Hey guys.
Thought some of you might like this!
It sounds simple and stupid, but it works. It doesn't work nearly as well as the power conditioners I make for audiophile purposes, but none the less the benefits to amplifiers for musical instruments is apparent. Basically what you want is film capacitors rated for AC voltage, at around 110uf, but 100uf in this case for cost purposes. The more capacitors you use the better, but I'm recommending something that'll cost less than $50 potentially.
I used
four of these because they are really cheap. You just put them in a box, connect them from line to neutral, so in parallel to your incoming AC cord and AC receptacle going out (Type in "Leviton hospital" and you can get a good one for $5 that otherwise cost $20). The only issue is you have to remember that it is best to unplug the device before you turn off your equipment to discharge the capacitors if you want to avoid any charge. I used a relay that turns on when the device is powered, and the capacitors voltage drop across it very fast once unplugged. My plan it to attach a large 50w resistor to the relay so it'll completely discharge instantly. You don't have too, you just have to remember that there is a charge that you wouldn't want across your fingers if you touched the blades of your plug for whatever reason.
I do stress AC mains are not to be toyed with, so don't mess around here if you are not confident in what you are doing. If anyone REALLY needs a schematic or whatever I can make one. There are other levels of filtration, but my problem with them is that you have to dedicate sockets, so in this application I prefer something you could plug a power strip into because who knows, you might want to plug in 10 pedals to the same device! Or maybe your band can all plug into it at the same time.
But anyways it'll make your Tode EXTRA sweet sounding in tone, very easy on the ears. It won't interfere with any normal operation. This will do oogles of better things than upgrading the power cord will (although I recommend 12ga even though you don't need it; since I have yet to find a situation where I haven't preferred 12ga or larger, why is a good question).
