NAD SV20H

[paul-e-mann]

I'm putting my money on @pedecamp wanting a Mini Jubilee next. It will probably arrive around the end of 2020.

No way, Jube tone sounds like yuk! Ya know, but you talked me into it I'll order it tonight!

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

No way, Jube tone sounds like yuk! Ya know, but you talked me into it I'll order it tonight!

Congratulations on your new amp brother, I am betting ya keep this one !!
Cheers Mitch

 

[marshallmellowed]

Something I forgot to mention, I want to dig up my old band mates and take this amp for a spin in a band setting to really see what it can do.

Do it at night, and preferably before Winter, before the ground freezes.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Do it at night, and preferably before Winter, before the ground freezes.

I'm gonna need a backhoe!

 

[Midnight Blues]

YEAH BABY! Congrats and HNMAD!

 

[KelvinS1965]

After such a long wait, congratulations. Looks like you jumper yours the same way I've been doing mine (bottom left to top right)...I then swap between which input I use for the guitar as some suit the top left and others the bottom right.

Funny that I've just rotated my heads around and put my Mini Jubilee 2525H back and put the SV20H away. Quite different amps, but both useful in their own ways.

I might take my SV20H to the rehearsal studio tomorrow night as they have some 4x12 cabs it sounds good through.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Damn it, the presence pot is making a bunch of noise when turning it, kind of reminds me of that sound when you blow into a mic. What to do.......maybe call the store and have them order me another one and swap this one in when it comes in.

On a positive note, I'm still digging it, making plans to redo my home made Orange cab if you remember when I built that, and turn it into an SV20 cab with greenbacks this weekend.

 

[KelvinS1965]

That presence knob noise is normal (it's mentioned in the manual apparently). Since you don't normally move it when playing it doesn't matter really. It came up in the main SV20H thread recently, so no point calling the store to change it. Just carry one playing it and digging it.

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

Damn it, the presence pot is making a bunch of noise when turning it, kind of reminds me of that sound when you blow into a mic. What to do.......maybe call the store and have them order me another one and swap this one in when it comes in.

On a positive note, I'm still digging it, making plans to redo my home made Orange cab if you remember when I built that, and turn it into an SV20 cab with greenbacks this weekend.

Take it easy ped it’s going to be fine brother

 

[paul-e-mann]

Take it easy ped it’s going to be fine brother

You're all over the place here Mitch, does anybody else have a noisy presence pot? Do some digging for me and find out, thanks buddy!

 

[ken361]

few of us do no biggie

 

[Michael Roe]

Damn it, the presence pot is making a bunch of noise when turning it, kind of reminds me of that sound when you blow into a mic. What to do.......maybe call the store and have them order me another one and swap this one in when it comes in.

On a positive note, I'm still digging it, making plans to redo my home made Orange cab if you remember when I built that, and turn it into an SV20 cab with greenbacks this weekend.

I did a vid on it a while ago.
Does it sound like this?
If so it is normal!

 

[paul-e-mann]

I did a vid on it a while ago.
Does it sound like this?
If so it is normal!

Why is that considered normal? Did you try spraying it?

 

[Michael Roe]

Why is that considered normal? Did you try spraying it?

That sound in the vid is completely normal. It is typical of the plexi circuit to do that. Remember, you probably will not be twisting that knob while playing.
You could ask one of the amp tech gurus on this site to give you a more descriptive reason for it but from what I remember it has something to do with there being a DC voltage on that pot.

 

[Michael Roe]

Oh, and I guess I should say that, no, I never tried spraying the pot. I never thought there was anything wrong with it.

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

You're all over the place here Mitch, does anybody else have a noisy presence pot? Do some digging for me and find out, thanks buddy!

I have to agree with kelvinS
As I have also read it here on the SV classic thread, it’s a normal occurrence, I am willing to bet my origin does the same thing if that’s the only knob you’re twisting.
I will have a go with it and get back to ya!
Cheers Mitch

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

Ok my Dsl40c’s are quiet
My origin is quiet, I can in the next day or so have my buddy John try his and see if it’s the same as yours.
Cheers Mitch

 

[paul-e-mann]

Oh, and I guess I should say that, no, I never tried spraying the pot. I never thought there was anything wrong with it.

It was making me wonder if this noisy pot was affecting tone at all.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Ok my Dsl40c’s are quiet
My origin is quiet, I can in the next day or so have my buddy John try his and see if it’s the same as yours.
Cheers Mitch

Somebody have a Super Lead, does it do it on that? Or is just these small amps?

 

[marshallmellowed]

Since the SV20 is supposedly modeled off of the 1959 circuit, I could see if my 1959 does this.