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Post by mcamp on Feb 5, 2020 14:53:31 GMT
Since this forum hasn't been populated lately, I thought I would add something new. I recently got some new equipment: Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb reissue, and a pedal by Keeley Electronics called Monterey (a multi effect pedal that has tons of Hendrix sounds; wah, uni-vibe, rotary speaker, fuzz, and octave). I'm still playing around with it to get certain sounds/ tones, and loving the fuzz. I traded in some of my relix's: an 80's MXR Phase 90 w/ original box (save those boxes people), and 80's BOSS DS-1 distortion, a later version of Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb, and one that became collectible, a Mu-Tron C-200 Volume-Wah, a pedal I bought new back in the early 80's. With the sale, I was able to purchase the new stuff for short money. You know when you are old...when the equipment you bought in your younger days has now become vintage and collectible. I have totally transformed my sound, and cleaned up my pedal board. I still have a Fender Hot Rod DeVille (4, 10" speakers)...now being cleaned up....but with it's 60W, I could never push it, unless I was playing a big room, which rarely happens. The big plus with my new amp; tube tremolo, a sound I have always loved. When I get my DeVille back from the shop, I'm thinking of using it as a pure clean channel, and switch between the two with an A/B switch.
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Post by CAPTAIN on Feb 5, 2020 23:54:48 GMT
good move.tastes change.about 8 months ago i sold off a bunch of stuff and bought a gt 1000,love it.lots of playing and programing.never ending options.
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Post by mcamp on Feb 6, 2020 17:36:50 GMT
good move.tastes change.about 8 months ago i sold off a bunch of stuff and bought a gt 1000,love it.lots of playing and programing.never ending options. I got away from the big programmable multi-effect units years ago, and went back to the stompbox route. As I mentioned, I have the Keeley petal, a BOSS DD-5 digital delay, BOSS tuner, and a Fulltone Full Drive....and the amp has reverb, and tremolo; pretty much fills my pallette. All the pedals are housed on a Pedaltrain board, and powered by a Voodoo Lab power supply.
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Post by mcamp on Feb 10, 2020 17:38:01 GMT
I wanted to try to bridge the channels on my Fender amp...just got off the phone with Fender, and a person picked up right way....I told the person that it was refreshing to get a person right away. He said it can be done with a patch cord between the two channels. I was also looking at an A/B/Y switcher box, which I can also switch between the two channels, or play both channels simultaneously. I also suggested that it would be good to have a pedal that is used to turn the reverb/ tremelo on and off, to have an LED light so you can see it the reverb/ tremelo is on or off.
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jeff
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Post by jeff on Sept 24, 2020 0:51:08 GMT
I think (not sure) your channels will be out of phase on a Deluxe Reverb if you run them both at the same time because of an additional gain stage on the reverb channel. Should be able to do the A/B thing tho.
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Post by andrewm on Sept 28, 2021 10:50:46 GMT
I have purchased some new gear over the last few months. Bit lower on the scale. I got my self and Epiphone SG after reading some good reviews about the new ones. I actually can't believe how good it really is. I actually prefer it to my old late 60s Les Paul I got rid of a couple of years ago. It just has a great feel and I think it makes my average playing a bit less average.
Also after being bombarded by ads and a good tax return I bought one of those spark amps. Its made me get back and playing alot more and enjoying playing more. The only think I think is missing is a wah.
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Post by The Ocean on Sept 28, 2021 13:33:47 GMT
I have purchased some new gear over the last few months. Bit lower on the scale. I got my self and Epiphone SG after reading some good reviews about the new ones. I actually can't believe how good it really is. I actually prefer it to my old late 60s Les Paul I got rid of a couple of years ago. It just has a great feel and I think it makes my average playing a bit less average. Also after being bombarded by ads and a good tax return I bought one of those spark amps. Its made me get back and playing alot more and enjoying playing more. The only think I think is missing is a wah. Do you have a particular wah sound you like? Over the years I've had four wah pedals (two of which I still have). The Cry Baby, as classic as it is, I have always hated. I love my Bad Horsie 2 the most, and I also really like my Dan-o-Wah. The Dan-o-Wah may be "cheap" in some sense, but I think the sound it gets on those 60s psychedelic rock wahs and the 70s funky wahs is actually really exceptional.
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Post by andrewm on Sept 28, 2021 23:03:31 GMT
I am Ok with mnost. I had an old one years ago that I think was a cheapie. But it was fine. Also the one some zoom multi effects I had was nice. I do prefer manual but and such a charlatan that I can cope with auto too
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Post by steinberger on Nov 26, 2021 4:17:47 GMT
I borrowed a Keeley Monterey pedal from a friend and I have to say you made a wise choice there, that pedal kicks ass! I'm going to have to rethink maybe buying that, it fell off my radar but now I'm in the market for a good UniVibe since I've been working on some Robin Trower, I'll have to check that pedal out again. The Fuzz is one of the best I've heard too. Keeley makes awesome pedals, I have the DDR, which I really like.
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Post by xtitopadhy on Feb 10, 2022 17:41:06 GMT
good move.tastes change.about 8 months ago i sold off a bunch of stuff and bought a gt 1000,love it.lots of playing and programing.never ending options.
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