Sorry, they did have separate EQs but the Overdrive channel still had too little bass for me.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:35 pm
by Doog
More on this dull saga:
In order to tame the nastier highs of the Valvestate that you just can't dial out, I've come up with the genius solution of a patch lead with a cap installed. It acts as a passive tone control when placed in the FX loop, the level of which is controllable using the FX loop mix dial on the amp's front panel.
BAM: warm tonez. Works surprisingly well, and certainly makes the VS a far worthier stand-in.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:21 pm
by ohyeahfuzzbear
Doog wrote:More on this dull saga:
In order to tame the nastier highs of the Valvestate that you just can't dial out, I've come up with the genius solution of a patch lead with a cap installed. It acts as a passive tone control when placed in the FX loop, the level of which is controllable using the FX loop mix dial on the amp's front panel.
BAM: warm tonez. Works surprisingly well, and certainly makes the VS a far worthier stand-in.
My valvestate has some nasty highs that I can't seem to get rid of aswell... How would one go about doing the patch lead-cap thing?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:23 pm
by Bacchus
Good thinking.
I sorted that problem by using only the cheapest patch cables.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:34 pm
by Thom
My solution to tame those nasty highs was to use my Jag-Stang.
Guitar and amp match made in heaven.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:36 pm
by Doog
ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:My valvestate has some nasty highs that I can't seem to get rid of aswell... How would one go about doing the patch lead-cap thing?
Basically you need a patch cable that has unscrewable jacks so you can get at the precious, precious connections.
You just connect the capacitor between the hot and the ground lugs of one jack, making sure it's not touching anything else. I had to make "flying leads" from the jack as my rather bulky cap (pinched from a dead OD pedal) wouldn't fit inside the jack itself.
I guess if you used the right value of cap, it'd have a subtle effect so you wouldn't necessarily need a FX loop mix dial- it'd just attenuate the highs a little.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 7:24 pm
by Doog
[youtube][/youtube] Get a load of my... most boring gear demo everrrrrrr!
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 7:29 pm
by ohyeahfuzzbear
Doog wrote:
ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:My valvestate has some nasty highs that I can't seem to get rid of aswell... How would one go about doing the patch lead-cap thing?
Basically you need a patch cable that has unscrewable jacks so you can get at the precious, precious connections.
You just connect the capacitor between the hot and the ground lugs of one jack, making sure it's not touching anything else. I had to make "flying leads" from the jack as my rather bulky cap (pinched from a dead OD pedal) wouldn't fit inside the jack itself.
I guess if you used the right value of cap, it'd have a subtle effect so you wouldn't necessarily need a FX loop mix dial- it'd just attenuate the highs a little.
This should really help! Thanks man...
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 7:35 pm
by dots
Doog wrote:you can get at the precious, precious connections.
hahaha. . . for whatever reason, this just made me chuckle.
nice cheap way to squeeze better tone from a secondary amp, btw.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:12 pm
by Doog
Haha, I'm fairly certain it was an indirect Simpsons quote.
What I don't actually do in the video is mess with the EQ so the amp doesn't lose it's "cut". Even with the middle and treble nearly dimed, the amp sounds so much more musical without those crispy highs.
EDIT: just edited that badboy to include the above, oh yaarrrh; it's a slow day.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:07 am
by dots
indeed. . .
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:43 am
by Mike
Skillz. Clever stuff.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:48 am
by Doog
Cheers buddaaaaay! I'll make one with a smaller cap in the near future, so it can be tucked in the jack, out of sight.