If you have no experiences in soldering, you should have a qualified amp tech doing this job for you.
#How to discharge caps in vox ac30cc2 mod
It is a good idea to carefully keep the capacitor at a safe place, so, if necessary, you can easily undo the mod by simply putting it back in its’ place. Then, some careful shaking of the chassis should make it fall out at the side.
After desoldering, the capacitor can be softly pushed out of the circuit. For a clean removal of the capacitor, you may use some desoldering wick. However, this step is highly recommended for a more comfortable soldering work. Here's my dilemma: I can find AC30cc2's pretty easily, but can't find C2's easily. The chassis does not necessarily have to be removed. The AC30cc2 have wharfdales that don't get the best out of the amp, hard to get to tubes and issues around rectifiers blowing if you use the standby but has Birch construction, a tube rectifier, and many options to tweak your tone. AC30CC2X: 2x12' combo with the world revered Celestion Blue 15 watt AlNiCo speakers as used in the original AC30 combo. AC30CC2: 2x12' combo with a pair of custom designed GSH12-30 speakers which add a top end mellowness and smooth bass response. To access the capacitor, you need to remove the backplate of the amp. AC30CC1: 1x12' combo with a custom voiced VOX NeoDog speaker. It is located right beneath the volume knob of the top boost channel. This mod is quite simple: You just need to remove the tone capacitor labled C13 (at least for the AC30 CC). Therefore, all modifications are to be done at own risk and may cause a loss of warranty! If you do not exactly know what you are doing, please contact a qualified amp tech. There still may be high voltages remaining in the capacitors which may cause mortal injuries. As a result, it also significantly increases the pedal capability of the channel as well, especially when the player looks for a more warm and fat kind of overdriven sound.Īttention/Disclaimer: At this point, we need to state clearly that the autors of this site are not reliable for any damages due to any amp modifications. This mod replaces or even completely removes a tone capacitor of the circuit leading to a more warm, rounded and overally balanced sound. Fortunately, there is a simple and effective way to tame the brightness of the top boost channel: the bright cap modification (also known as treble-cap mod). When using overdrive pedals, especially in the top boost channel, the distinctive bright character of the amp can become an issue leading to a harsh and screechy distortion in the worst case (especially in the CC series). You might have noticed that the AC30 is kind of a bright amp with lots of high frequenceys.
– Soldering experience and a soldering iron
#How to discharge caps in vox ac30cc2 series
It may or may not be of use/application for other series This modification is suggested for and works with all AC30/15 models of the CC series.
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