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Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:20 pm

Sonds kool.

Post by **Hurb** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:15 pm

lookin good doogles! i very much like the carpet. may have to get myself down to walter walls some time

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:27 pm

The twin towers of power. A total of 8.5 ear shredding watts.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:01 am

series actually goes

a/b/y box
Line A goes to Bass di and then to PA or acoustic amp
Line b to Volume Pedal, Tuner, SIB Varidrive, Sparkle Drive, Blues Driver, Tube Screamer, Enhancer, Chorus.....Then If I am not being too lazy....Another A/B/Y box to split the electric signal to a 73 super reverb and a Peavey Classic 50. I mainly only do this on large stages, and more stage volume/monitor...I hate having my guitar through the vocal monitors....

I play a Taylor t-5 through this normally, and also have an AMerican tele, and a 60's re-issue strat...ALthough I am probably gonna sell the fenders and buy a gretsch...

Post by **Doog** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:28 am

How's the Morley ABY box? I've heard bad things about grounding problems with a few switching stompers, I eventually wanna buy one for my 2 amp-totin' noise duo. Or make one

Post by **Mike** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:36 am

Doog wrote:How's the Morley ABY box? I've heard bad things about grounding problems with a few switching stompers, I eventually wanna buy one for my 2 amp-totin' noise duo. Or make one

I posted a schematic in St. Jimmy's thread for making your own.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:41 am

Wicked, is it reasonably simple and won't cause grounding issues if I'm using both amps?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:45 am

Relatively - it is a circuit board job (use perf or veroboard) and you will need to plan it out first.

I just realised that it was a splitter I posted for St. Jimmy. Anyway I can figure one out for yo uif you're serious about building one. The build will still cost around ?30 though.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:48 am

I'll look at the cost of buying one versus building one and see if it's worth it..

Thanks a load dude

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:06 am

The Morley sucks. It is cheap, and works in a pinch, but noisy and eats batteries (not powerable... and it is on whenever a input is plugged in.

I am gonna get a higher quality one.

James · Post by **James** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:28 pm

Whats that varidrive like?

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:00 pm

BEsides the fact I just had to have it worked on, awesome. In it's defense, it has been well used though.... It makes my super reverb sound like a monster. As thick as you can make a 4x10 open back sound.... It is tube powered, and has a great tube overdrive to it that if dialed in right, sounds awesome. The negatives:

Size, it is huge.
it is powered by a huge f'n chord like you use on the back of a computer
the knobs are notched, and sometimes the exact volume you want might be right between 2 notches. (I can fix this with guitar or amp volume though obviously.

Post by **dots** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:13 pm

mickie08 wrote:the knobs are notched, and sometimes the exact volume you want might be right between 2 notches.

don't you guys love it when manufacturers pull that kind of shit? like what were they thinking? "nobody's going to need level in between here and there. our increments will save so much noodling time." fuck your faces, guys, and give us a standard pot.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:25 pm

I agree. It only really bugs me in places where I am already playing the amp lower than I like to (because then I don't want to use it to adjust) I almost never use the volume of the guitar as I keep them at 12 of course..... Other than that, the actual tone out of it is awesome for a haeavy overdrive while still being nice and warm.... (unlike some heavy distortion pedals that are harsh)

Post by **dots** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:25 pm

"distortion" pedals are so 1993.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:56 pm

I agree....Hence the overdrive pedals on my board..... I tried a big muff, a rat, and a couple other mainly DISTORTION pedals, and they just took a great tone and made it louder and thinner with alot of noise..... The thick overdrive sounds much better to me...

Post by **dots** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:00 pm

i always look at distortion as an effect while overdrive is a result.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:07 pm

It's like masterbation...... cheap, easy, and makes weird noises....But in the end, just not as satisfying as the real thing......

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:07 pm

good thing this post is a "sticky"

Post by **Mike** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:05 pm

The Memory Man has landed.

God I love this pedal.

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