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Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2025 8:47 pm
by Mickey242
Really want to fix my Sovtek MIg-50 but cant find a reliable schematic.

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2025 10:21 pm
by TylerDeadPine
Mickey242 wrote: Sun Aug 31, 2025 8:47 pm Really want to fix my Sovtek MIg-50 but cant find a reliable schematic.
It’s generally a bassman, what’s wrong with it? I have one, have had to fix it without schematic

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:09 am
by Dr Tony Balls
Mickey242 wrote: Sun Aug 31, 2025 8:47 pm Really want to fix my Sovtek MIg-50 but cant find a reliable schematic.
Its EHX, there arent reliable schematics and there are variations, but in general the Mig 50 is a plexi type amp. Both of these schematics come up and are very close to each other, certainly enough for repair:

https://schematicheaven.net/newamps/sovtek_mig50.pdf
https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?a ... 2110;image

This is not to be confused with a Mig-50H, however, which is cascaded front end 2203/2204 style circuit.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Sun Aug 31, 2025 10:21 pm It’s generally a bassman
Tweed Bassman, not SF/BF, but the disambiguation is key.

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 11:20 am
by TylerDeadPine
I’ve had a couple migs since the early 2000s - the Russian writing on components was not as easy to follow for values as I had hoped, ha. The mig50h is especially a pain to work on due to the size

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 8:07 pm
by Kniferide
mdc wrote: Sun Aug 31, 2025 7:29 pm charge pumps?
Which is an option. I've built 9 to 18vdc Change pumps in the past and it's pretty easy to do. I know they can add some high oscillation noise, and on a mic pre that might be more apparent than with a guitar pedal. These will be for me, so Maybe I'll experiment with my own lunchbox format. 6-8 channels is more than I need, but I'd like them to be spaced PRE-EQ, PRE-EQ, PRE-EQ... or, just a box of preamps, and a box of EQ's. Probably never actually get around to doing it. Just thinking it through.

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 8:04 am
by mdc
Those particular yamaha boards sell for a not-insubstantial amount of money; you could always flip it for $$$ and buy something that's closer to the form factor you're after. I'm not too up on those boards, but iirc they're the ones with API-compatible discrete opamps in the 2-bus? Are the direct-outs on it pre or post-eq?

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 11:12 am
by bassdriver
mdc wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 8:04 am Those particular yamaha boards sell for a not-insubstantial amount of money; you could always flip it for $$$ and buy something that's closer to the form factor you're after. I'm not too up on those boards, but iirc they're the ones with API-compatible discrete opamps in the 2-bus? Are the direct-outs on it pre or post-eq?
I was about to suggest checking the schematic too. For the mic preamps you could simply use the mic input and then add an output post coupling cap of the mic preamp. For the EQs you could possibly use the line ins , and depending on where the inserts are placed in the circuit use those for outputs. Or just add an output where the board is connected to the fader. A box with 6 or 8 of those channels wouldn’t be huge.

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 12:42 pm
by Kniferide
bassdriver wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 11:12 am
mdc wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 8:04 am Those particular yamaha boards sell for a not-insubstantial amount of money; you could always flip it for $$$ and buy something that's closer to the form factor you're after. I'm not too up on those boards, but iirc they're the ones with API-compatible discrete opamps in the 2-bus? Are the direct-outs on it pre or post-eq?
I was about to suggest checking the schematic too. For the mic preamps you could simply use the mic input and then add an output post coupling cap of the mic preamp. For the EQs you could possibly use the line ins , and depending on where the inserts are placed in the circuit use those for outputs. Or just add an output where the board is connected to the fader. A box with 6 or 8 of those channels wouldn’t be huge.
Yep. I need to find time to open it up and look again. We plugged it in and did a little test and you get nothing from the master section at all, but I was able to get signal from a bunch of the channels out of the insert send. It is in really bad physical condition. Worst case, I see people flip the transformers for these old Yamaha boards from time to time. Still would be cool to try to completely bring it back to life but time is expensive.

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:50 pm
by GuyLaCroix
GuyLaCroix wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:35 pm We picked up an Acoustic bass 410 in the practice space a while back with a 'free' sticker. Sat it under the main cabinet and forgot about it .

Got around to plugging it in- nothing. Pulled the box out of the back with the circuit board for the tweeter, speakon etc etc stuff in there. A capacitor has come loose and looks busted. I think it's just a replacement and we're good to go. Took it home to investigate further. Will report back.
The circuit board under the cap reads "47-1W-MF"

Easy peasey part, or bespoke nigh-unobtainable slab of coveted electronic doodadery?

Re: Current DIY projects you are working on ... or planning on.

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2025 1:47 am
by matttkkkk
GuyLaCroix wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:50 pmThe circuit board under the cap reads "47-1W-MF"
This looks more like a resistor spec - 47 ohm, 1 watt, metal film. Did it look like one of these?
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