Hi, I just bought a Mel9 and frankly I’m very disappointed with the tracking and tone of the brass sound. The other sounds actually track and sound fairly good. The brass sound does not track well and the tone is not bright like in the popular video demonstration with Bill Rupert. I tried putting a graphic equalizer pedal before the Mel9 to boost the input to the Mel9 but only a bit better. I don’t have any other pedals in line with the Mel9 just the graphic equalizer before it which has all frequencies set to max. so it should be getting a high enough input to track properly.

I’m going to try a compressor pedal before the Mel9 to see if it helps.

What exactly did Bill Rupert use, if anything, before the Mel9 to help tracking and tone for the brass sound. It sounds flawless in the video but not even close to the video when I use it.
I’m using an old 1980’s stock Charvel Model 3 with two single coils and one humbucker. Seems to work best on humbucker but far from good.

I’m afraid I’ll need to return the pedal for a refund if you can’t help me solve this issue.
I was hoping Bill Rupert could comment on this.
Thank you !