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Re: Transistor type, which is bestest?

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:49 pm
by psycho*daisies
Philip wrote:
The Captain wrote:Very basically....

Mullard OC75 - Compressed, gated, raspy, dense.
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IMPEX S3-1T
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Mullard OC81D - Open, fluid, soupy, dynamic.

All things considered, it's most likely 0C75's(possibly an early small board version!?) that Mr James Page has in his MKII(s).

The branding - Sola Sound MKII Professional on his pedal, the sound - Compressed, gated, raspy, dense etc. Also, I think those early small board versions don't have the inupt cap thingie which stops MKII's from working with Vox/crybaby wahs.

Anyone ever seen an actual Sola Sound MKII Professional with anything other than 0C75's?
Come on! everyone knows Jimmmy used a Jennings Mkii on LZ1 & Supershow :banger:

:suicide:

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:51 pm
by Electric Warrior
I could have sworn it was a D*A*M :D

Re: Transistor type, which is bestest?

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:15 pm
by The Captain
Electric Warrior wrote:Does it have the capacitor from input to ground? Or is the missing capacitor a "Sola specification" that differentiates the Sola Sound pedals from the Vox and Marshalls?
Narp its there :smashed: 15000pf to boot. Like in most of the Vox MKII's. :teeth2:

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:21 pm
by Electric Warrior
Oh, that's interesting. Metallized poly or styroflex?
Looks like they used 15000pf for a short time only and went back to 10000pf for the last ones..
Does it have two 25µF power filter caps or a single 64µF?

Re: Transistor type, which is bestest?

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:39 pm
by The Captain
Its a big fat Iskra. Like these.....this ain't the pedal in question though....I ain't took pics yet...

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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:53 pm
by Electric Warrior
mhhh, Graham's Vox :badlove:
I always thought these were styroflex.

Re: Transistor type, which is bestest?

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:42 pm
by Sauniere
Does the missing cap make the earlier "small" board MKIIs brighter than the "big" board MKIIs?

Re: Transistor type, which is bestest?

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:39 pm
by DucRyder
The Captain wrote:
We need an anchor here so I'll throw something into mix for that purpose. This only relates to the original MKII's and what I hear. These are also the extremities that I hear. As in, at the most extreme I'd say an OC75 could be gated. Very basically....

Mullard OC75 - Compressed, gated, raspy, dense.
^
IMPEX S3-1T
^
Mullard OC81D - Open, fluid, soupy, dynamic.

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David, where does the OC84 fit in your transistor hierarchy? Thanks!

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:41 pm
by DucRyder
Thanks D, sounds like a great tranny for the MkII

Re: Transistor type, which is bestest?

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:13 am
by joebob
No one mentionnd the AC176 ??? MKII #4 has them !!! :chillin: