What's on the workbench?
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Robert
Reverse Engineer
I need to start back on it soon.
I put tracing things on hold when I lost my desk, but that's taking much longer than expected so I've started easing back into it again.... at my workbench, of all places. I've never traced anything at my workbench and it feels weird..
Different bench, meter, computer, chair, everything.... it's just all wrong. Much better lighting though, so I really need to get used to it.
Vicious C
Well-known member
I need to start back on it soon.
I put tracing things on hold when I lost my desk, but that's taking much longer than expected so I've started easing back into it again.... at my workbench, of all places. I've never traced anything at my workbench and it feels weird..
Different bench, meter, computer, chair, everything.... it's just all wrong. Much better lighting though, so I really need to get used to it.
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zeropluszero
Well-known member
...teat Robert?
Feral Feline
Well-known member
That oughta floor Robert, not having a desk to work on.
Did he look under the floorboards yet?
Wait, does he even have any floorboards yet?
Well, I didn't see the desk here, or any pedals at all for that matter:
Did he look under the floorboards yet?
Wait, does he even have any floorboards yet?
Well, I didn't see the desk here, or any pedals at all for that matter:
Blackboarcult
Active member
No, for that one they slapped a single tone control on the end of a Soldano SLO and swapped two component values.
Somehow it works better than having the full tone stack...
No wonder. I find it really weird that designers stick FMV tone stacks in pedals that are meant to go into amps that already have an FMV. You end up either having to fight one of the two tone stacks, or get lost in the mix due to lack of mids...
anevilspar7an
Well-known member
Anything with a thought out FMV stack should be run in your FX Return/Power Amp In, as it is supposed to replace your amp's preamp.
anevilspar7an
Well-known member
It may be a hot take, but am I wrong?
vigilante398
Authorized Vendor
Any time you say something is "supposed to" do something, I have to disagree, because the answer is always "it depends", and frankly if a designer tells me how something is "supposed to" be used then I will purposefully try to use it another way.
Overdrives are allowed to have FMV tonestacks but an overdrive that isn't pushing a tube preamp is an overdrive wasted, in my opinion. Similarly if you have something that's marketed as a preamp and has an FMV tonestack but your amp has a pretty clean front end with simple or no tone controls, you may very well like the sound of the preamp running into the front end of the amp.
Real world example: my main amp is a DC30, and I primarily use the EF86 channel, which just has a 5-way Tone rotary switch and a "Cut" knob. I can get some amazing results with tonestack-equipped pedals into the front end of that and I never bypass the preamp and go straight to the power amp.
anevilspar7an
Well-known member
Pretty much boils down to opinions and preferences, I'll retract the decisiveness of my statement, but will still have that as my stance. I respect your mindset about all this. I had to look up what a DC30 was to get context, in the case of channel 2 being as barebones as it is a preamp up front is a no brainer, pretty much makes it a feature complete setup. I'll stop here since I don't want to give off the impression I'm arguing, have a good night man.
jessenator
Well-known member
I think the larger, much, much more important issue is we're carrying on in the wrong thread : P
I mean you're supposed to charge me to send one of your Nobelium over to me here in the UK right? Walshy says they are better than the Nobel...
