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  • December 22, 2009 at 11:28 pm #79569
    scubaman
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    I seem to have hit a bit of a snag with my new screaming bird and wonder if anyone can offer some advice. When I set it at around 10 o’clock (where it sounds just right for me) there is a considerable volume drop when the pedal is engaged which rather defeats the reason I bought it which was to be able to boost the treble a little during solos to cut through. Admittedly it does boost the treble but that’s not a great deal of use if I also lose about 20% in volume.

    December 22, 2009 at 11:44 pm #105606
    The EH Man
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    Is it possible it’s a perceived loss of volume due to the cutting of the bass frequencies?

    December 22, 2009 at 11:53 pm #105607
    scubaman
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    I did wonder that myself at first but no. It’s a definite volume drop of at least 20%.

    I’m going straight from the guitar to the pedal and then to the amp so no buffered or digital pedals in the line. Amp is an Epiphone BC30 with volume on channel 1 (clean channel) at 11 o’clock and channel 2 (overdrive channel) drive set at 2 o’clock, volume set at 11 o’clock.

    Volume drop is significant on both channels.

    December 23, 2009 at 12:06 am #105608
    electro-melx
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    10 o’clock isn’t very high, I don’t know where unity volume is on it, but I’d imagine it would want to be well over 12 o’clock to be boosting anything significantly.

    …….as I understand it it’s a very similar pedal to an LPB-1 and I use to run that at about 2-3 o’clock.

    December 23, 2009 at 11:49 am #105619
    electro-melx
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    well, on my amp – marshall custom, ive not really noticed but known that when treble goes up, the volume slightly goes down.

    and my thought was that it was a treble booster, not treble booster and bass attenuator (my dad gave me that word – and here comes sim tut to prove it wrong, just kiddin). so there shouldnt be any bass cutout on it right?

    I don’t think it is a treble booster in the traditional sense though, it’s an LPB-1 with a brighter EQing as far as I know….. and the mole being the opposite, a boost with a bassier EQing.

    December 24, 2009 at 7:42 am #105644
    Mr.Grim
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    i own the new NANO series of all three pedals (Mole, Bird, & LPB-1)

    and i agree that there is a volume drop with the Screaming bird.

    and i notice that there is a very muffled muted volume drop on the Mole if used after OD, Fuzz, or distortion (a very muddy effect) (on guitar at least) its best when placed before the other.

    so the Mole issue is fixed when placed properly in my siganl chain, but the Screaming Bird issue i solve the same way with all volume dropping pedals ( EHX is number 1 in my book, but no one is perfect, many of there pedals have a volume drop, or boost for that matter)….

    i use an LPB-1 simultaneously with the volume dropping effect, and use a switching pedal like the Switchblade to activate the two togeather if wanted to make up the difference in sound.

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