DC3 Gridlock
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Anyone notice a substantial volume boost on the Clean channel (top switch up) VS the other three channels?
Is this normal?
Thanks.
Is this normal?
Thanks.
Anyone notice a volume boost on Clean channel VS the other 3
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ddmeburger
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No, this is not really normal.
Normal is more akin to this situation. If you use Clean and Blues, or Crunch and Blues, and set each's MV so that the volumes are the same when switching channels, you can toggle the mode switches and switch channels and have no real difference in volume.
However, throw it in Burn mode, and with all your knobs at identical, volume-balanced settings for the other three modes, Burn will leap out at you at a much higher volume than your other three modes.
You could have a finicky preamp tube in one of the slots. See the owners manual of the Express Plus series to get an accurate demarcation of which half of which tube is allocated towards which gain stage in each mode (the manual for the regular series didn't finish laying out all of the combinations). You can then swap preamp tubes in and out to at least see if it's a tube-related problem, versus being a circuit issue.
Normal is more akin to this situation. If you use Clean and Blues, or Crunch and Blues, and set each's MV so that the volumes are the same when switching channels, you can toggle the mode switches and switch channels and have no real difference in volume.
However, throw it in Burn mode, and with all your knobs at identical, volume-balanced settings for the other three modes, Burn will leap out at you at a much higher volume than your other three modes.
You could have a finicky preamp tube in one of the slots. See the owners manual of the Express Plus series to get an accurate demarcation of which half of which tube is allocated towards which gain stage in each mode (the manual for the regular series didn't finish laying out all of the combinations). You can then swap preamp tubes in and out to at least see if it's a tube-related problem, versus being a circuit issue.
I've noticed this too within channel 1, when switching from Crunch to Clean mode, which I think is what you're asking here?
The problem for me is, I use the Crunch mode probably 80% of the time, however I love the Clean mode too. So when I switched from Crunch to Clean, there is a volume increase to the point where I need to adjust the MV.
The problem for me is, I use the Crunch mode probably 80% of the time, however I love the Clean mode too. So when I switched from Crunch to Clean, there is a volume increase to the point where I need to adjust the MV.
It depends on where your gain setting is set. At high gain settings (~2 o'clock and higher), the clean channel will probably be louder, and will get progressively louder until the max gain setting in which the clean is fairly loud compared to crunch. At lower gain settings (like 1 o'clock and lower), they are comparable in volume, at least through my 5:50+.
