Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 06 Mar 2010, 20:01
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Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 06 Mar 2010, 20:57
i don't think it would be that hard to figure it out from the pics, with a bit of patience.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 06 Mar 2010, 21:05
I tried once, but it wasn't easy. I'll see what I can do..
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 16:10
I didn't read through all 5 pages, but is this the same treble/bass boost found in Vox guitars?
If so I think I drew it out as I've had to fix a couple of those.
Like a Lynx 12string with built in fuzz, wah, repeat percussion, tuner and of course T&B boost.
that was a pain in the rear.
If so I think I drew it out as I've had to fix a couple of those.
Like a Lynx 12string with built in fuzz, wah, repeat percussion, tuner and of course T&B boost.
that was a pain in the rear.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 07:28
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 09:39
i believe it is. a schematic would be great as the owner seems to have gone AWOL.drewl wrote:I didn't read through all 5 pages, but is this the same treble/bass boost found in Vox guitars?
If so I think I drew it out as I've had to fix a couple of those.
Like a Lynx 12string with built in fuzz, wah, repeat percussion, tuner and of course T&B boost.
that was a pain in the rear.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 20:10
I'll see if I can find my notes from when I worked on it.....that's the hard part....finding my notes...
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 00:29
HELP -
I have the later Vox box version - Made in Italy. (twenty 25 years ago I had the skinny chrome version).
But the box version came in the mail, and after hooking up the 9volt battery, I noticed one of the wires is off where it's supposed to connect to. It's coming off the 9V power and is supposed to run, I guess, onto the board part.
Picture is here:
So where does the red wire go to? I am guessing to the area of the brownish circle. Someone please help confirm!
Thanks.
I have the later Vox box version - Made in Italy. (twenty 25 years ago I had the skinny chrome version).
But the box version came in the mail, and after hooking up the 9volt battery, I noticed one of the wires is off where it's supposed to connect to. It's coming off the 9V power and is supposed to run, I guess, onto the board part.
Picture is here:
So where does the red wire go to? I am guessing to the area of the brownish circle. Someone please help confirm!
Thanks.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 01:39
analogguru wrote:
I don´t have a schematic or good guts, the onlything I gathered is this inside-photo:
http://analogguru.an.ohost.de/temp/Vox_ ... acks_c.jpg
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 02:16
Thanks for showing where that red one goes.Electric Warrior wrote:analogguru wrote:
I don´t have a schematic or good guts, the onlything I gathered is this inside-photo:
http://analogguru.an.ohost.de/temp/Vox_ ... acks_c.jpg
Looks like the white wire and yellow wires in the two different pictures are going two different places. Odd.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 17 Jun 2010, 04:38
Woooow!!!
Thank you very much Pedalman!
I hope to see a correct schematic soon
Thank you very much Pedalman!
I hope to see a correct schematic soon
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 27 Jun 2010, 06:24
I didn't understand the input network from the description... 
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster [schematic]
Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 21:08
soooo sorry folks! forgot pw and forgot that i made this enjoy. Note: S1 and S2 is a DPDT slide switch.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 08 Feb 2011, 21:31
so where do i find those 2SB175's or a Low Hfe equivalent? I thought i had found some once but i've forgot where.
I'd like to do some mods but i need a clone first, cuz i ain't chopping up this unicorn.
I'd like to do some mods but i need a clone first, cuz i ain't chopping up this unicorn.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 09 Feb 2011, 16:35
ebay for instance: http://cgi.ebay.de/2SB175-Transistor-x- ... 588c323337
http://cgi.ebay.de/8-x-Matsushita-2SB17 ... 588c778c99
These were available in different gain groups, marked A (55-130), B (85-220) and C (150-360). What type is the one in your booster?
http://cgi.ebay.de/8-x-Matsushita-2SB17 ... 588c778c99
These were available in different gain groups, marked A (55-130), B (85-220) and C (150-360). What type is the one in your booster?
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 14 Dec 2011, 00:20
Jus in case anyone wanted to know, the treble/bass booster found in 60's Vox guitars such as the Starstreamer and Ultrasonic, etc... is basically the same as the Vox Treble-bass booster V8401 schematic Ron Neely posted earlier in this thread. You can use the same schematic + just change the resistor values + omit R5.
The differences are as follows:
-R1 is 56K, not 36K
-R2 is 150K, not 430K
-R3 is 22K, not 220K
-R4 is 68K, not 180K
-R5 is omitted entirely
-R6 is 560K, not 1meg
Q1 is a BC109b with Hfe of ~250 and biases up to ~4.8v at the collector with the above changes.
The above was traced from a 1968 Vox Ultrasonic guitar.
The differences are as follows:
-R1 is 56K, not 36K
-R2 is 150K, not 430K
-R3 is 22K, not 220K
-R4 is 68K, not 180K
-R5 is omitted entirely
-R6 is 560K, not 1meg
Q1 is a BC109b with Hfe of ~250 and biases up to ~4.8v at the collector with the above changes.
The above was traced from a 1968 Vox Ultrasonic guitar.
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 14 Dec 2011, 07:34
How sure are you about the 4.8v? I built it and so did a bunch of others and if wired properly with a 200+ hfe transistor, the C voltage is ~ 1.6-1.8acidfuzz wrote: Q1 is a BC109b with Hfe of ~250 and biases up to ~4.8v at the collector with the above changes.
When I built it, I did a test with various transistors:
hfe/ C voltage
42 / 2.20
70 / 1.88
200 / 1.72
228 / 1.56
304 / 1.62
...using 1M, not 560K, but that shouldn't do it.
calculations can be found here:
https://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/ ... #msg815603
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 15 Feb 2012, 21:28
I'm sure I got 4.5v @ the collector. Did you also omit R5?
Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 16 Feb 2012, 07:09
We built is by the schematic above...and it sound killer. the only thing I changed was the 500K pot to 50K, whcih gave me a far better sweep.acidfuzz wrote:I'm sure I got 4.5v @ the collector. Did you also omit R5?
Did you check out the link above. I don't understand the calculations, but one of the really good guys figured it out. It would be nearly impossible to get 4.5v if wired as the schematic shows.
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"> where do i take the calculations from that point
It is a 430K:220K voltage divider, probably.
IF the amp has a bias-point (if it "works"), we know the tap is 0.55V.
What voltage do we need at the top of 430K:220K to get 0.55V?
0.55V * (430K+220K)/220K
I work it out to be 1.625V.
This assumes the Base draws ZERO current from the voltage divider.
There IS base current. How much? Do we have to account for it?
2N5232 spec is given as "beta: 250-500". This is similar to 2N3904 beta. But such numbers are usually at 1mA. Beta may be less at the low 0.025mA here. The 2N3904 data shows hFE "typical" very flat from 0.1mA to 10mA. It may be (must be) down some at low-low current (and the hard-data says so), but maybe not by much. Let us take "250" as the current gain. If collector current is 0.025mA then base current is 0.025mA/250= 0.000,1mA. This must flow in the 430K resistor. 0.000,1mA*430K is 0.043V added drop.
So now the collector voltage which makes the base happy is 1.625V+0.043V or 1.668V. If hFE were higher, it would be less. But even if hFE were infinite we'd be back to the 1.625V assumption. (Base current is much less than divider current.) So collector voltage CAN'T vary by much. It has got to be in the 1.6V-1.7V range.
(I musta counted too fast when I figured 1.5V-1.6V.)
OK if collector is near 1.6V and supply is 9V, then there is 9V-1.6V= 7.4V across the 180K collector load. This current must be 7.4V/18K= 0.04mA. That's somewhat higher than our "in the middle" estimate. Go back and squint/extrapolate Vbe for 0.04mA. Might be nearer 0.58V. Voltage-divider means to get 0.58V at base the collector must sit near 1.69V. The base current is higher but still small compared to divider current. We might pencil 1.7V as our expected voltage.
EDIT: Oh!! I forgot the 100K collector to ground! This is an odd feature (it makes the clipping less asymmetrical). There's a couple ways to account for its effect. Obviously if collector is anywhere near 1.6V, then there is 1.6V/100K or 0.016mA in the 100K. That means 0.016mA less in transistor. So the "0.04mA" is more like 0.024mA. Vbe is lower, maybe 0.056V. Collector may be 1.65V, or a wee bit more. No big difference. "
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Re: Vox / Orange / Apollo - Treble and Bass Booster
Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 21:18
Based on AG schematic I did this