What's the catch? (epi valve junior content)

[Shag101]

The VJ is very loud.
I have been toying with the idea of finding someone to add a master volume to it.  One guy posted the below.  He said it does the trick.  


"I used a 1M linear pot and some two conductor shielded cable. With the pot shaft facing me and the pins at the bottom, I number them (left to right) 1 2 3. The braided shield was connected to pin 1.  
Drill a small hole in the pcb by R5/R15 (mounted on the underside)  
Disconnect R5 and R15  
Feed the cable through the hole and make all connections on the bottom side  
Connect pin 1 to the ground end of R5 (the shield)  
Connect pin 3 to the other end of R5  
Connect pin 2 (the wiper) to R15"

[DeanS]

Oh yes, 5 watts is loud.. in fact half as loud as a 50 watter!!

[dave_mc]

^ ^ cool! To be honest, I quite like the fact that it doesn't have a master volume- i have my engl if I need lots of dirt at low volumes, I'm quite taken with the vintage simplicity of the VJ, to be honest. (EDIT: and if I do decide I need more dirt, I'll probably invest in an OD or clean boost, as I've been half thinking of one of those for a while now- now I have another excuse to get one! I love how you buy something cheap to save money, and then end up buying lots of other things for it... :lol: )

But it's nice to know there's quite a simple fix if I decide otherwise- I know there are loads of websites as well devoted to VJ mods.

:drink:

^ yeah, that's true- but it's definitely louder with a 4x12 than a 1x12 (or 1x8!) :lol:

[genocidal tendencies]

Personally I really like the idea of using a light bulb as a sort of attenuator (http://www.valvejunior.com). Not sure how it would sound, but I love the idea of an amp lighting up when you play it. You could even carve a face in the front of it and play in the dark.