Thursday, October 1, 2020

Crate Blue Voodoo 120 Full Tube Head - general cap changes and modding

 * Finally finished the Crate Blue Voodoo 120, after a lot of recapping and modding.
It sounds decent now even for other styles not just that all round gain fizz as it was.

I added a choke and changed about 22 component values (installed sockets, will solder the chosen parts directly on the sockets), and redid a lot of solder spots + changed the very tarnished PCB jack-in connectors. Added four toggle switches to change some gain structure and high end content, nothing fancy, but usable and makes the amp from a very slight cleanish od/stoner rock/fuzzish od to 80s rock, the gain knob is now usable in all its range. Also added a white led to the clean channel and a blue one on the overdrive one.

                                Some videos with the amp, random takes here and there:

                                     Crate Blue Voodoo (HGE Contraptions modded) warmup

                                                               Some other takes:

                                                            Crate 🔵💩 Modded

                                                 Crate BV120H/Gibson SG Drop D

                                          Crate Blue Voodoo Modded (attenuated) 2

                                      Lightspeed Drive Boost / Crate BV120 modded

                                            Rocktron Ce1 comp boost / Crate BV120





                                        











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1 comment:

  1. If theres a way you could send me a list of your mods with a diagram.. i'd love that, i have a bluevoodoo im working on but that fuzziness is just annoying, ugh.

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