OT: build a firefly or a p1?

[gorohon]

Hey, csj,
I think you nailed my jones.  I've been salivating over the 18w site.  My Crate is awful hard to move around, so I thought to my self, do a small amp then do an 18w or a November.  I like to play clean as well, overdriven, and some higher gain.  I have a problem in that my own music is less gain dependent, but for fun I like to burn.  I started playing guitar after seeing my first concert--Gun's`n'Roses opening for Iron Maiden.  I didn't get into the "hair" scene though.  I got into punk retroactivley because of Gun's, which then turned me on to Mudhoney and Soundgarden. My own style came by way of discovering Big Star and Badfinger.  My favorite guitarist of all time is Mick Ronson R.I.P.  So, why the long story?  I've been trying to figure out how to satisfy my complex tone jones, and the amp building is becoming my mainman.  I like building pedals and coming up with new sounds, but I prefer letting my amp do the talking.  I like big and small sounding amps.  I would love to have a Supro or a Champ.  If I had the money to burn, my main amp would be a Matchless Cheiftan.  My Crate would be better if it wasn't all pcb--it doesn't lend itself to much experimentation.  Man, I take up alot of space on these things.

[Paul Marossy]

I changed that resistor to a 1K last night. It drops the voltage by about 12 volts now. A more noticeable difference, subtle as it is. I wonder, what effect it would have if you put a capacitor in parallel with it?

[csj]

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[gorohon]

Thanks again, Clay.  I'm going to check out Westlabs and see what it's all about.

[Ben N]

Plus, just install a direct out jack and a dummy load and the FireFly becomes a tube distortion device.

Voila! No more OT problem!

Thanks all, for a nice discussion.

Ben