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Not that I have one, but could a bad, or declining, choke have a major affect tonally on an amp? Reason I ask, my Fender copy seems to be missing something, power and thump or something, and Im trying to examing every aspect. I mean, a bare bones Fender circuit is quite simple and hard to really mess up.
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I'm not sure how 'bad' a choke could be and still work. A choke is just a wire wound around a magnet. If the wire was broke, so would be the choke, but then it wouldn't work at all (and neither would anything relying on the choke).Building a better world (one tube amp at a time)
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How do you know how much power and thump a real Fender is supposed to have
It could be working fine. If the choke was bad, it'd probably hum more, or stop working altogether, or smoke and blow fuses.
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I hear ya. I just thought maybe an old choke might be adding some resistive losses or something, but now I know otherwise. ThanksComment
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