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I am building a Marshall JTM45/Bluesbreaker clone.
I have read that the Blusebreaker tremolo does not sound that good. I would like to build the amp with a better tremolo that I can put in place of the original tremolo, which is on a separate board from the main JTM45 board. The Bluesbreaker chassis has the one preamp tube for use with the tremolo and I do not want to add any more tubes, etc. I also want to be able to switch the tremolo completely out of the circuit when I want to and get the full gain of the JTM45 circuit. Finally, I don't want to use any parts that are impossible to get.
What are some of the better sounding tremolo circuits that would work? I have been thinking about the following circuits from surfing around on the net, but I don't know a lot about design, etc. to know if they would work without a ton of tweaking, etc. or if there are better circuits:
Fender brownface 6G16 tremolo
Marshall 18 Watt tremolo
Vox AC15 tremolo
Matchless Hurricane tremolo
There may be others that would work or sound better. Thanks for any tips or advice.
I have read that the Blusebreaker tremolo does not sound that good. I would like to build the amp with a better tremolo that I can put in place of the original tremolo, which is on a separate board from the main JTM45 board. The Bluesbreaker chassis has the one preamp tube for use with the tremolo and I do not want to add any more tubes, etc. I also want to be able to switch the tremolo completely out of the circuit when I want to and get the full gain of the JTM45 circuit. Finally, I don't want to use any parts that are impossible to get.
What are some of the better sounding tremolo circuits that would work? I have been thinking about the following circuits from surfing around on the net, but I don't know a lot about design, etc. to know if they would work without a ton of tweaking, etc. or if there are better circuits:
Fender brownface 6G16 tremolo
Marshall 18 Watt tremolo
Vox AC15 tremolo
Matchless Hurricane tremolo
There may be others that would work or sound better. Thanks for any tips or advice.