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  • July 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm in reply to: Help using a 1 spot and Damage from wrong polarity question #110326
    julian
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    My head is spinning, so from the above I have gathered not to mix analogue and digital, daisy chaining pedals in the wrong polarity will fry them, and the 1spot vintage adaptors also reverse polarity. Ok im a tad confused, my pedal rig was setup in the following order: my metal muff into my doctor Q to my small stone (both classic versions) running into my marshall supervibe, and finally my boss DD7, the boss, marshall and metal muff are all centre negative, and I was obviously using the 1spot vintage adaptors for the stone and the Q, as I mentioned in my first post the setup was not working, but also the LED’s were lighting up, and a very small amount of charge was coming through the pedal casings. I have actually proceeded to purchase 1spot polarity converter assuming I would need to put them in front of the vintage adaptors, however mentioned in this thread the vintage adaptors already reverse polarity, so have any of you guys got any idea as to why my rig is not working is it the digital boss being in the setup or do I need to have a separate 1spot for these reverse polarity pedals, I was getting the assumption from mr.grim that he runs many of pedals occasionally of a 1spot, im guessing including of both polarity, please help me with these queries friends :)

    It’s either that a pedal has positive ground and doesn’t want to be daisied, or that a pedal is broken.

    July 16, 2010 at 5:12 pm in reply to: Help using a 1 spot and Damage from wrong polarity question #110289
    julian
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    If you daysichain pedals with different polarities you’ll fry the pedals. Plus, don’t mix digital pedals with analog ones on the daysichain, digitals won’t work. read this thread for more info on powering up pedals: https://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/2957

    I’ll agree with you on the 2nd point, but the 1st point is misleading.

    If a pedal has a center positive jack, it doesn’t mean that it won’t work with a daisy chained pedal, it just means that it requires the positive power to be at the center. Thus you use a reverse polarity adapter. Most EHX and DOD pedals with the old 1/8″ style power will work daisy chained with boss style power jacks, given you get the correct adapter. Those 1/8″ guys are center positive. It actually makes boatloads of sense to be center positive because then you don’t have to shield the bushing from the chassis of the pedal.

    I daisy chain my Sovtek Small Stone, DOD-250, and my DOD FX-17 which are all center positive with typical center negative pedals all the time.

    THE PROBLEM comes when you have pedals that have positive ground and negative ground daisy chained together.

    PNP transistor based pedals all have positive ground. If on your daisy chain you have both positive and negative as ground, then you’ve got a ground loop and you’ve got a problem.

    The easiest way to check the polarity inside a pedal would be to check which part of the battery is connect to ground. If – is connected to ground, it’s normal. If + is connected to ground, it’s different and needs to powered separately.

    July 16, 2010 at 1:36 pm in reply to: New Devices: Germanium^4 Big Muff &, .44 Magnum, Freeze, Neo Clone, & Headphone Amp #110275
    julian
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    It’s available. A couple people here have gotten one already.

    July 15, 2010 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Power supply #110251
    julian
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    I run mine off of one of the 250ma current outputs of a PP2+ with a polarity inverter cable (red, the jack is center positive)

    DC brick doesn’t have isolated power, so I don’t think it would work to well with the HOG.

    July 15, 2010 at 5:12 pm in reply to: Superstition Intro Sound??? #110250
    julian
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    doesn’t he use a mutron on that song?

    July 15, 2010 at 5:10 pm in reply to: Tube Zipper not glowing #110249
    julian
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    pre-amp tubes don’t always glow, though some of them are backlit in some of the pedals to add a bit of the effect.

    I don’t have a tube zipper to tell you if it’s working incorrectly, but it sounds fine to me.

    July 15, 2010 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Volume Settings at home & in the studio vs. Live on the stage. #110246
    julian
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    There are so many variables at gigs that you’ve got to be aware of. Positioning of your amp, EQ settings, etc. A lot of times certain effects sound weaker in volume because in a full band their own EQ may scoop out the part of the guitar signal that usually stands out.

    July 15, 2010 at 2:34 pm in reply to: Dry Out & Effect Out…explain? #110245
    julian
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    Dry out/effect outs are especially useful for synth pedals. You can send the dry out to sort of a normal dirt pedal chain and a tuner, and send the effect out to a bunch of other weird pedals to be processed and then mix them together later. That way it’s almost like you can play two instruments with your guitar at once.

    On your Micro Pog, imagine sending the dry guitar signal through a Big Muff, and the wet guitar signal through a tremolo, some chorus, and some reverb. So on one side you’ve got a normal fuzz sound, on the other side you’ve some shimmery spacey thing going on.

    Some people also like to have a blend pedal blend between wet and dry, and you can plug the wet and dry into that.

    July 15, 2010 at 1:38 am in reply to: POG2 Sequencer Idea #110230
    julian
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    I love the sequenced sound and have been working on a sequencer that plugs into expression pedal jacks on various pedals and runs through 1-10 steps. Even on a pedal with no expression jacks, I could modify the pedal to replace any pot/slider with a jack connection. It’s not done yet, but should create the same sound you are talking about. I’m pretty exited to finish up the project and try it out.

    I’ve made something like that for my HOG. I’ve yet to put it in an actual enclosure. Project is on hold right now while I work on other things.

    July 14, 2010 at 7:55 pm in reply to: What are you listening to right now (revisited)? #110214
    julian
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    pinkfloydpiper.jpg

    July 14, 2010 at 6:01 pm in reply to: New Devices: Germanium^4 Big Muff &, .44 Magnum, Freeze, Neo Clone, & Headphone Amp #110205
    julian
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    It sounds really good. I kind of want it even though I really don’t need it.

    July 12, 2010 at 11:03 pm in reply to: pedal switcher or loop system #110168
    julian
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    On the other hand it could be super useful. I’d imagine for some Shoegaze you couldn’t live without midi switching systems.

    July 12, 2010 at 11:00 pm in reply to: h.o.g. guitars synthesizer #110167
    julian
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    Playing with the filter can improve it somewhat, also adjusting the input gain.

    July 12, 2010 at 10:59 pm in reply to: Metal Muff Nano Screws? #110166
    julian
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    I don’t have any nano EHX pedals, but I’d assume since they’re in 125b sized enclosures, they’d take these screws:

    http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=801

    otherwise they might be these:

    http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=906

    July 12, 2010 at 2:38 pm in reply to: G4BMP – Look What I Got! #110156
    julian
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    I like soundclick a lot myself. Tell me, with both channels on can you get Big Muff sounds? And also can you get weird fuzz sounds by playing around with the bias?

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