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Question: What is your internal overdrive set like?
9' o clock   -8 (26.7%)
10' o clock   -13 (43.3%)
11' o clock   -5 (16.7%)
12' o clock   -4 (13.3%)
1' o clock   -0 (0%)
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erwin_ve
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« on: May 25, 2008, 12:32:28 PM »

Now that we got those nice lay-outs from J. Zucker and becoming a new standard to most overtone users: How is your internal overdrive trimmer set like?

This little thing can make drastic changes to the overdrive sound.
Clockwise you got a more gainy sound. Counterclockwise a less gainy more punchy sound. What did you do and why?
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Mondoslug
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2008, 12:43:38 PM »

I think mine's at about 11 o clock. Having it on a pot or something you could tweak without having to pull the chassis would NOT be undesirable...to me anyways. Somebody here did that but that looked a little to involved for me.
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2008, 02:13:50 PM »

In preperation of me getting my amp. Where is that pot?
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erwin_ve
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2008, 03:13:14 PM »

In preperation of me getting my amp. Where is that pot?
Hi Steven,

It' s the upstanding trimpot located next to the 4,7 uF electrolytic cap. A 220 k resistor is leading towards it.
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2008, 03:52:18 PM »

Is it visible on this pic?
http://www.ceriatone.com/images/completeAmpsPic/Overtone/DSCF0699B.jpg

or can yo only reach it form the other side (where the board is)?
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2008, 04:00:28 PM »

Is it visible on this pic?
http://www.ceriatone.com/images/completeAmpsPic/Overtone/DSCF0699B.jpg

or can yo only reach it form the other side (where the board is)?
Hi Steven, it' s inside the amp! (that' s why it's called internal Grin)
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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2008, 06:30:53 PM »

lol

you know what I mean. On the tube side or the resistor side?


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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2008, 06:41:50 PM »

lol

you know what I mean. On the tube side or the resistor side?



Pls Steven, Check the Layout as Zucker posted it. You' ll find it.
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2008, 06:58:45 PM »

LOL for you guys with the soldering iros this is a piece of cake. I can't even solder a Guitar cable.
I think I have found somthing with 100K on it. On the picture it looks like a small black circle.
When I getr my amp I'll ask you guys how to operate it.  :Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2008, 09:46:16 PM »

I have it about 12 o clock.
Very nice and ballsy tone with my strat and unreal pleasure with my new Les Paul.
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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2008, 10:56:07 PM »

I have it about 12 o clock.
Very nice and ballsy tone with my strat and unreal pleasure with my new Les Paul.
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This is so very wrong. You can't say "new Les Paul" without picts.
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2008, 08:53:34 AM »

Steven: Especcially for you;
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2008, 09:52:48 AM »

Dank Erwin.
Ik hoop dat het zo ver nooit zal komen maar wellicht kan ik het toch niet laten zelf ook een beetje te tweaken.
Ziet er prachtig uit trouwens. Zelf gebouwd?
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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2008, 02:42:48 PM »

That trimmer pot has a *huge* effect on the amp's tone and response.  A quarter turn can be the difference between a very good and fairly bad sounding amp. I suspect some of the people that did not like the tone of the amp when they got it may not have fully explored the power of this trimmer. Ideally it should be re-adjusted whenever other changes are made to the amp.

On my amp the sweet spot is between 9 and 10 o'clock, more like 9:15-9:30. I'd like to see either an access hole on the bottom of the chassis for trimming (of course that would be a significant layout change), or a fine tuning pot on the bottom, like a Fender bias pot, with the "coarse" adjustment set internally and the "fine" set externally. An external pot with the full range of the internal trimmer would be too sensitive IMHO.
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« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2008, 07:25:17 AM »

This is so very wrong. You can't say "new Les Paul" without picts.

OK, here you go...
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