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  • September 19, 2010 at 12:41 am in reply to: Whats the deal with puting tubes in a guitar pedal? #111493
    Fbanks88
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    IT’s pretty much the same for me. Tube Amp and SS Pedals. not much to go wrong except for occasional pilot error.

    September 18, 2010 at 5:38 am in reply to: Electro-Harmonix Pizzeria and Bar? #111470
    Fbanks88
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    I believe this to a brilliant idea and prudent to kick into effect! IT’d be more hardcore than Hard Rock! ^_^ But where should such a shop be opened? NY?

    September 18, 2010 at 5:28 am in reply to: Whats the deal with puting tubes in a guitar pedal? #111469
    Fbanks88
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    It’s not a matter of knowing all the specs and then logically deciding which one makes more “sense”. It’s a matter of tactile feedback, and knowing the feeling of getting warmed-up tubes really going and responding dynamically to your touch, and not being stiff as solid state circuitry often feels. There IS a difference.

    With tubes, the louder, the better. Sometimes with solid state, the louder, the louder (and harsher).

    Why is so much effort put into making SS sound like tubes? Talk to Hartley Peavey

    At which point I believe this is very much a “Coke V. Pepsi” kind of debate. Tubes hate em’ or love em’ they do make a difference in your sound whether you percieve it as good or bad which is something that can’t be measured imperically.

    August 16, 2009 at 6:26 pm in reply to: Big Muff Crying Tone Pedal #100633
    Fbanks88
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    Lovely graphic you found! lol

    August 10, 2009 at 2:22 am in reply to: Big Muff Crying Tone Pedal #100453
    Fbanks88
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    Wow thanks for replying!
    Should I be tightening the nut next to the plastic gear? I don’t know what to use.. that thing is THIN.
    Also, is there something I can spray that will counteract WD40 to prevent it from damaging any pots? I sprayed only on the nut, but I’m paranoid about it now..

    What i would do is pull the Rocker of the main part of the pedal and, with a paper towel, dry off the parts you sprayed with WD40. You could probably take the other pin you still have to a hardware store to find a replacement for it, just be careful not to lose it. Also a word to the wise, be very careful when spraying WD40 near or around pots that are not sealed as the solvent in WD40 can dislove and ruin the carbon element inside of it.

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    I wouldn’t be worried breaking the nut if it’s loose (unless you’re using a 4ft. wrench lol) but this outfits sells a pot and switch cleaner that also has a lubricant in it which would be good. but if you’ve done any damage to the pot, you woul’ve noticed it by now if you’ve trying operating the pedal. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Supplies:_Cleaners_and_lubricants/DeoxIT_Pot_and_Switch_Cleaner.html

    August 10, 2009 at 1:12 am in reply to: Big Muff Crying Tone Pedal #100448
    Fbanks88
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    I have been making minor repairs to an EHX Muff Fuzz Crying Tone that I inherited and I have a few questions if anyone could help me. So far I’ve had to solder one of the mode switch wires back into place and solder the battery ground back onto the inst contact. After that everything worked and sounded clean, but this pedal has been unused for decades and I found that after playing for a few hours the rocker pedal got stuck. It wasn’t that the little plastic gear was misaligned, it was just stuck!- I sprayed a little WD40 and it works fine.. a little TOO well- thus my problem: I am missing one of the pins that holds the rocker pedal in place, making it a little wobbly. In addition, I like to play with the way half cocked, but since I sprayed the WD40 in it, (and possibly due to the wobble from the missing pin) the rocker pedal just slams down every time I try to leave it up. Before it got stuck I could leave it wherever I wanted it, even though the missing pin has always made it a little wobbly.

    So..
    1. What should I use to replace the missing pin on that side?
    2. Is there anything i can do to reverse the effects of the WD40 and is the oil making the rocker too loose or is it the pin’s fault?

    If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it, since this pedal is almost where it needs to be. That and it is my FAVORITE EHX pedal. EHX PLEASE BRING THESE BACK ! ! !

    Gracias,
    russilo

    What i would do is pull the Rocker of the main part of the pedal and, with a paper towel, dry off the parts you sprayed with WD40. You could probably take the other pin you still have to a hardware store to find a replacement for it, just be careful not to lose it. Also a word to the wise, be very careful when spraying WD40 near or around pots that are not sealed as the solvent in WD40 can dislove and ruin the carbon element inside of it.

    June 17, 2009 at 3:02 am in reply to: Ideas for the next batch of diecast RI pedals and possible EHX pedals of the future. #97985
    Fbanks88
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    EHX should reissue that random tone generator thing. it’s kinda pointless, but it makes cool sounds :D

    and EHX should also make a bit crusher. i’d definitely buy it.

    Thats a cool idea!

    May 9, 2009 at 3:35 pm in reply to: Tone Wicker box misprint mystery #96541
    Fbanks88
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    Hahaha an older version sent to the printer’s too early? Now I want one! just imagine in 80 yrs. this will be on Antiques Roadshow!

    April 2, 2009 at 11:56 pm in reply to: Post your Pedalboard #95175
    Fbanks88
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    Here’s My rig! XD as of April 02, 2009
    Pedalrig.jpg
    Along with the safest amp on the market!

    April 2, 2009 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Whats the deal with puting tubes in a guitar pedal? #95174
    Fbanks88
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    Am I the only one who thinks “Howard Davis/Newbie” reads weird?

    Yeah Especially when he’s desgined SEVERAL pedals for EHX.

    April 2, 2009 at 4:17 am in reply to: Stereo Memory Man w/Hazarai (and other modulation pedals) #95148
    Fbanks88
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    Yes yes, my only main beef with my beloved hazarai is not enough presets per mode, and a hold/(Chaos) button (like the sustain on a piano)…. i wonder what would happen if you put two SMMH’s in series with one another… I think we’d find our other parallel universe. To Delay a Delay.

    April 2, 2009 at 4:08 am in reply to: Big Muff Crying Tone Pedal #95147
    Fbanks88
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    Not only could you smoke Dunlop’s Carbon copy with your memory boy! But you could also send there staple product “Cry Baby” to the hills!

    April 2, 2009 at 4:03 am in reply to: Whats the deal with puting tubes in a guitar pedal? #95146
    Fbanks88
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    Tubes in pedals just seem like a bad combination when i’m slamming down on them with my foot. I really like how the tube zipper sounds, but the fact that it has tubes in it just seems incidental and secondary to me when it has the sounds I’m looking for in it. As far as amps go I firmly beleive in tube power XD.

    February 28, 2009 at 6:58 pm in reply to: Ideas for the next batch of diecast RI pedals and possible EHX pedals of the future. #94053
    Fbanks88
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    Why not just an EHX Theremin? Pleeeeeeeeez?

    You mean like this one?

    http://filters.muziq.be/model/eh/su2001

    Si! Make more of these! XD

    February 28, 2009 at 6:33 am in reply to: Ideas for the next batch of diecast RI pedals and possible EHX pedals of the future. #94049
    Fbanks88
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    Why not just an EHX Theremin? Pleeeeeeeeez?

    What He said. Times 1000! ^_^

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