Modding a Fender style 'bright' input.

[Steve A.]

I will consider different stage mods then. Its not a champ I have, but the Champ as a rough guide, ie 'Fender style bright input' I was hoping to replicate as apparantly my amp is similarly basic- its the ubiquitous Epiphone Valve Junior head, which tho many pages of mods there are I cant access to reply to/ forums blocking my registry; but this site seems very good and Im grateful for the help. I think Ill just stick those 0.1 uf film caps for the cathode caps and hope I dont damage it, unless anyone advises against the idea. If my patience lasts with this amp I may try revamping the transformers/ other stuff- I cant see why such a simple circuit/ amp cant at least sound balanced with a few basic tweaks though.

I haven't worked on an Epi Valve Jr HEAD yet but my combo sounds great with the described mods and a Jensen 8" ceramic speaker:

http://www.blueguitar.org/new/schem/..._lp_jr_amp.pdf

The bridged-T circuit made all of the difference, at least to my ears.

Steve Ahola