Members NixerX Posted October 9, 2008 Members Share Posted October 9, 2008 I was looking into biasing my carvin T100. Pretty cool little unit since you can have diff tube types per side. I pop the top and notice that I have to send a screw driver through all these components to reach the pot. The manual says nothing about how to bias it. Anyone here ever bias one of these crazy cool things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixtonoize Posted October 9, 2008 Members Share Posted October 9, 2008 Pop the bottom instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted October 9, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 9, 2008 Pop the bottom instead. novel idea except the trim has the recessed flat screwdriver type adjustment. thanks for the response tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey4s Posted October 9, 2008 Members Share Posted October 9, 2008 to reach the pot. The manual says nothing about how to bias it.Anyone here ever bias one of these crazy cool things? I have never worked on one of these BUT, if I understand your description correctly, it might be a good idea to slide a piece of heat-shrink over the screwdriver shaft and shrink it to reduce the risk of shock or damage. Why not contact Carvin or go to Carvin's user forum http://www.carvinmuseum.com/index.shtml to get better instructions for proper adjustment technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted October 9, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 9, 2008 I have never worked on one of these BUT, if I understand your description correctly, it might be a good idea to slide a piece of heat-shrink over the screwdriver shaft and shrink it to reduce the risk of shock or damage. Why not contact Carvin or go to Carvin's user forum http://www.carvinmuseum.com/index.shtml to get better instructions for proper adjustment technique. HEY! those are both banner suggestions. I like the heat shrink one...of course i'll double up on it cause im chicken {censored} about getting zapped. thanks! :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixtonoize Posted October 9, 2008 Members Share Posted October 9, 2008 Huh...in mine, you can get to the back side of the trim pots. Sorry that yours isn't the same...that really makes life a pain in the ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philosopherguitarist Posted April 9, 2021 Members Share Posted April 9, 2021 Did you figure out the best way to bias your T100? I'm going to try and bias mine for the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philosopherguitarist Posted April 15, 2021 Members Share Posted April 15, 2021 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted April 15, 2021 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 4/8/2021 at 10:36 PM, philosopherguitarist said: Did you figure out the best way to bias your T100? I'm going to try and bias mine for the first time 2 hours ago, philosopherguitarist said: Anyone? on the Carvin website at the bottom of the 'Technical Documents' page there is a PDF file called 'BrianD's Pictorial Guide to Biasing Tube Amps'. TBH, I have not looked at it, but it might be worth downloading before you start tinkering... I hope that you are aware of the potentially lethal voltages present in the capacitors [which should be properly discharged before performing ANY work on an amp]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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