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DCNahmParticipantQuote:Quote:I had a different problem, but here is how I fixed it: With my MB, I found that any feedback setting higher than 12 o’clock resulted in immediate and very loud self-oscillation. Below that, there were hardly any repeats. It was all or nothing. I knew that it was wrong–that I should be able to get more our of the feedback before it self-oscillated. For the record, I play a Stratocaster and was just playing the delay with no other effects.
Reading the comments here, on other threads, and in other places around the internet, it appears that my problem was unique. Most people seem to have trouble getting any oscillation or repeats. Generally the suggested fix seemed to be use a battery or the a/c adapter that came with the pedal. I, however, was using the a/c adapter that came with the pedal, so since I had the opposite problem, I tried the opposite solution and plugged the pedal into my daisy-chain a/c adapter, the one that came with my pedal board. Bingo! Now the pedal sounds great, perfect and just like it apparently should from the demo videos I’ve seen.
So, the upshot of all of this is that I would suggest trying different power sources. Obviously, there are some that will hurt your pedal, so don’t try those (yet) but try different batteries or a/c adapters. Good luck, it is a great pedal when it works.
Hey, I’m having the same problem as you were, but I tried what you tried (plugging it in to a daisy chain adapter) but nothing was different. What do you think I should do? This feedback problem is getting irritating- the Memory Boy I tried at Guitar Center didn’t have this problem whatsoever.
I don’t know. If you’ve tried the adapter it came with, a different adapter and batteries, perhaps it has the above referenced calibration problem.
DCNahmParticipantQuote:Here is the full problem I have been having. When I first turn the pedal on, I have to turn the delay knob up the whole way for it to work at all. After its on for awhile, i can turn it half way back. After I wait even longer, i can turn it almost three quarters the way back to the beginning. All of this is after a few hours, and if its turned off for a while, I have to restart the process. But, its never let me start low on the delay knob. It looks like I will have to return it like the second person that posted suggested.If I remember correctly, the instructions that came with mine said that the pedal must warm up first–for 20 seconds perhaps. This may be what is happening–you aren’t letting it warm up first.
DCNahmParticipantI had a different problem, but here is how I fixed it: With my MB, I found that any feedback setting higher than 12 o’clock resulted in immediate and very loud self-oscillation. Below that, there were hardly any repeats. It was all or nothing. I knew that it was wrong–that I should be able to get more our of the feedback before it self-oscillated. For the record, I play a Stratocaster and was just playing the delay with no other effects.
Reading the comments here, on other threads, and in other places around the internet, it appears that my problem was unique. Most people seem to have trouble getting any oscillation or repeats. Generally the suggested fix seemed to be use a battery or the a/c adapter that came with the pedal. I, however, was using the a/c adapter that came with the pedal, so since I had the opposite problem, I tried the opposite solution and plugged the pedal into my daisy-chain a/c adapter, the one that came with my pedal board. Bingo! Now the pedal sounds great, perfect and just like it apparently should from the demo videos I’ve seen.
So, the upshot of all of this is that I would suggest trying different power sources. Obviously, there are some that will hurt your pedal, so don’t try those (yet) but try different batteries or a/c adapters. Good luck, it is a great pedal when it works.
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