In my current pedal set up i have a little big muff running into a stereo chorus (with other pedals before and after)
Last night my LBM was sounding like absolute crap, HUGE volume drop even when volume on max about a 0.5 second delay when turning on and the worst sounding fuzz tone I've ever heard. After about 30 minutes going through all the pedals and cables I realised that when I removed my MXR stereo chorus the LBM sounded perfect, exactly the same as when i ran guitar -> LBM -> Amp.
When the chorus was on my pedal board it sounded fine, and it sounds fine by itself but just when running the two together the Muff sounds crap.
I have tested the patch cables to an extent and I don't believe it to be this at the moment, although I could be wrong. The chorus I barely use and I only use 1 setting which is very subtle, so I guess maybe it's possible it's always been slightly broken but I never realised and have just become used to the sound.
Also once I think I may have used a 9v daisy chain instead of the 18v power supply for a second before realising, could this have somehow fried the chorus?
Thanks Shortscalers
MXR stereo chorus & Little Big Muff Problem
Moderated By: mods
Sounds like an impedance problem to me. I'll crack open my electronics books and see if I have a possible solution for you.
But upon reading that you used 9v versus 18v on the chorus, you may be getting a lack of headroom. You could try getting a proper 18v powersupply for it (surely it must use batteries if not?) and then trying it in your chain.
But upon reading that you used 9v versus 18v on the chorus, you may be getting a lack of headroom. You could try getting a proper 18v powersupply for it (surely it must use batteries if not?) and then trying it in your chain.
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