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  • January 31, 2009 at 12:34 pm #92336
    Kevin Demuth
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    Or is the transformer simply too big?

    i don’t see why it couldn’t be done… there are pedals which are smaller than the XOs with tubes in…

    for example:
    222085.jpg

    January 31, 2009 at 12:40 pm #92337
    electro-melx
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    Or is the transformer simply too big?

    i don’t see why it couldn’t be done… there are pedals which are smaller than the XOs with tubes in…

    for example:
    222085.jpg

    those look great, I’ve never seen one for sale though! they use some sort of mini-tube if I’m not mistaken?

    January 31, 2009 at 2:10 pm #92341
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    For me, it’s not really a question of can it be done, because I’m not an engineer or pedal designer.

    For me it’s a question of why should it be done? Will the compromises that have to be made in the design to make it smaller make the effort even worthwhile?

    That Maxon looks really cool. Any pedal, for that matter, looks really cool when there’s a glowing tube in it. But I always felt that what separated EHX tube pedals from other manufacturers is that EHX actually pumps some juice and heat into those 12AX7s, making those tubes more than just a cosmetic feature or a gimmick.

    Am I wrong about this? Any experts willing to share some info about this?

    January 31, 2009 at 3:06 pm #92343
    julian
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    you’re right about that
    I’d only want an XO tube pedal if it still got the same amount of juice though

    January 31, 2009 at 6:13 pm #92356
    puretube
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    Just turn around your E-H tube pedal by 90 degrees on the pedalboaerd…
    (worx for leftfooters & for rightfooters, depending on which way you turn).

    But then the art would be sideways!

    The sound still would stand out…

    January 31, 2009 at 6:20 pm #92360
    puretube
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    Apropos “Real Tube”… :D

    January 31, 2009 at 6:30 pm #92363
    puretube
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    Fun aside…

    this one is a Tube-Zipper-filter “Work-A-Similar”
    without the distortion and the envelope-following,
    but with a Pure Tube heating & plate-voltage.

    http://www.puretube.com/LG_P-W~1.JPG

    (Larry Graham`s Pure-Tube-Technology handmade “P-WAH”, on April 14th, 1996)

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