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« on: April 18, 2008, 07:35:27 AM »
I have build the Overtone Special kit #2 and made the cabinet and head from scratch.
Not great I'm afraid, cabinet & head are not what I hoped to be in the looks department.
But it sure does sound very good!
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2008, 08:45:55 AM »
Hey Dave
welkom
Looks nice. Very personal maybe you could considder putting some of the cloth on the amp head.
I have oredered mine as well. another 8 weeks :-(

Groet

Steven
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2008, 10:31:09 AM »
Hello Steven,

I'm not doing anything on the housing anymore.
Took to much time, now I just want to play the Overtone.
Maybe in an couple of months I can find the will to redo
the housing with Blue Tolex.

I saw that you ordered as well, and bought a cabinet with two 12H65's.
Did you find someone to build the Klein-ulator?
I have received all the parts today so that is my next  project.
Not that the old Intellifex needs it, but for possible other effects.

Dave
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2008, 10:55:28 AM »
At least you have a cab... I'm still in the process of completing it... and yes it takes a lot of time   Undecided

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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2008, 11:18:36 AM »
Yeah Someone was kind enough to offer to build me a Kleinolator. I put it on hold though. I wanna try it with my PODXT Pro rack 1st to see if that works. I prefer to use a little stuff as possible.

By the way. I'm selling my Marshall Valvestate Pro 120/120 stereo mostfet power-amp in een SKB case with 2 small Ceelestion G12H-100 cabs.
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2008, 02:59:02 AM »
Hey bluegate.  Nothin wrong with that...looks pretty spiffy to me.  It needs two big white racing stripes ala mustang with a pinstripe lettering "Elenor"... Cool
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2008, 03:25:06 AM »
LOL, thats awesome. That would be perfect. It could use something extra to realy make it stand out.

Quote from: ChrisL on April 19, 2008, 02:59:02 AM
Hey bluegate.  Nothin wrong with that...looks pretty spiffy to me.  It needs two big white racing stripes ala mustang with a pinstripe lettering "Elenor"... Cool
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2008, 03:28:55 AM »
Grats on your new amp! I'm envious  Wink

JT
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2008, 06:58:41 AM »
Thanks guys,

I like the racing stipes Idea!
Maybe I'll just do that  Grin
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2008, 11:16:43 AM »
I play a Fender Eric Johnson strat with Bareknuckles Apache pickups.
The Overtone gives me a great Clean sound but the OD was to bright.
So I did some mods to the Overtone to get more balance in the sound.

Mods:
- Bright cap from 270pF to 100pF.
- Snubber caps from 270pF to 270p+330p parallel on V2a & V2b.
- PreOD resistor from 150k to 220k.
- Removed Filter on Effectsloop (R+C).
- Resistor before the Ratio pot from 150k to 300k.
- Mid cap from 0,01uF to 0,047uF.

Now I can play Clean with bright switch on and still use the OD.
And with PAB it still sounds great without getting harsh on OD.
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« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2008, 02:37:31 PM »
Interesting changes Bluegate. Can I ask what speaker/cab you are using?

JT
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« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2008, 04:45:34 PM »
Build the cab myself, it has a Jensen C12K speaker in there with two ports on the front side
of the baffle.
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« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2008, 11:13:57 PM »
Care to share the dimensions on your cab and ports?

JT
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« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2008, 12:35:15 AM »
It's basically the bottem side of my Bogner Shiva 1x12" combo.
Dont' have the measurements any more.
But aprox: 62 cm wide, 35 cm high and 30 cm deep.
Ports are 7 cm in diameter.
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« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2008, 06:55:20 AM »
Nice work Dave!
You're having the biggest value on the snubber caps I've seen so far. Sure getting curious for the sound of that.
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