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  • April 5, 2009 at 10:29 pm #78017
    mtto
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    Hi,

    I’m a bass player fairly new to pedals. I recently added a Micro Q-Tron and 2880 to my formerly lone Fulltone Bassdrive.

    When I run the Q-Tron into the 2880, the 2880 clips even with the input all the way off. For now I am leaving the Fulltone out of the equation since it sounds fine in combination with either of the two EHX pedals.

    I want to be able to loop my filtered awesomeness of the Q-Tron. I tried the internal trim pot but was unable to get great results.

    What if I run the Fulltone and the Q-Tron directly into my amp and then put the 2880 on the effects loop of my amp? Or should I do the opposite?

    Thanks for the help.

    -John

    September 13, 2010 at 5:55 pm #111387
    twilly
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    I’m running into the same issue. I have my my 2880 hooked up to a mixer so I need to make sure everything going into the 2880 is set up with the correct volume or the clipping happens to easily. If I turn on a wah, it usually will clip the 2880 on the higher frequencies. I’m thinking about getting a compressor which should let me set a limit to the max volume going into the 2880 and should prevent clipping.

    Tom

    September 13, 2010 at 8:10 pm #111382
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    Compressors are such misunderstood effects that can be used for much more than squashing the dynamics out of a signal. And this is a prime example of where a well- balanced limiter would be appropriate.

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