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Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:16 pm

Awesome Reece, What do you think of them?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:30 pm

Noirie. wrote:Awesome Reece, What do you think of them?

loevz them.

the behringer is hectic.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:03 am

Before:

After:

I replaced the stock, way-out-of-speck, plastic pots with some Alpha solid shafts and white Mustang knobs. The stock ones had these flimsy little 1/8th inch plastic shafts that wiggled when you turned them. The volume went up, too - new pots had 10% more resistance and the gain jump was noticeable.

Secret Standby:

I didn't want to drill the faceplate, so it's done all stealthy-like.

This is almost a decent amp now! Just need a new handle, some resistors to make the standby soft-start, and maybe a reverb footswitch.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:33 am

PROPER ACTION!

Post by **Doog** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:16 am

Awesome stuff DSB, did you take any techie photos during the processes?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:03 pm

It's my birthday soon, so I'm hoping to get some money for some new pedals. If I get enough, the plan is (on top of the GT-OD I already use) to get:

Boss DD-3
EHX Doctor Q
A fuzz of some sort, possibly the Devi Ever Bit

So, my question is, what order do I put them in?

Overdrive > Fuzz > Delay seems fairly obvious, but where does the envelope go?

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:07 pm

Freddy V-C wrote:It's my birthday soon, so I'm hoping to get some money for some new pedals. If I get enough, the plan is (on top of the GT-OD I already use) to get:

Boss DD-3
EHX Doctor Q
A fuzz of some sort, possibly the Devi Ever Bit

So, my question is, what order do I put them in?

Overdrive > Fuzz > Delay seems fairly obvious, but where does the envelope go?

going on the basis that envelope is kinda wah like, i'm tempted to say envelope>drive>fuzz>delay. but there are no written rules.
i still have that dd-3 if you want it?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:10 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:
Freddy V-C wrote:It's my birthday soon, so I'm hoping to get some money for some new pedals. If I get enough, the plan is (on top of the GT-OD I already use) to get:

Boss DD-3
EHX Doctor Q
A fuzz of some sort, possibly the Devi Ever Bit

So, my question is, what order do I put them in?

Overdrive > Fuzz > Delay seems fairly obvious, but where does the envelope go?
going on the basis that envelope is kinda wah like, i'm tempted to say envelope>drive>fuzz>delay. but there are no written rules.
i still have that dd-3 if you want it?

I guess I could try out a few different orders, see what I like best. I would definitely still be interested in the DD-3. I'll have money in about two weeks, so PM me about how much you want for it.

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:37 am

Doog wrote:Awesome stuff DSB, did you take any techie photos during the processes?

It wouldn't have shown much. I just desoldered the stock pots (which were PCB mounted) and put in the new ones with little jumper wires. The PCB pots made it really hard to get the board out of the chassis for maintenance, so I wanted to have insulated wire leads that could flex. It's certainly much friendlier now. The standby was just a matter of disconnecting the leads from the PT's high-tap and running them to the switch, then running new wires from the switch back to the board. I need to get back in and do some lead-dress, though, because the AC lines are still a bit too close to the reverb return.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:20 pm

I got progrockabuse's DD-3 in the post today, it's awesome! This is the setup I plan on using to record with my band next week. The amp is a Rocket 15T - no, I hadn't heard of it either (and I can't find any info about it) but it sounds good.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:36 pm

Oo nice, I'm expecting Noirie's DD-3 in the post soon.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:43 pm

Hope it gets to you quickly. I tried getting out school early as possible to post it.

Reckon it will sound wicked with some reverse reverb.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:54 pm

i love all of the "how many times can we re-house the OD3?" pedals from MXR

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:12 pm

Haze wrote:i love all of the "how many times can we re-house the OD3?" pedals from MXR

You make a valid point. They sound nice though.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:33 pm

Freddy V-C wrote:

I got progrockabuse's DD-3 in the post today, it's awesome! This is the setup I plan on using to record with my band next week. The amp is a Rocket 15T - no, I hadn't heard of it either (and I can't find any info about it) but it sounds good.

glad your loving it, may it bring you much love and a notice from the noise abatement society

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:36 pm

Freddy V-C wrote:
Haze wrote:i love all of the "how many times can we re-house the OD3?" pedals from MXR
You make a valid point. They sound nice though.

I played around with a GT once, I thought it sounded better then the other MXR pedals. maybe i was just fooled by the sweet green case. Are they any different?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:46 pm

the isaac eaton wrote:
Freddy V-C wrote:
Haze wrote:i love all of the "how many times can we re-house the OD3?" pedals from MXR
You make a valid point. They sound nice though.
I played around with a GT once, I thought it sounded better then the other MXR pedals. maybe i was just fooled by the sweet green case. Are they any different?

The one's I've played are the GT-OD and the Distortion III. Obviously if they were exactly the same, I wouldn't have forked out the extra cash for the GT-OD. I personally found that they sounded pretty much exactly the same with gain turned to full, but the GT-OD cleaned up a lot more nicely. With the gain low and the tone high you can get some pretty good funky sounds.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:59 pm

i like pedals that clean up nicely with your volume pot on the guitar. i find some pedals struggle with this. my tonebender and classic fuzz clean up really well. the DLS cleans up nice to. the tubescreamer tends to lose more volume than the others. i just leave it set as a slightly dirt boost.

i have a new pedal, fran came over with his crybaby wah, which gave him my Boss digital metalizer. he also took my power driver too. the wah is pretty much brand new, even got the plastic still on it. it's just the standard model, but it sounds more balanced than my old one. the switch was going in my old one. might sell it cheap for some one to mod/fix up.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:27 pm

Aye i love my Mister Crybaby Wah, which i believe is just a standard crybaby with a passive volume thing. It goes well with distorted tones too, unlike my other wahs i've had, which just sounds like "one or the other" as far as "sweep" goes

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:41 pm

I have an older crybaby that has a bunch of mods on it (true bypass, 2 internal trimpots, one for Q and one for output volume, and a super bright LED) it works great, wonderful sweep and a goes well with distorted tones, even works well with fuzz, which is rare on a wah.