doug hammond highway'89 metal mod

[ulysses]

hey guys

i just had my first "happy accident". i was building a second hwy'89 to put in a 1590b instead of a bb.

i accidently put C1 round the wrong way. switched polarity.

so if anyone has a hwy89 and thought it wasn't "metal'y" enough then try switching C1 around.

cheers
ulysses

[O]

Do you have pics of the board you're using?

[ulysses]

its the vero build in my section of the layouts gallery.

cheers
ulysses

[John Lyons]

Can you describe the sound further with the reversed cap?

Thanks

John

[tungngruv]

Sorry about the naive question but is it "safe" to reverse that cap? Also, the 89 has lots of great sounding gain right out of the gate. Is it a scooped sound?