V1 Mod on 2203

Hi All!
I opended my 2203 (77) and see two 39K (orange/white/orange) on V1 pin 2 and pin 6... Two shielded wires are running from input jacks to V1. What is this mod

Did J

Anybody here

C'mon, need help for that

Did J

hi
the mod only lower the value of the input grid res. (from 68K to 39K - one for each input) in order to achieve a darker tone.
The lower the res. the darker the tone and the more "pepper" in the preamp.
Do not remove that res. at all.
bye
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Hey hotguit ! thank you so much to answer my question, I was thinking that nobody was here
you right this amp is deadly dark, it's make sense now !

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