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$title = "Taming the Tone Master's Raspy Drive Channel";
$tech_tip = '
It\'s a snap to fix the characteristic raspiness of the Fender Tone
Master\'s drive channel.  One ceramic cap, soldered across the output
of the phase-inverter smooths it right out.  The exact value is
variable depending on personal preference and the top-end character of
the speakers being used.  The effective range is between 100pF and
.001uF (1000pF).  The cap gets wired into the circuit in the same
position as the 47pF parasitic suppressor found in 5F6-A based Fenders
and Marshalls (among others).  If you have difficulty deciding on
exactly which value to settle on, a multi-position rotary switch can
be installed in place of the extension speaker jack to facilitate
swapping the cap size on the fly.  It ends up working like a very
effective presence control (which the Tone Master is devoid of), and
allows variable smoothing of the razz to suit.
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