Author Topic: i know this has been covered, but need some answers on biasing a vintage Model T  (Read 7506 times)

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Offline Colossus76

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on the back it has the bias adjustment and bias test jacks. i have read that the factory bias setting is -55v for these amps ('74 T). so, i place one of the probes inside the bias test jack and the other on the chassis and adjust the bias adjustment with a flathead screwdriver. i just need to know, which probe (pos. or neg.) goes on the chassis and which one in the bias test. thanks.

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on the back it has the bias adjustment and bias test jacks. i have read that the factory bias setting is -55v for these amps ('74 T). so, i place one of the probes inside the bias test jack and the other on the chassis and adjust the bias adjustment with a flathead screwdriver. i just need to know, which probe (pos. or neg.) goes on the chassis and which one in the bias test. thanks.

Normally probes are black and red colored. What makes them positive or negative depends on which meter port they are plugged into.

I plug the black lead into my ground (or common) port on the meter. I plug the red lead into the "other" meter port (this will vary by meter). I insert the black lead into the bias test jack on the amp, and connect the red lead to the chassis.

I use an analog meter. This allows me to read negative volts.

If you have a user guide for your meter, look up how to read volts - and with some digitals, the polarity of the voltage doesn't matter like it does with analog meters.

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do what joe tells you.   don't question him.  seriously.   

hey joe, what is the mod for the sec gen mids selection swith to be bypassed at zero (????).  read something of this in a post the other day around here.

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hey joe, what is the mod for the sec gen mids selection swith to be bypassed at zero (????).  read something of this in a post the other day around here.

Didn't you do this mod to your second generation T?

If you place your midrange rotary control at zero, and can hear any difference in sound when you flip the midrange frequency selection switch between any of it's three positions...

Then maybe you didn't.


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all i did is the master volume mod.   didn't do the mid selector mod.   i just happen to read it the other day and it peaked my curiousity.

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I did the mid mod. Makes it a much better bass amp.
Isaac