Magnatone Varsity M-197-3-V

[Resonator Guy]

[Diablo]

Have you seen this schematic?
http://www.magnatoneamps.com/schemat...197-3-V_PM.pdf

[Resonator Guy]

Diablo, yes I posted the link earlier in the thread.

[guitician]

You say you want to get the amp to stop distorting. Is this something that it started doing, or are you just trying to bring it back to stock performance? I have amps like this and they will only play clean at low volume.

[Resonator Guy]

I just got the amp. It distorted as soon as I fired it up. I am just trying to get it back to stock performance, as it has almost no performance value right now.

[guitician]

Do you have a scope? It may have a bad output transformer if it's really bad.

[52 Bill]

They are using pin 6 of the 6v6 socket as a tie point. The disc cap is basically wired directly across the primary of the output transformer. The 1K resistor connects the output from the rectifier to the primary of the OT and to the first filter cap.

[Resonator Guy]

I do have a scope. I will check that out before I start ripping stuff out.