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Comment on Review: VOX Satchurator by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Sun, 27 May 2012 04:15:18 +0000

Great feedback! It’s good to hear about real experience…

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Comment on Review: VOX Satchurator by Greg Montgomery

Greg Montgomery — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:10:51 +0000

I have found the vox saturator to be unreliable. The switch actuators come loose way to easily (I had the same problem with my Vox time machine). They simply do not have the ruggedness or switch actuation necessary to handle day to day performance. I tighten the switches on a regular basis but have, on more than one time, looked down on my effects board to see a gaping hole where the switch used to be. As much as I like the sound, this is a very poor design for switching.

It is coming off of my board.

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by feverdreamx

feverdreamx — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:29:59 +0000

in this cases (even like Tonebone or Blackstar etc) the tube gives a sort of a “musical compression” and a “tube flavor” that are really nice usually

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by feverdreamx

feverdreamx — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:26:42 +0000

sure
to me, pedals amps etc could even work by coal XD
the sound is the only one thing that matter
and this seems to be a good piece of gear ;D

Comment on Playing at Church Is a Great Way to Test Gear by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:07 +0000

Absolutely. My band has evolved over the past 12 years, going from a solo on piano and acoustic guitar (me), to adding several singers, then more instruments until we now have a full band with trap set. And as we grew, my gear changed drastically. Used to be that I could get away with my acoustic and one of the church’s Genz-Benz Shenandoah 150 amps. Then when we started doing more rock arrangements, I went to solid state amps such as a Line 6 Flextone III and my Roland Cube 60. Then I got a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, and that was the pivotal purchase for me. Once I got into tube amps, I started hoarding gear, from guitars, amps and pedals.

I’m thinning the flock, so to say, because I think I’ve got what I need – at least for now…

Comment on Playing at Church Is a Great Way to Test Gear by Benjamin Heller

Benjamin Heller — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:10:15 +0000

Very True. I’ve learned a lot from playing in church. It makes you do things you wouldn’t otherwise do.

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:50:07 +0000

The tube is after the OD/distortion circuit yes, so it acts like a power tube, giving power tube distortion, I suppose. In any case, the clips have been impressive. It’s just a bit pricey for me.

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by feverdreamx

feverdreamx — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:18:47 +0000

y’r right
i was looking at the RTD800
but i think that they works the same way
i’m even not sure if a tube at 12.6v can really “work” enough to give saturation (i’m not a technician so… … …)

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:10:00 +0000

You were looking at the RTD800 page…

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:09:06 +0000

Hmm…. Got this from the Maxon website (http://www.maxonfx.com/Realtube_II_RTO700.php):

“The RTO700 Tube Overdrive Pedal has no clipping diodes in the signal path – All distortion comes directly from the dual triode preamp tube and hi-gain amp circuit. This design makes the RTO the best tube overdrive pedal for use with clean and semi-clean amps to effectively add a 2nd or 3rd channel of pure tube tone to your rig.”

Where did you get that quote?

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by feverdreamx

feverdreamx — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:50:13 +0000

from Maxon website:
“The Overdrive circuit features two stages of clipping – a bi-directional clipping diode in the feedback loop of the op-amp and then a single-diode in the second stage for asymmetrical clipping.”

Comment on Maxon RTO700 Real Tube Overdrive: Insane Tube Tone in a Pedal! by feverdreamx

feverdreamx — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:46:38 +0000

sorry
but i know that there are a clipping diode and a op-amp
the signal will be distorted BEFORE the tube!
not a bad thing…but no tube distortion!
as in Radial pedals (which i love too) the tube will add “something” but will not be responsable for the saturation.

Comment on I’d Like to Get Another Overdrive Pedal… I REALLY Would… by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:25:45 +0000

Actually, no I haven’t. Heard of it, but I already have a great clean boost in the Creation Audio Labs Mk.4.23. That’s another pedal that hasn’t left my board since I put it on there.

Comment on I’d Like to Get Another Overdrive Pedal… I REALLY Would… by Matt Peyton

Matt Peyton — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:04:44 +0000

Have you also tried the John Suhr Kokoboost? My current fave…….

Comment on Amp Update: Simple Hot Rod Deluxe Mod for < $50! by rick

rick — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:21:46 +0000

I got an old hotrod deluxe up in the attic that I haven’t played in years, reminds me I should get it down and play it some.

Comment on Van Halen Tour Postponed! by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:36:08 +0000

No kidding! All my solo gigs are acoustic, and I used to lug around a traditional PA: A GigRack 8 channel mixer and two Yamaha passive PA’s with stands. Now, it’s a the Fishman SA220 array, and while it’s a lot easier, it’s still lugging gear. All in all, for all 4 days, it’s about 14 hours of playing for me as well. But even for all that, I’d still rather be gigging than not. And with yesteday’s gig, I got a wedding out of it, plus some summer parties, so it turned out to be a pretty useful gig with respect to marketing.

Comment on Van Halen Tour Postponed! by Critter

Critter — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:42:28 +0000

“EVH implodes again and postpones / cancels tour, dozens confused”
that was the headline I got. and while I miss the old VH I’ll definately miss the newer VH shows anyways. If I liked the new music that would be a different story but songs like “stay frosty” just don’t do it for me. It took me a while to get into OU812 but I’ve listened to the new songs many times and just don’t get it. I don’t believe it’s a reschedule due to the cost involved in ticket sales/returns etc.. and Dawg I was my own roadie last week, one day I played an acoustic set at one stage, an electric set at another and then at at local bar where I bring the PA so I feel your pain, It was Dixon May Fair week. I played four days six shows with 14+ hours playing. Carrying the PA and amps is the hard part.

I would guess that VH carries almost none of there stuff since a pulled muscle means a huge problem for any of them.

Comment on Van Halen Tour Postponed! by Stephen G. Zartman

Stephen G. Zartman — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:26:02 +0000

People might be upset because there has not been any communiciation from the VH camp as to the reasons for the cancellations. Also no word as to if these dates are permanently shelved or are just postponements to be made up at a later time.

Comment on Sorry… I’m just not sold on the Ultimate Attenuator by Prince Freehoffer

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Comment on New Gear: Pigtronix Fat Drive by GoofyDawg

GoofyDawg — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:08:14 +0000

Very cool!