I double checked the grounds, two were kind of iffy looking under better light, so I resoldered them. I tightened all of the ground point nuts (they were pretty tight, but I wanted to make sure. Powered her up, and now the only noise I get is when one of the vol pots is above 11. Stays quiet then some hiss appears when the pot goes above 10.5 or 11. I'm not that worried about that, cause I love sitting in that brown sound zone anyway.
I am so very glad I installed the VRM module. Man this thing is loud. The VRM really adds to the practicallity of the amp, but as well, as others have mentioned, at really low volumes, the VRM really adds an interesting flavour to the sound. Cool.
I remeasured my voltages, does anyone think some of the variance is a problem, or is everything within normal limits:
(recommended voltages in brackets) V1 - pin1 133 (120), pin3 2.3 (2.0), pin6 120 (123), pin8 2.3 (2.0) V2 - pin1 156 (167), pin3 1.8 (1.1), pin6 195 (157), pin8 51 (70.5) V3 - pin3 396 (380), pin4 354 (338), pin8 22(22) V4 - pin3 397 (382), pin4 354 (339), pin8 22(22)
Other than that, I love the tone. Trying the different inputs, I really like the differences. After playing for about 15 min, it seems my favorite right now is the bright lo input, but that can and will change.
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