Recent content by PatrickL101

Merry Christmas, all. I've just bought a DC-5b combo. I owned one previously, loved it, sold it and went through a JCM800 and a Lone Star before returning to the addictive crunch! For recording purposes, I rely on the rhythm channel pull boost almost exclusively for a solid crunch rhythm tone...

2 years later... I just bought my 2nd DC-5 so I'd like to mod one this way after the FX Loop, Blanket and Ouput mods on the other. Do you have the details of the mods you conducted by any chance?

Problem solved. I emailed Diago and found that the problem was due to the effects before the amp not being isolated properly. A Diago isolater adapter has solved the problem. Have to say that may have been the greatest guitar-related customer service i've ever recieved. James there answered all...

I bought a Diago Powerstation earlier after reading great reviews and testimonials and hearing of the money-back guarantee. The thing works great but it seems there's a snag. It only does so with effects that run in the effects loop. Whenever I plug it into pre-amp stompboxes like compressor...

The Mix pot on my DC-5 is a bit wonky and needs to be replaced. I have to pull on it slightly to get any sound to come from the amp though it will produce sound when left at 100% I actually want to do the effects loop mod i've read about on here soon and I was wondering if there's an alternative...

I thought this was the problem initially so I placed all pedals infront of the amp, then powered them one by one with the powerjack. I still got a load of nasty hiss :( I'm definitely going to get something with isolated outputs but being in the UK the Pedal Power is £160-ish :( I'll work it...

That's cool. Something small would be ideal. You have a sweet pedalboard dude. I think i'm going to upgrade my overdrive slot to a Barber. What make is the board itself? The size looks just about ideal.

Thanks for all the info guys you're a big help. Seems like there's alot of love for the PP2's out there but I really don't need all that it can provide. I may go for somehting like the smaller T-Rex Fueltank Junior like MrMarkIII suggests which just has 5 isolated outputs to get rid of the...

Has anyone tried these in a DC? I have a DC-5 combo and i'm interested in experimenting with the sound of EL84's in it. The main attraction would be the reduced wattage as at the moment i'm playing it either at home or on small stages (I know that it'd only be a few decibels difference when it...

This topic may have already been done to death but I have a query. I'm not a huge effects junkie. I mainly just run a compressor (for clean), an OD (For slight gain on clean or as a boost on top of amp overdrive) and a delay (In my effects loop, almost always on but dialed just for ambience). I...

I'm using a Fender American Standard HSS (The Ash bodied option, with a maple fingerboard) as my main guitar with the DC-5 combo which I setup like so: DR, T, M, B, P, R, M Clean- 5, 4, 6, 4, 4.5, 5, 6. Drive- 4, 6, 6.5, 2, 0, 2, 4. I keep an OD, a Compressor and a Delay on a pedalboard and...

Yeah if anyone could shed some light on this that'd be awesome.

Thanks very much guys. I think i might get a GT-8 or GT-10 come payday on ebay or something. I'll definitely do the series mod on the effects loop before I hook it all up. Thanks :D Pat.

I've just aqcuired a few pedals to go with my DC-5 and boy this thing is picky when it comes to them (and their power supplies) :P I'm starting to consider (As i'm now in a few different genre bands) buying something like a second hand GT-8 so that I have all the options I could possibly use...

Just wondering if anyone has instructions/a diagram of how to mod a DC-5's effects loop to serial. I got a delay pedal to pop in the loop and was a bit underwhelmed. Sounds like this mod should improve the sound of the delay a bit. I'm handy enough with a soldering iron to change pickups and...