Solid State Guitar Amp Forum | DIY Guitar Amplifiers
Solid State Amplifiers => The Newcomer's Forum => Topic started by: kevinrontel on February 09, 2010, 09:57:43 PM
I'm playing a late-sixties Vox Berkeley III solid state amp and it sounds terrific and I love it.
Except I want more bottom end. Would it be realistic for either me--who has built a few guitar pedals--or a qualified amp tech to swap out some caps here and there and open up the bass?
Or should I let this amp be what it is and look elsewhere for my fat bottom?
I agree it can sound terrific, but I think that "electronically" increasing bass may very probably turn that gorgeous sound into mud.
Plug it into a larger 2x12" closed back box.
Thanks, J.M. That's precisely the kind of sensible advice I was hoping to get here. A closed-back cabinet sounds (hopefully literally) a million times better than going crazy with the soldering iron.
At the moment, I'm playing in a guitar/drums rock and roll duo so I need to compensate as much as possible for the absence of a bass guitar.
I'm with Juan, first try a different cab. But, if with a good 2 x 12" it doesn't sound bassy enough for you, you can tweak the capacitors in the preamp to allow more bass through.
After a little crude experimentation, I slapped backs on three speaker cabinets I've recently built and, while I will probably make some refinements as I do more research, the bottom end of the amp has gotten much more pronounced.
Advice: Taken.
Results: Excellent.