| Author | Message | ||
     Clayton Choate |
My 212HD has an extremely "trebly" tone. It can be quite painful sometimes. I usually keep the treble set at about 2 and the amp on Normal rather than Bright. Should I be getting such a tone or is there a modification to fatten it up some? I have played it along side of a re-issue Fender Twin and mine sounds really "thin" in comparison. Should I be getting a sound more closely resembling the classic Fender sound? My amp has an effects loop which I have never heard mention of in any company literature. Is this a factory job or an aftermarket modification? The jacks are on the back of the amp in the upper right corner as you look at it from behind and have stick on letters indicating "I" and "O". | ||
| Steve Kennedy |
It sounds like your amp has been modified (the I/O jacks specifically) so there is no telling what might have been done internally. I think you will need to find out just what has been added or changed and think about restoring it back to stock so you know what the amp does normally. | ||
| Clayton Choate |
Thanks Steve. I'm guessing from your answer that the effects loop is a poorly thought out modification. I have the schematics and will try to find a competent tech who can get me back to original specs. When I'm back to original should my amp be comparable to the Fender Twin in terms of tonal quality? | ||
| Clayton Choate |
Steve, I was talking with a friend about the thin sound of my amp. He suggested that I had "lost my equalization". I ran the effects loop through a Peavey 15 band graphic EQ. Wow what a difference!! Any idea what could have been done to cause the amp to "lose it's equalization"? | ||
| Steve Kennedy |
A faulty or failed capacitor somewhere in your tone control circuits could cause an unwanted change in signal equalization. Something like that would have to be troubleshot in the classic manner (Inject signal at input, chase the signal with a scope until you find the stage that changes it dramatically). |