[sdiy] reamp?

[patchell]

    This reminds me of one of the worst experiences of my life.  I used to repair
music gear.  I recieved a Fender Guitar amp that was broken to fix.  It had several
problems, all of them pretty minor.  One of the things I noticed while fixing it
was that the 1/4 inch jack on the input was pretty badly corroded.  I replaced it
with a nice new shiny switchcraft jack.  The whole thing worked great when I was
done.  The mf refused to pay!  Why?  Because I destroyed the sound of his
amp...seems he would put the jack from his guitar in just so, and it would sound
"real cool".  Not any more....this is one of the reasons I won't repair anything
for anybody anymore.

Grant Richter wrote:

> OK, I stand corrected. It is after all, the end result that counts.
>
> I knew a guitar player named Pedar Hedman who played under the name of "Lord
> Fuzzy". He would take his guitar cords, chop them to pieces and splice them
> back together with masking tape. When I asked him why he did that, he
> replied "Because it sounds fuzzier that way". And it did.
>
> Believe me, I have no wish to rain on any ones parade ;^)
>
> > From: "Happy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
> > Reply-To: harrybissell at prodigy.net
> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:12:32 +0000
> > To: grichter at asapnet.net, owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl, debus at cityweb.de
> > Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > Subject: Re: [sdiy] reamp?
> >
> > Not Fair (completely)
> >
> > If I'm building a fuzzbox (for instance) I could use a very low
> > input impedance. When its off I can use the bypass switch to
> > disconnect it...
> >
> > So in that case I can "abuse" what would be the normal guitar
> > loading, knowing that I will not notice after the fuzz stage.
> >
> > I'm doing this with a hex pickup... my loading is 1K ohm. It would
> > probably kill all "fidelity" but I want fundamental anyway... harmonics
> > would screw me up. With a 1K the NE5532 is a very happy
> > preamp.
> >
> > There is a lot of strange interaction in pedals, and some of it
> > is more like "features" than "bugs".  I have sometimes added buffer
> > circuits to pedals, only to have users complain that they don't sound
> > 'right' anymore.
> >
> > Like those SICK PUPPIES who actually LIKE the sound of BBDs... you
> > KNOW who YOU are !!!
> >
> > H^) harry
> >
> > PS: Guitar pickups these days have a very BROAD spectrum of impedance
> > ranges.
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net>
> >> Reply-To: grichter at asapnet.net
> >> To: <owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>, <debus at cityweb.de>
> >> CC: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> >> Subject: Re: [sdiy] reamp?
> >> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:10:15 -0500
> >>
> >> It is a rather poor design that is dependent on the source. Any halfway
> >> decent design will have a buffer at the input to prevent loading on the
> >> source. Also to prevent circuit action from being dependent on the source,
> >> otherwise the device will behave differently with every guitar.
> >>
> >> But these ARE guitar pedals we are talking about, and I have seen some
> >> designs that are completely laughable. They may have been profitable to
> >> sell, but they are still crap designs. There is just not that much you can
> >> do with one transistor and a 9 volt battery.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> If the fx box needs a high source impedance, why not put just a
> >>> resistor in series with the input?
> >>>
> >>> A transformer is much closer to a guitar pickup impedancewise.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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 -Jim
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