OK Then

[g1]

The amp produces 2Vrms with the volume control wide open.

Please measure the AC voltage at the power tube grid when you are getting that 2Vrms (before you gut it ).

[Tone Meister]

I've been playing the snot out of it all week and I like it the way it is. It sounds about right to me - decent cleans with amp volume on 8 and the typical grind when it's dimed - but a detectable volume difference when compared to mine.

4.9Vrms at the 6V6 grid

[Chuck H]

Well I'll guess that the signal is padded between the second preamp stage and the power tube grid then. It's very hard to see what all is going on in the pics because of the angle of shots and, of course, the nature of the wiring as it is. But what is THIS resistor doing? (circled in red) It sort of hides behind other stuff in all but this shot and I can't see well what it's connected to.

[Tone Meister]

That circled resistor is the 220k grid leak

[Chuck H]

That circled resistor is the 220k grid leak

Ok. Then what is this one doing? It's clearly a different resistor.

[Chuck H]

I can't tell what pin the resistor I indicated in post #80 is connected to. Could it be a HV bleeder? I don't think so.It's proximity is on the correct side of the coupling cap to be the power tube grid leak and I can't see how the resistor I indicated in post #78 could be connected to the correct end on the coupling cap to be the power tube grid leak.

[drewl]

Wow.....I would not put my name on that.

Dude, you gotta' pull back and give us a nice clean pic of the whole chassis We need to see this in proper context to fully appreciate how ugly it is!

Then take a nice pic after you gut it and rebuild it properly.

[Tone Meister]

Wow.....I would not put my name on that.

Dude, you gotta' pull back and give us a nice clean pic of the whole chassis We need to see this in proper context to fully appreciate how ugly it is!

Then take a nice pic after you gut it and rebuild it properly.

Remember. You asked.









With and without flash.

[galaxiex]

My eyes! My eyes!

What has been seen, cannot be un-seen...

[nosaj]

Remember. You asked.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]52319[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]52320[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]52321[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]52322[/ATTACH]

With and without flash.

I say lift that cap on the vol switch just one side and see what happens to your wattage.

nosaj

[g1]

edit: so the resistor in post #78 is actually 100K ?

[eschertron]

I think you might get some joy of documenting the post-mortem on this beast. Put all the components (or assemblies of components) onto a nice, white, sheet of paper in order to reconstruct the layout under laboratory conditions. You could be a CSI: Champ Schematic Investigator

[g1]

Who's in here:

[Tone Meister]

You fellows are just not going let a man enoy a beer are you?

I'll check those things for you

[The Dude]

You presented a puzzle to a bunch of electronics geeks. What did you expect?

Edit: Another thing to check: Are the coupling caps the correct value?