You could also do some weird shit like drill out the center hold in the pickup kind of too big and solder a hex nut to the bottom (or top) of the pickup plate so the little nut screws into the nut instead of the plate. Some sort of epoxy or something instead of solder? I dunno. Just thinking out loud.Nate Dort wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:45 am You'd need a thread tap of the proper size and pitch to create the thread in your newly drilled hole.
You could still do option a) and put a shorter dummy screw + nut in that unused center hole. You'd see three screw heads in a row on each side of the pickup, but it wouldn't look like you had an extra hole there.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
2132Here is one. When/if you are using guitar pedals as outboard insert fx (MXR Studio compressor on drums rules!), do you do any sort of Imp balancing trickery? I've just pugged them in to the inserts of my console and made the best of it for the most part, but I know the proper way would be like, re-amp into the chain, and maybe Di or hi-z input back into a mic preamp for return? seems like a lot and if I want to use a few chains, a lot of extra gear. Is there a simple little insert interface box that does this that isn't a million dollar bills?
Edit. Radial makes a box and 500 series of it. Not cheap really but handy.
Edit. Radial makes a box and 500 series of it. Not cheap really but handy.
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2133I would also go re-amp box out and DI box in. Palmer boxes might be a little cheaper than Radial. Might be worth looking into diy something like that if you need to have several chains.Kniferide wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 3:51 pm Here is one. When/if you are using guitar pedals as outboard insert fx (MXR Studio compressor on drums rules!), do you do any sort of Imp balancing trickery? I've just pugged them in to the inserts of my console and made the best of it for the most part, but I know the proper way would be like, re-amp into the chain, and maybe Di or hi-z input back into a mic preamp for return? seems like a lot and if I want to use a few chains, a lot of extra gear. Is there a simple little insert interface box that does this that isn't a million dollar bills?
Edit. Radial makes a box and 500 series of it. Not cheap really but handy.
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2134I've thought about just building a rack space with like 8 snd and 8 returns with some cheap transformers that I can just quick patch in and out of. Be cool if it had little line amps so you could say, insert a flanger pedal and directly hit a compressor or some other line lever device in the chain without having to patch over to a preamp. I'm solving problems I don't have though. It's pretty easy to just come out of the pedal into the front HiZ jacks some preamp, it't just one more step. It probably would be pretty easy to come up with an opamp schematic that is a Transformer Reamp> Opamp Return stage and rack a bunch up, but that's the kinda science I don't really have time for anymore. Putting together enough Reamp boxes and Mic Pres to do like 8 ch is cumbersome, and you could easily and pretty affordably build like 8 CH into a single rack space but no one does it, and if they did they would charge way too much for it by looking at what REamp stuff seems to be sold for. It's a little transformer, there should be a cheapozoid option, but TONE MOJO gets involved when guitar amps get mentioned, and MOJO is expensive.bassdriver wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 11:28 amI would also go re-amp box out and DI box in. Palmer boxes might be a little cheaper than Radial. Might be worth looking into diy something like that if you need to have several chains.Kniferide wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 3:51 pm Here is one. When/if you are using guitar pedals as outboard insert fx (MXR Studio compressor on drums rules!), do you do any sort of Imp balancing trickery? I've just pugged them in to the inserts of my console and made the best of it for the most part, but I know the proper way would be like, re-amp into the chain, and maybe Di or hi-z input back into a mic preamp for return? seems like a lot and if I want to use a few chains, a lot of extra gear. Is there a simple little insert interface box that does this that isn't a million dollar bills?
Edit. Radial makes a box and 500 series of it. Not cheap really but handy.
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2135Ha, yeah, I just took a quick look into diy projects, and it’s all transformer based. Once you start using lundahl or cinemag transformers or the like it would get really expensive for 8 channels.Kniferide wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 11:56 amI've thought about just building a rack space with like 8 snd and 8 returns with some cheap transformers that I can just quick patch in and out of. Be cool if it had little line amps so you could say, insert a flanger pedal and directly hit a compressor or some other line lever device in the chain without having to patch over to a preamp. I'm solving problems I don't have though. It's pretty easy to just come out of the pedal into the front HiZ jacks some preamp, it't just one more step. It probably would be pretty easy to come up with an opamp schematic that is a Transformer Reamp> Opamp Return stage and rack a bunch up, but that's the kinda science I don't really have time for anymore. Putting together enough Reamp boxes and Mic Pres to do like 8 ch is cumbersome, and you could easily and pretty affordably build like 8 CH into a single rack space but no one does it, and if they did they would charge way too much for it by looking at what REamp stuff seems to be sold for. It's a little transformer, there should be a cheapozoid option, but TONE MOJO gets involved when guitar amps get mentioned, and MOJO is expensive.bassdriver wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 11:28 amI would also go re-amp box out and DI box in. Palmer boxes might be a little cheaper than Radial. Might be worth looking into diy something like that if you need to have several chains.Kniferide wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 3:51 pm Here is one. When/if you are using guitar pedals as outboard insert fx (MXR Studio compressor on drums rules!), do you do any sort of Imp balancing trickery? I've just pugged them in to the inserts of my console and made the best of it for the most part, but I know the proper way would be like, re-amp into the chain, and maybe Di or hi-z input back into a mic preamp for return? seems like a lot and if I want to use a few chains, a lot of extra gear. Is there a simple little insert interface box that does this that isn't a million dollar bills?
Edit. Radial makes a box and 500 series of it. Not cheap really but handy.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
2136Call me crazy, but it doesn't have to be the highest quality transformers in the world. I'm talking about inserting a super fuzz on a kick drum or a flanger on a casio track. Good enough is good enough. I just kinda want functionality over highest quality. I have a bunch of transformers (like 12) from Shure M67/8 mixers. No idea what ratio they are. I wonder if they could be used for a thing like this. Also, I've used fx on inserts of my mixer a million times without caring about impedance at all and been happy enough, just "trying" to do things the right way.
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2137Of course it doesn’t have to be $$ transformers. I’m not the guy who could tell the difference anyway.Kniferide wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:55 pmCall me crazy, but it doesn't have to be the highest quality transformers in the world. I'm talking about inserting a super fuzz on a kick drum or a flanger on a casio track. Good enough is good enough. I just kinda want functionality over highest quality. I have a bunch of transformers (like 12) from Shure M67/8 mixers. No idea what ratio they are. I wonder if they could be used for a thing like this. Also, I've used fx on inserts of my mixer a million times without caring about impedance at all and been happy enough, just "trying" to do things the right way.
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2138I need some advice on my home (studio) rig.
I’ve got a Mesa Mark I plugged into a Mesa CabClone. My effects are running through the Mark I loop. I’m either playing to a good pair of Sennheisers or into my laptop via an iRig.
The clean signal is fantastic with my SG and Travis. But the distortion pedals I’m using is a struggle. I’ve got a Hotcake, which as low gain overdrive sounds great but my RAT and XXL both are clipping when I play chords. Chuggy riffing is fine but if I play a full barred chord the separation is terrible. Is this the pedals? If so can someone recommend a good high gain distortion pedal. Or is this just what happens with my set up?
For context when I say a full chord I mean a high gain
dropped D bar with a polychord off the high strings a la Helmet and that general vibe.
I’ve got a Mesa Mark I plugged into a Mesa CabClone. My effects are running through the Mark I loop. I’m either playing to a good pair of Sennheisers or into my laptop via an iRig.
The clean signal is fantastic with my SG and Travis. But the distortion pedals I’m using is a struggle. I’ve got a Hotcake, which as low gain overdrive sounds great but my RAT and XXL both are clipping when I play chords. Chuggy riffing is fine but if I play a full barred chord the separation is terrible. Is this the pedals? If so can someone recommend a good high gain distortion pedal. Or is this just what happens with my set up?
For context when I say a full chord I mean a high gain
dropped D bar with a polychord off the high strings a la Helmet and that general vibe.
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Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
2139bassdriver wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 2:34 pmOf course it doesn’t have to be $$ transformers. I’m not the guy who could tell the difference anyway.Kniferide wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:55 pmCall me crazy, but it doesn't have to be the highest quality transformers in the world. I'm talking about inserting a super fuzz on a kick drum or a flanger on a casio track. Good enough is good enough. I just kinda want functionality over highest quality. I have a bunch of transformers (like 12) from Shure M67/8 mixers. No idea what ratio they are. I wonder if they could be used for a thing like this. Also, I've used fx on inserts of my mixer a million times without caring about impedance at all and been happy enough, just "trying" to do things the right way.
Everyone's work flow is different, but I've had a Radial passive reamp sitting next to my board plugged into an aux out for years. I DI it back in through a mic preamp with a DI on the front (would use a DI box if I didn't have that).
In my mixing work getting saturation or other guitar effects is very specific to a moment or sound, so I don't mind printing just a single channel when I find my magic sound. In other words, I can't imagine managing 8 sends reamped to 8 different pedals but I suppose if you do analog summing and love a palette of different distortions it could be a setup.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
2140Questions, clipping the headphones? The input on a laptop? By separation do you mean the volume difference between clean tone and dirty?Gramsci wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:47 am I need some advice on my home (studio) rig.
I’ve got a Mesa Mark I plugged into a Mesa CabClone. My effects are running through the Mark I loop. I’m either playing to a good pair of Sennheisers or into my laptop via an iRig.
The clean signal is fantastic with my SG and Travis. But the distortion pedals I’m using is a struggle. I’ve got a Hotcake, which as low gain overdrive sounds great but my RAT and XXL both are clipping when I play chords. Chuggy riffing is fine but if I play a full barred chord the separation is terrible. Is this the pedals? If so can someone recommend a good high gain distortion pedal. Or is this just what happens with my set up?
For context when I say a full chord I mean a high gain
dropped D bar with a polychord off the high strings a la Helmet and that general vibe.