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khanyz · Post by **khanyz** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:27 am

Neat solution. I'm trying the TC Electronics stuff out for my Acoustic.

What's the Superscreamer like?

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:04 am

nigel_khan wrote:What's the Superscreamer like?

It's a clone of a Fulldrive II, a great allrounder roughly based on a TS808, better, more balanced basic tone and a few neat voicing options.
The 2nd switch is a gain boost.
Plays equally well with SC and HB guitars.

Cheers,
susiwong

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:08 am

nigel_khan wrote:Neat solution. I'm trying the TC Electronics stuff out for my Acoustic.

Somebody's trying to sell the complete solution atm:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=317246
Maybe you can negotiate a deal ?
Ymmv,
susiwong

khanyz · Post by **khanyz** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:17 am

susiwong wrote:
nigel_khan wrote:Neat solution. I'm trying the TC Electronics stuff out for my Acoustic.
Somebody's trying to sell the complete solution atm:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=317246
Maybe you can negotiate a good price ?
Ymmv,
susiwong

Hi,

I'd prefer to go with discrete effects. I've ordered a modded Mic Muting Box from Orchid Electronics. This will split the preamp out and one will go direct to the mixer and the other will run some effects.

I'm looking at the Boss Twin pedals (Chorus Ensemble and Space Echo) but I'll check out the TC Electronic stuff.

I usually put an Art Levelar (Fixed Ratio Tube/Optical Compressor/Limiter) at the end on the chain. It adds a nice amount of colour.

Cheers,
Nigel

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sun May 15, 2011 11:01 am

nigel_khan wrote:I'm looking at the Boss Twin pedals (Chorus Ensemble and Space Echo) but I'll check out the TC Electronic stuff.

The effects from both sound great but rather different, TC is miles better regarding audio quality.
Ymmv,
susiwong

khanyz · Post by **khanyz** » Sun May 15, 2011 11:31 am

susiwong wrote:The effects from both sound great but rather different, TC is miles better regarding audio quality.
Ymmv,
susiwong

Yes I thought they would be. However, my approach to recording most things is to have a pristine direct in, and then have a very coloured effected in too. I can then blend them and add plug-ins as required. I don't mind having slightly inferior audio quality if the tone is better.

My current acoustic FX chain is EHX LPB-1, Art Tube MP (Studio V3), Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus, Guitar Tech Analog Delay (Artec rebrand which is actually digital) and Art Levelar. It's nearly the sound I want, but I need to upgrade to get closer to it.

Cheers,
Nigel

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Mon May 16, 2011 11:40 pm

susiwong wrote:Two separate fantastic compressors in one box, and you can calibrate them individually, line- or guitar level !
One half lives between preamp out and volume pedal now, bingo, no more tone loss, solved.

Genius! At the Shanghai trade show a couple years ago, I found a guy who built a power amp attenuator into a volume pedal. The thing worked beautifully.

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Tue May 17, 2011 1:31 am

The problem is not limited to my Peavey.
Many tube amps suffer from tone loss when inserting FX, e.g. Dumbles & Co.
Other solutions include:
- mod with a real tube-buffered loop
- the mythical Dumbleator which is just that, in an external box
- the Kleinulator, a MosFET version of the Dumbleator
http://www.ceriatone.com/images/layoutP ... Layout.jpg
(from the Ceriatone site)
A friend built me one, works like a charm but is a bit clumsy to use mostly due to the necessary cabling and plugs sticking out on the sides, the TC pedal solution is dual purpose by design and introduces no additional long cables.

- Mark Boogies even allowed you to do this :

A volume pedal can be plugged into this pre-amp/power amp junction jack using just one cable and will operate like a pedal operated remote Master 1 control.

Ymmv,
susiwong

cepheid · Post by **cepheid** » Thu May 26, 2011 9:51 am

justin3am wrote: Boss RPS-10 (circuit bent /w foot switch)
Boss RSD-10 (circuit bent /w foot switch)

Those sound interesting. Specially the bent RSD-10. I have been trying to bend my RSD-10 over the last few weeks. It is actually open on my workbench now, ready for my next go at the weekend. I can't find anything interesting though. Do you have any instructions for the bends you have made? Would be very interested to know the bends you have made. Can't for the life of me find much. I know there is something in there somewhere. Any tips would be gratefully received.

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Fri May 27, 2011 10:52 pm

picked up a second-hand GT-10 with flightcase in perfect condition for £220. The flightcase is just about the size i need for two boards or one big one. Everything bar the Overdrive/Distortion section or block is useable, It will mostly see use for modulation, delay and the slow gear/defretter wierd effects. Was not planned but via a friend of a friend came about. Not bad for the money, still not properly fiddled around with it/scratched the surface and its all fully editable via some USB hook-up librarian utility thing plus also as an interface (which i shall not be taking advantage of). It is decent flexable regarding routings plus I/O. Its in reality overkill for a simpleton setup guy like i am

but might encourage me to play some more clean stuff and odd stuff

Must say that i find the older GT-8 much easier to program/edit but i think i have to put that down to being familiar with the GT-6 and GT-8 units

Oh and now i have the right sized case to put the actual board in

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Fri May 27, 2011 11:54 pm

Hi Dean,
afaik the official soft is only a librarian, but there is a 3rd party editor for the GT-10.
Definitely worth a try, it's free.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fxfloorboard/
Can't say how well it works ...

Sold my GT-8 long ago, it was good standalone but sucked as a MIDI controller, the switches sent out two controllers for each hit, so the G-Major went

...
Program change and pedal were alright though, as well as the onboard functions.
Have fun,
susiwong

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Sat May 28, 2011 3:47 am

Thank you my friend for the information and link to the sourceforge thing

Feck knows why i would need just a dedicated librarian only thing as it stores plenty of user preset banks/patches as is!

I may well sell the thing myself and possibly make a few quid on it, trade it in or part-exchange for something else or whatnot. I do like the effects but am not all that keen on the 'all-in-one' approach as you know/we have talked about just having what is needed and usually that is one box for one purpose.

The flightcase that was part of the price however is great as it is just the right size for the regular stalwarts i use which you know already

Time will tell whether i keep the GT-10 or not

Have a good weekend and cheers as always

Dean

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:44 pm

My Klon(e) arrived today. Since it was made by a DIY builder, I don't know how it compares to the real thing but I'm pretty happy with it so far. As susiwong said, it works really well with Marshalls, doing a great job of making my 30th Anniversary's JTM45 channel sound like its Plexi channel and making its JMP channel sound like its JCM800 channel.

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:35 pm

Uncle E wrote:My Klon(e) arrived today. Since it was made by a DIY builder, I don't know how it compares to the real thing but I'm pretty happy with it so far. As susiwong said, it works really well with Marshalls, doing a great job of making my 30th Anniversary's JTM45 channel sound like its Plexi channel and making its JMP channel sound like its JCM800 channel.

Hey, great !
Your description makes perfect sense to me, so I guess you're fine.
Some characteristics I could add :
- very little colouring
- much more open sound than e.g. an OCD, less compression too
- very forgiving controls
- cleans up beautifully, you could leave it on all the time
- with a Marshall it just gives you more of what you have, in a wonderful way
- all this makes it less than ideal in front of a clean Fender
Have fun,
susiwong

How do you like the 6100, btw ?

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:52 am

susiwong wrote:Hey, great !
Your description makes perfect sense to me, so I guess you're fine.
Some characteristics I could add :
- very little colouring
- much more open sound than e.g. an OCD, less compression too
- very forgiving controls
- cleans up beautifully, you could leave it on all the time
- with a Marshall it just gives you more of what you have, in a wonderful way
- all this makes it less than ideal in front of a clean Fender

It seems to me that it has a character, it's just that the character is right along the lines of a Marshall so you don't hear it doing its thing. It's a total Marshall-in-a-box in front of my Black Pearl 30 and nothing has made that amp sound more like a JCM800.

How do you like the 6100, btw ?

I'm happy. The lack of reverb keeps me from resoundingly loving it but it covers the full spectrum of Marshall tones better than anything else I've heard.

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