Secrets of the 5E3

angry tele

angry tele

L'effet c'est moi
ok maybe not secrets but this shit isnt in the owners manual

I labeled my tweed deluxe with all the pertinence and such

*normal/bright channels=this is the instrument (bright) and mic (normal) channels, there is a high1 and low2 gain channel for each
*tone=this works like a tone pot should when plugged into the instrument channel. When plugged into the mic channel it acts not like a tone pot but another gain stage.
*unused channels. the unused volume channel maxes out the midrange when on 6 (halfway), it scoops the mids when on 12 (cranked)


 
angry tele said:
i have before. (actually last night i had it jumpered you can see the patch cord i used in the pic) I forget what it does though...back to school I guess. I think it increases gain but im not sure. :shrug:
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Allows you to blend the normal channel with the bright channel. Hence fine tuning the tone settings on enhancing the sound.

I have used just the Normal channel and turned up the bright with nothing plugged in. The channel bleeding also adds a nice blend as well.
 
angry tele said:
*normal/bright channels=this is the instrument (bright) and mic (normal) channels, there is a high1 and low2 gain channel for each
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It's misleading to say "hi gain" and low gain", what happens is the #2 inputs attenuates (decreases) the signal by 6db. This was because of the super-hot elements that used to be used in those old bullet-style microphones, they needed to be padded.

angry tele said:
*tone=this works like a tone pot should when plugged into the instrument channel. When plugged into the mic channel it acts not like a tone pot but another gain stage.
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Nope. Should work the other way around. Tone control on the Mic/Normal channel, treble gain boost on the Inst/Bright channel.

On both channels, it's a treble cut control as you turn counter-clockwise from around midway (6ish) on down to 0. This is thanks to that 5nF (.005uF) tone cap.

But that 500pF cap that connects Tone and the Inst/Bright Vol. is a bright cap, that's what makes the Bright channel the "bright" channel. And the more you turn the Tone from 6 to 12, the more it's placed into the circuit. On the Bright/Inst channel, a ton of extra voltage gets pumped through that bright cap resulting in increased gain as well as treble. Because the bright cap runs to the Bright/Inst volume, you don't get the same effect on the Normal/Mic channel, you get a little more treble and a little more gain only because of bleed-over between the channels.

angry tele said:
techically its already jumpered , thats why its so intercative
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No, it's not. The volume interaction is do to parasitic bleeding. You're still only using one half of V1. When you jumper, you use both halves of V1 in parallel.

But I don't jumper a 5E3 anyway.
 
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