I've been thinking about this for a very long time.
Most of us have been removing the 220K resistor that is placed across the 1M Output Volume pot.
In my search to make my DC-5b more usable at lower volumes, I started messing around with different pots.
The original Output pot had a very linear taper for an audio pot.
By the time the amp was on 2, the pot read 850K instead of 1M.
I had some miniature push/pull pots that I bought from Mesa a while ago.
I found that the majority of the taper on these pots is at the end.
So, I installed one in my amp. Now, the knob is at noon before it reads 850K!
This means more room to play with the knob before the amp gets out of "Gig" volume and into "Stadium" volume!
Since it was a push/pull pot, I decided to go ahead and make the 220K resistor accessible when the pot is pulled out.
The difference is incredibly dramatic! It basically doubles the volume when I pull the pot out.
I decided to keep the push/pull set up this way for outdoor gigs.
Most of us have been removing the 220K resistor that is placed across the 1M Output Volume pot.
In my search to make my DC-5b more usable at lower volumes, I started messing around with different pots.
The original Output pot had a very linear taper for an audio pot.
By the time the amp was on 2, the pot read 850K instead of 1M.
I had some miniature push/pull pots that I bought from Mesa a while ago.
I found that the majority of the taper on these pots is at the end.
So, I installed one in my amp. Now, the knob is at noon before it reads 850K!
This means more room to play with the knob before the amp gets out of "Gig" volume and into "Stadium" volume!
Since it was a push/pull pot, I decided to go ahead and make the 220K resistor accessible when the pot is pulled out.
The difference is incredibly dramatic! It basically doubles the volume when I pull the pot out.
I decided to keep the push/pull set up this way for outdoor gigs.
