strangedogs Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Been thinking of getting one for my VJ - anyone have one? What's the verdict on this baby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Mine is on the work bench ready to solder together. The stopping point for me in cutting holes in my grill. I'd like to figure out how not to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangedogs Posted August 9, 2008 Author Share Posted August 9, 2008 yeah - I'm with ya' there Billy... I was going to get the standalone box version so I wouldn't have to cut holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I had an idea. Rat Shack has enclosers that would work. I ordered the 10-uator with just the face. I'm going to get an enclosure and build the 10-uator in that and mount that to the back of the VJr. No mutilation and I can use it on another amp is I want. Pictures when I get back from Rat Shack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Strange Here is what I have before me pictured. I can put the 10-uator in a box I got from Radio Shack or I can use the face from the box and mount it to the grill. I'm really like the look of it on the grill. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 HOLY MOTHER OF PEARLE!!! Get it, do it, love it. I stayed up late last night and put her together. No big deal, just triple check your work before you plug her in. I went ahead and mounted it in a box since I'm heading out this afternoon but I will probably mount it as shown in the post above. Â The Sound: You know when you crank up your VJr and get those sweet, crunchy, sustainy tones? You know how you put your amp in the house and you go sit on the porch so you can crank her up to eleven and not blow out your ear drums? Well now you don't have to and to me it sounds great. I didn't expect a whole lot but it rawks! It is a must have. I have visions of sounding like Billy Gibbons now. This is as good as any mod I have done to her. Â TIP - Your line out also controls your volume. I had mine at 0 (for soldering) and thought, "what the? It's barely loud enough to hear!" Then I cranked the line out up and all was well. Â I will now resume my VJr playing experience - PHOTOS TO FOLLOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 And the pics of this amazing box of toney goodness.... Â Â Â Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 And the pics of this amazing box of toney goodness....      Glad you like it billy...but it's just an $8.95 L-pad with a cap to put back some high freqs at maximum attenuation.....and then a couple of resistors and a pot for a line out and thats it! Not much to it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I know I'm way over paying for the kit BUT I know I would never track it all down, figure it all out, learn to read a schematic. If I waited until I did all that I know I would never do it. The good news is now I know how to make myself one if I need another and I figure all of this will lead to read modding instead of kit modding. Plus, now I have some great tone without making my ears bleed. Â Oh yeah, it I think it looks pretty cool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangedogs Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 I'm totally JEALOUS now Billy! I'm ordering my L-PAD tomorrow but may want to figure out a BRITE MOD (or perhaps just a simple EQ Pedal would suffice to help boost the treble some...) First I'll do the L-Pad then figure out what's lacking tone-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Between the new sounds from the Trio mods and the 10-uator the only thing I think might be missing is reverb. My Tele is very bright and twangy with the VJr now. It can also get a nice bluesy thickness as well. I did get out a 68 Ovation Thunderbolt (335 knockoff) withhumbuckers and it was nowhere near as clean or bright. It was pretty dark. I'd say the VJr likes the single coils. I did the mod to the VT999 tube pedal as well. I have mostly been soldering wires together and haven't had hours to play with it but I don't know how it's going to outdo what I have on board now with Trio mods and the 10-uator. I think I'm to the point where I can go back to picking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phraktl Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Nope. Never used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phraktl Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I have used the newest and best Epiphone forum: Â http://epi.p3net.net/bbs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roswell Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Dum...dum...dum... another one bites the dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hell Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Strange Have you seen what I'm doing to the outside of the VJr combo? Click here to see the HELL JUNIOR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Hey billy...if you wanted to be a really nice guy...maybe you could pm strangedogs and let him know what the other component values are so he can tweak his l-pad attenuator too(or add a line out if he wants). The Hell JR looks very Kewl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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