Hi,
This is my first post here. I have been reading up on the DC-5 here since I got mine about a month and a half ago. I really like the DC-5 a lot, as I have been Line 6 Flextone II user for years, the Flextone has served me well, but nothing like having a "real" tube amp, if you know what I mean? :wink: I have always leaned on the Mesa amps on the Flextone, my favorite has been the Dual Rectifier Tremoverb and the Mark IIC+ for clean and other heavy rhythm stuff. The DC-5 has really nice cleans and the lead tone for rhythm and lead is great! Very Mark IV like, from hearing recordings, with the 12AT7 in the Phase Inverter. Learned to make that change from this site as well. Definitely worth it. (I wanted a Mark IV for some time and decided the DC-5 would be a great "compromise", if you want to call it that, as it's really not, since the Mark IV going for twice the DC-5. The DC-5 holds it's own and is great sounding amp.)
Getting an amp with no built in effects required that I get a delay, so I got a new TC Electronics Nova Repeater. I have tried both in front of the amp and in the effects loop. It sounds best in the effects loop with the mix on the effects loop set at 100%, but I would like to try it with the loop modded to serial. Now reading about and having received the effects loop mod from Monsta-Tone. I have some questions about making this change.
Below is an overview of the inside of the chassis:
What I have noticed is that my wires are not the same color that others describe, plus I thought that having some actual photos would be helpful to others that would like to have this mod done.
Here is a zoomed in view of the Send - Return - Mix Pot:
Just to make this post useful, to not only myself, but others that may frequent the site, which wire goes where? (Think I know, but I just being a little overly cautious so as to not mess up my amp. )
Plus, can someone explain how the routing of the wires is working? Trying to learn more about what is happening here. The two white wires has me a little confused.
(EDITED POST: Found that the pictures were far too large... Sorry about that! ,Erick)
Thank you,
Erick
This is my first post here. I have been reading up on the DC-5 here since I got mine about a month and a half ago. I really like the DC-5 a lot, as I have been Line 6 Flextone II user for years, the Flextone has served me well, but nothing like having a "real" tube amp, if you know what I mean? :wink: I have always leaned on the Mesa amps on the Flextone, my favorite has been the Dual Rectifier Tremoverb and the Mark IIC+ for clean and other heavy rhythm stuff. The DC-5 has really nice cleans and the lead tone for rhythm and lead is great! Very Mark IV like, from hearing recordings, with the 12AT7 in the Phase Inverter. Learned to make that change from this site as well. Definitely worth it. (I wanted a Mark IV for some time and decided the DC-5 would be a great "compromise", if you want to call it that, as it's really not, since the Mark IV going for twice the DC-5. The DC-5 holds it's own and is great sounding amp.)
Getting an amp with no built in effects required that I get a delay, so I got a new TC Electronics Nova Repeater. I have tried both in front of the amp and in the effects loop. It sounds best in the effects loop with the mix on the effects loop set at 100%, but I would like to try it with the loop modded to serial. Now reading about and having received the effects loop mod from Monsta-Tone. I have some questions about making this change.
Below is an overview of the inside of the chassis:
What I have noticed is that my wires are not the same color that others describe, plus I thought that having some actual photos would be helpful to others that would like to have this mod done.
Here is a zoomed in view of the Send - Return - Mix Pot:
Just to make this post useful, to not only myself, but others that may frequent the site, which wire goes where? (Think I know, but I just being a little overly cautious so as to not mess up my amp. )
Plus, can someone explain how the routing of the wires is working? Trying to learn more about what is happening here. The two white wires has me a little confused.
(EDITED POST: Found that the pictures were far too large... Sorry about that! ,Erick)
Thank you,
Erick