Tubes 'n Wood
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Just got around to putting my head version Mojotone 5E3 clone through its paces into a homemade 2x12" cab. First impressions... WOW!? Cleans on edge of break up, to marshall-esque scream! Very loud for 15 watts!! I have 1 concern and a two part question I'd like to ask the forum and those who have built one of these...
First: this thing runs HOT! The control panel is very hot on the power tube end, is this normal?
Second: I'm not used to a one channel amp for being able to get cleans and dirty tones. Ill be running my '02 R8 and new DC junior tribute into it (definitely not used to P90s, but digging them trough the 5E3 so far). I want to be able to get the glorious tweed overdrive when full up and then roll the volume back to get clean-ish tones. I'd love to be able to get as much drive as possible and then have it clean up when I roll the volume back to about half way. So the two part question is this... how do YOU set the amp to achieve both? Which channel do YOU use? which input #1 or #2? Do YOU jumper? Where do YOU set YOUR volume and tone knob?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
First: this thing runs HOT! The control panel is very hot on the power tube end, is this normal?
Second: I'm not used to a one channel amp for being able to get cleans and dirty tones. Ill be running my '02 R8 and new DC junior tribute into it (definitely not used to P90s, but digging them trough the 5E3 so far). I want to be able to get the glorious tweed overdrive when full up and then roll the volume back to get clean-ish tones. I'd love to be able to get as much drive as possible and then have it clean up when I roll the volume back to about half way. So the two part question is this... how do YOU set the amp to achieve both? Which channel do YOU use? which input #1 or #2? Do YOU jumper? Where do YOU set YOUR volume and tone knob?
Any help is greatly appreciated!