What is your next guitar/gear purchase gonna be?

[Shask]

Allegedly the key and gate has a buffer in it too. It used to be adjustable on the og versions but is fixed on the current iteration according to Daniel. Hmm…. Interesting knowledge. Maybe the buffer component is the issue

I found just sticking a pedal with a buffer, like any general Boss pedal, before the key input usually stopped the high frequency whining.

I thought about just putting a separate buffer PCB in there permanently, but those pedals are stuffed pretty full, and I didn't feel like messing with it, lol.

Most of all those gate pedals with a Key input are all fairly similar in design. They all use a THAT 4301 Dynamics IC.

 

[Jotun@]

@Jon Pearson i’d pass on the redseven partially because thats hard to move later imo. Get cash, find something cool with cache

Oh and my purchase is strings. For something.

G strings?

I found just sticking a pedal with a buffer, like any general Boss pedal, before the key input usually stopped the high frequency whining.

I thought about just putting a separate buffer PCB in there permanently, but those pedals are stuffed pretty full, and I didn't feel like messing with it, lol.

Most of all those gate pedals with a Key input are all fairly similar in design. They all use a THAT 4301 Dynamics IC.

I’ll try that! Thanks !

 

[Shask]

So I’ve been looking for a while at reverbs and delays in general. A couple of years, actually. I have purchased a couple of manual pedals that don’t require software, and love them. The appeal of tweaking knobs and just having fun is pretty gratifying. I still have a lot of these, and don’t intend to sell them, but I don’t want a board with like 6 of them on it just to have variety in a jam or band situation. I wanted something with presets. December suggested Sa’s nemesis delay to me and I got a killer deal on one.
So when it came time to look at verbs, I was interested in the Ventris, Meris mercury x, the golden reverb along with evermore from ua, rv500, and bigsky/bigsky mx. Recently I tried an ocean 12, was fine but lacked midi, and didn’t have the same sound quality. The golden sounded great, but the pedal format I didn’t like and I felt like the other big box verbs had more versatility overall. The boss was fine too, better sound quality, but I didn’t like the menu system that much on the unit. Meris is really cool, but price and possibly too much tweaking kinda left it out. Price with the bigsky Mx was a similar deal breaker, I just couldn’t justify 500-700$ for a pedal, even if it was so feature rich.
I am familiar with the SA software and app already. The sound quality is really good, I can do some tweaks without menu dives, if I need to deep dive but I’m not near a computer I can use the app on my phone, load patches from the app, midi, stereo. 8 presets without midi. Dual verb engines. The pitch shifts on the delay anre surprisingly good. It’s also not an entire board sized box. And then there was the price. Used it can get pretty close to used boss rv500 range. So when it came up at the used boss rv price I said why not?

I was going to get the Evermore, but then changed my mind to the Heavenly at the last minute because I thought the pre-delay knob would be more useful than 3 decay knobs. I might still get an Evermore because they are on sale right now.

Would you say the Reverb on the Ventris is as 3D and clear as the Golden? I like the idea of the Collider because it can do delay and reverb, or dual reverbs with a parallel analog mixer. I agree that I am on the fence about the Golden just because it is pretty limited for the price, it is big, and I am not sure about the whole bluetooth, register your pedal online thing.

Yeah, I have a SA Gemini, so I have the software already. Like the SA stuff in general.

 

[Jotun@]

I was going to get the Evermore, but then changed my mind to the Heavenly at the last minute because I thought the pre-delay knob would be more useful than 3 decay knobs. I might still get an Evermore because they are on sale right now.

Would you say the Reverb on the Ventris is as 3D and clear as the Golden? I like the idea of the Collider because it can do delay and reverb, or dual reverbs with a parallel analog mixer. I agree that I am on the fence about the Golden just because it is pretty limited for the price, it is big, and I am not sure about the whole bluetooth, register your pedal online thing.

Yeah, I have a SA Gemini, so I have the software already. Like the SA stuff in general.

So I literally tried the golden like 3 days ago. The Ventris I tried close to 5 months ago, and I remember it being really good. I had it against the big sky when I tried it and it sounded fuller and deeper than the Strymon. I had wanted to try the Mx, but it wasn’t around to test at the time. I’ll let you know if it’s as 3d as the golden when I get it, but my memory has it slightly better than the golden on the modes they share commonality with.
The Ehx was really flat, and the boss was substrymon on the overall feel of the sound.

 

[Jon Pearson]

I built 3 Zuul clones, and they all have this weird issue where the key input has to have a buffer going into it. Sometimes something with an isolation transformer also. Without a buffer I will get a high frequency whine.

Interesting, maybe I'll try now with my Peterson tuner to see if that fixes it.

 

[rokket2005]

I picked up an SD-1 and a modded Blues Driver to mess around with since I've never had either. Might eventually give the SD-1 to my buddy who in 25 years of playing has never had an overdrive pedal.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

Looks like my Talman TMB100 is getting the 203B4 upgrade.

...and it's done.

 

[Moongrum]

...and it's done.

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what do you like about this bridge? most times I see people upgrade their bass bridge they're big honkin' hi mass things, so am curious.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

what do you like about this bridge? most times I see people upgrade their bass bridge they're big honkin' hi mass things, so am curious.

For this bass specifically, I wanted to have the aesthetic and feel of a vintage 60s/70s PJ, and any mods I thought of, needed to maintain that. The fact that the Gotoh is made of brass already makes it durable than the stock bridge so I can really lay into it when playing live. I've also replaced the bridges on my Talman guitars with Gotohs, it made sense to do the same with the bass.

It's funny as I do have a Fender Hi Mass bridge lying around but opted with the Gotoh for reasons stated.

 

[Marked Man]

More of my new Goldilocks set----NYXL 9.5-44. Especially awesome for Floyded Superstrats and the like, but works for all.

I still use 10-46 for certain guitars, including all LPs, and 9-46 for guitars with D-Tunas + Yngwie Strats. But NYXLs are taking over, haven't been buying other types much lately, they have the formula I need.


And another Gotham GAC-1 Ultra Pro Swiss cable via World's Best...same components you'd get from the manu, already assembled and (relatively) cheep:

Gotham Star-Quad GAC-4/1 XLR for Direct Out on the new Mesa MkVII, always a better signal than 1/4" cable out:

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Cables matter. Just like strings and pickups and speakers do.

 

[budda]

Watching my planet waves etc cables die while bandmates cheapos are going strong mid tour

 

[Jotun@]

Interesting, maybe I'll try now with my Peterson tuner to see if that fixes it.

Gonna say from my testing that it works. My active guitars had no issues at all going right into the gate. Duh. Actives have buffers, I was using an active the day before I had issues. Come to think of it, I think it was only when I was using one of my passive guitars that I had the weird stuff happening with the gate. When I tested those out, My passives had some issues. When I put a boss pedal before, boom, no issue. Thanks @Shask
I was pretty pissed about the inconsistency with this, but it looks like there’s an easy fix instead of a f’d pedal.

 

[Shask]

Gonna say from my testing that it works. My active guitars had no issues at all going right into the gate. Duh. Actives have buffers, I was using an active the day before I had issues. Come to think of it, I think it was only when I was using one of my passive guitars that I had the weird stuff happening with the gate. When I tested those out, My passives had some issues. When I put a boss pedal before, boom, no issue. Thanks @Shask
I was pretty pissed about the inconsistency with this, but it looks like there’s an easy fix instead of a f’d pedal.

Awesome! That is just one of those weird things I ran across back when I was building several of these, and I thought I screwed them up somewhere. Seems like it is just an issue with the circuit. Mine actually have pass through, so I can just run the signal through the key input, like an effects loop style.

 

[budda]

Think im gonna rent one of these at some point, save a lot of headache and have some fun!

 

[mpexus]

Wasn't expecting it but it show up yesterday at local Classifieds (LEBONCOIN). Super quick chat and 12 hours later I was trading €200 for it.

Jackson DKMGT MIJ

Makes a nice companion to my Black DKMG

 

[Jotun@]

Awesome! That is just one of those weird things I ran across back when I was building several of these, and I thought I screwed them up somewhere. Seems like it is just an issue with the circuit. Mine actually have pass through, so I can just run the signal through the key input, like an effects

Where did you get the PCB/kit for the gates you built?

 

[Joel]

I’m looking for my next guitar and I just cannot decide. I wanted a USA select Jackson SL2H but they don’t seem to be in stock anywhere, particularly in UK and Europe. It’s making me think I may end up going the route of the new American Series SL2 DX, I liked the SL2MG I tried but don’t like matte finishes. The new DX comes in gloss white and has Duncans.

I’d love an ESP original series but struggling to justify the price compared to other high end superstrats.
Suhr modern and EBMM JP15 also on the list (but I’ve had a few JPs and always end up selling them as the necks are just so unstable and I have to frequently adjust the truss rod).

 

[Shask]

Where did you get the PCB/kit for the gates you built?

I used these:

Muzzle (Classic) - PedalPCB.com

Compare to Fortin Zuul

www.pedalpcb.com

I have 2 of them that are normal, and I made a 3rd one in a larger box that is more like a Zuul+ / Endless Blockade that is modded with 3 knobs for more control.

 

[gb66]

I'm looking for another six string Ibanez and the only one that fits my specs and budget is RGT1220. The only concern I have is about its finish cause I prefer glossy. I need a guitar with stable floating trem and more sustain, and I think that I'm addicted to Ibanez.

 

[rokket2005]

Wasn't expecting it but it show up yesterday at local Classifieds (LEBONCOIN). Super quick chat and 12 hours later I was trading €200 for it.

Jackson DKMGT MIJ


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Makes a nice companion to my Black DKMG



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My first guitar was a DXMG and then my brother got a DKMG. I've always thought for the money they go for they're really great guitars.