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Post by MartinB on Feb 28, 2020 12:11:40 GMT
I agree with you on EHX and TC, everything I’ve had from them was good even if I didn’t keep it long term, MXR are in the same league but more expensive
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Post by MartinB on Mar 2, 2020 15:21:38 GMT
I'd say they're robust, really solid construction for a RRP £40 pedal.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 2, 2020 22:21:38 GMT
Nice one DefJef. 👍 I said to you sometimes the clones can be a sort of improvement on original ideas/designs. 😉 Glad you like it and it's a keeper. 😁
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DefJef
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Due to musical differences I've decided I can't work with myself any more.
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Post by DefJef on Mar 3, 2020 10:07:38 GMT
Had some really interesting times and discoveries with the Tonfancier EQ this morning. I thought I'd try using the sliders in the same way as that 'dialing in an amp' technique. There's a video sticky about that on this board here: 'Sweet Spot Finder. That 'Wah' Sound'. With the amp dialing in business you basically turn the treble knob till you hear its maximum tonal impact; sort of wah it a bit till you know where it is doing the most work. Then you do the bass the same and then the mids. So how about doing that with the EQ pedal? Worked brilliantly. Using the bridge pickup on my tele I found all the sliders worked most in mild to severe cutting of frequencies except for the 100Hz which was most noticeable in the medium boost region, around 8db of boost. I found this method very quick to do and a good start point to see what you may then want to adjust. When doing this you are obviously cutting a good many frequencies so the overall volume drops compared to when the pedal is bypassed (unity volume) and this is where that 15db volume boost slider comes in. It works brilliantly at making up that gain to match the bypassed volume...and still without adding noise. Presumably because any noisy frequencies are cut? What a very, very interesting half hour I just had.
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Post by MartinB on Mar 3, 2020 10:29:30 GMT
That sounds like a very nice discovery!
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 3, 2020 12:24:23 GMT
Is it buffered like the boss? Or is there no buffer DefJef? At least it's doing what you hoped.
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Post by Djangle on Mar 3, 2020 12:49:09 GMT
It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this pedal's use on shaping the tones of the humbucker LP you can't gel with DefJef. Seems like it could be a useful alternative to a pick up swap.
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DefJef
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Post by DefJef on Mar 3, 2020 13:00:04 GMT
No buffer, true bypass blindwilly3fingers. Yes I'm planning on seeing if the thing will rescue a strat and that LP over the coming days Djangle . If it won't it's going to be interesting to muse just why not!
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 3, 2020 13:42:56 GMT
I wondered if it might have a switchable buffer DefJef. My mosky dec boost is true bypass but when the peddle is on you wind the volume back to zero and it works as a buffer. I asked mainly because you said you didn't like the boss buffer on their pedals. I wondered if your pedal ciruit had been altered/improved to stop tone suck in a similar way, sounds like they just removed the buffer part of the circuit? I have bought a stand alone buffer pedal but have yet to see if I need it. I must decide the order of effects I want and make up my new pedal board. Decisions, decisions!
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Post by MartinB on Mar 4, 2020 13:13:10 GMT
It’s a bit of a mystery. What can we eliminate about the pickups? Wire gauge used to wrap, magnets used, that's me all out of ideas!
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