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There's a video where Ola Englund used one in his effects loop and compared it to putting it on front of the amp. It sounds much better in the effects loop.


I think I've also heard of people plugging into the Metal Zone and plugging it straight to the return of the effects loop, bypassing the front end of the amp altogether with good results.
 
And lots of ideas on the Internet on how to mod the MT-2 to an overdrive or even just an EQ pedal.

Would love to show up to a snobby jazz gig with an MT-2 on my bass-pedalboard... If only I knew how to play jazz, I'd DO IT!
 
Feral Feline said:
And lots of ideas on the Internet on how to mod the MT-2 to an overdrive or even just an EQ pedal.

Would love to show up to a snobby jazz gig with an MT-2 on my bass-pedalboard... If only I knew how to play jazz, I'd DO IT!
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or you could rehouse/disguise a few select builds inside gutted MT-2 enclosures and have the same effect 😸
 
FWIW the pre-dist voicing on the MT-2 is almost identical to the Ampeg VH140 (albeit using different circuits - gyrator vs. feedback loop hacks). Where the difference becomes noticeable is in the post-dist controls and voicing (big presence and resonance bumps + different tonestack). OK, clipping levels and methods are different, but at brute gain it is not that big of a deal. I think one can get good results in tinkering with the last stages, especially lowering the hi treble bump.
 
Blackboarcult said:
FWIW the pre-dist voicing on the MT-2 is almost identical to the Ampeg VH140 (albeit using different circuits - gyrator vs. feedback loop hacks). Where the difference becomes noticeable is in the post-dist controls and voicing (big presence and resonance bumps + different tonestack). OK, clipping levels and methods are different, but at brute gain it is not that big of a deal. I think one can get good results in tinkering with the last stages, especially lowering the hi treble bump.
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that's probably why it rules, VH1404Lyfe
 
Given: Many pedals with a 9v battery installed will slowly drain if left with the input jack plugged in.

Question: If there is a 9V source also plugged into a switched jack but not applying power, will the battery still drain? i.e. Does plugging into the jack short the battery (+)? TIA
 
jwin615 said:
No. If wired correctly the swit8ches DC jack should open the battery feed
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Thats because typically the input jack is shorting the "ground" (typically, but not always negative). That one's like a normally open set of contacts: inserting a mono plug into a stereo jack that has the load (circuit) tied to the ring and the "ground" tied to the barrel shorts the ring and barrel together. Boom. You've got continuity and a complete circuit.

The way this is achieved with a DC jack, typically, is through a normally closed switch on the barrel plug and whatever the circuit is using for "hot" (typically, but not always positive).

The circuit exists on the common side of the switch, the 9v battery exists on the normally closed side of the switch. Insert a barrel plug and the normally closed contact opens: the barrel jack physically pries two pieces of metal apart, so the battery is disconnected.
 
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