![]() ![]() Clean volume pot becomes Dirty gain 1 pot when switched, which I try to remedy with that switched second pot in the ground leg of the Clean volume pot. It is up and running, does not sound bad at all, clean channel is very bright though ( Ice picking bright ) and dirty channel is really good and goes from crunchy to lush singing distortion over the top Only downside is channel interaction, i.e. 3x 12AX7 tubes ( 2 preamp, 1 LTPI ) and 2x EL84 Everything else built from scratch actually, as in second schematics I posted. The thing I have not mentioned is that this is conversion of an old tube console of which I am using only the cool antique box, chassis and output transformer. And other parts, as well, if there is something that should be made differently. Would really appreciate some input regarding this part of circuit. But I need some kind of channel level adjusting in case I ditch it. I am not sure whether I should keep this PrePI Master at all ( when in Dirty mode I have two volume controls essentially in parallel). I decided to wire channel outputs via relay to keep them separated ( and to address volume difference later), and put temporarily pre PI master volume to control levels for time being. The original circuit has channel output mixing via resistors, voltage dividers actually, which formed 150k/470k when clean, and 470k/150k when dirty channel engaged. The part I am not so sure about is effects loop tube (which I don`t need), or if I simply erase it and connect preamp outputs with PI would it be ok? Regarding signal voltages and all. Only now there are not 2 completely parallel channels but rather cascaded/combined gain stages. Two channels in preamp section were pretty similar, so I ditched 1st tube in Dirty channel and rearranged switching to get two channels similar to original. Power amp I copied from Orange Dark Terror amp (similar to many other Orange 2圎L84 amps). ( Conversion of an old build, hence the restrictions). As it turns out, part of the "Only in Dreams" solo came out of Weezer's jamming portions of the song during their live shows.This build was an attempt to build something similar to 2 channel TH30 amp, but with two EL84 output tubes instead of four and two 12AX7 less in the preamp. "This might be hard to believe, but when we started out, we were much more like a hippie band," Cuomo explains, describing his past devotion to Trey Anastasio. Ocasek was the one to push Cuomo to record an outro solo over the previously stripped-down, rhythm-section-based final three minutes of "Only in Dreams." After weeks of Ocasek's encouragement, Cuomo found himself alone in the studio one weekend and improvised his way through the solo. Then he heard the Cars' "Just What I Needed" in the supermarket one day, and sought out the band's guitarist, Ric Ocasek. ![]() ![]() What shapes a guitarist's vibrato? “Must have something to do with your nerves between your brain and your fingers,” Cuomo says.īefore the recording of the album at Electric Lady Studios in NYC, Weezer's label insisted they work with a producer, which Cuomo rejected at first. and Cuomo's vibrato, which reminds Chris of Brian May. There's the sequence of octaves high up on the neck, colored by an unexpectedly placed major 7th chord. And after the guitarists spend a few minutes discussing Cuomo's inspirations, influences, and the production of both that album and the band's sleeper success, Pinkerton, Cuomo walks Shifty through the solo lick by lick. The outro solo to "Only in Dreams," the final song on the album, is the subject of this ep. ![]()
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