5150 tinkering..

[guitarded13]

Hello all, Ive had my 5150 script head since 95 and finally decided to mod it. I've searched high and low for may hours for pics regarding the infamous cameron mods. i've downloaded the schematics and i believe ive found a few of the caps and resistors, but i'd like to verify with some pics as the pcb isnt numbered like my carvin bel air (hasserl modded) and laney lc15. any help would be truly appreciated!

(side note, the dropbox links in the 5150 cameron mod thread are not working, and ive found other links to photobucked etc and all the pics have been removed. i did my homework, just didnt find anything).

 

[wIsEbLooD]

"I spoke to Mark Cameron tonight and he said it was okay to reveal the mods he gave me for the 5150.... so here is what has been done to my amp:

V5B(middle preamp tube add 10pf silver mica cap to pins 7 and 8. This is the main mod!!!
R9: piggyback a resistor on top of the 1 meg resistor. I used a 120k based on feel. You can try out 68k, 100k, 120k, 150k, etc. This tightened up the map a lot!
C26: cut one leg for less bottom end on the rhythm channel
C15: bypass cap for better "feel"

I tried tinkering with R15 and using Marshall vlaues, but it took too much away from the original sound. The 39k is the SLO value as well.

There you have it. Have fun getting a killer 5150 sound

Thanks Mark!!"

 

[wIsEbLooD]

pics

 

[bmf5150]

Any clips of this mod??

 

[guitarded13]

I cant say thanks enough wiseblood. I had 3 of em right the piggyback deal threw me off though, that would have taken me awhile! I should have it up and blaring in a few hours. Im doing the switch thing so i can compare it to stock, so I'll leave some feedback when i'm done. Salut!

 

[guitarded13]

If I have time i may throw some sound clips up today..