I have ever had. ;D Next test is to plug it into larger speakers just for kicks to see what kind of volume a 5 watt amp cam generate. I have an old line six with #2 - 12 in. Eminence speakers in it that I can just run a patch cord into it. I'll do a sound check video later when I work with it a little more.
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Post by rayden44 on Dec 28, 2010 16:59:46 GMT -5
GAS, GAS go away! Come again when I win lotto!
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Post by pwfirst on Dec 28, 2010 20:05:31 GMT -5
Here is the compleated amp with all the new toys installed. I know I was impresed with the single knob and many of you thought that was all I was able to handle but I have knobs switches and more knobs and one that even pulls out. . The knob on the left side is for the tone boost. set it to the right setting and instantly make it deeper and bigger by puling it out. One of my favorite settings. The 3 way switch is for the voicing gain switch. Next one over is the standard volume knob and the last knob on the right is the reverb. Which one shall I turn next Time to get the new Teli out and see if they like each other.
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