G'day... Just got back from tassie and melbourne over the past 5 weeks.....
Can't check in from the road; so a belated hi to all......
I'm gonna start a few other topics as I have a little to tell; so I'll kep it short here.
I one a couple of hunnie at the cas in Hobart a few nights ago; so i bought one of these.... (Power Screamer)
http://www.homebrewelectronics.com/products.htm
Lotsa fun; especially when you hit the diode switch to the right and it makes a fantastic fuzz sound. Described as small amp going to explode is right...
But my Hot Rod Deluxe STILL sounds 'honky' or 'boxy'......The pedal sounded great and fat in the shop; but lacks tone at home....
Any suggestions....???
I don't know what to say, I have really liked my HRD with pedals, but I put them between the guitar and input and use only the clean channel. I hardly use the overdrive channel, but I do have it activated and the foot switch out so I can use it. I also have a volume control box which I put into the effects loop. I turn the pre amps up, and I regulate the volume via the volume control box which is just a little box with a 250K audio taper pot in it. It helps.
I set the tone controls far different from any other amp I have ever used. I set the trebles at about 10:00 O Clock, (don't know the number on the dial), The bass on 3, and the mids at about 2:00 O Clock (don't know the number on the dial). The presence all the way off.
By the way, the new Eminence Tonespotter speaker and the Weber Beam Blocker added a whole new sound dimension to the thing, much better.
My conclusion; a stock HRD is not a real tone full machine all by itself. That is why I am looking to upgrade my main amp to a Bogner Alchemist Head or Egnater Renegade head. With the Renegade head in the lead but they are not released so I cannot say until I hear both at GC.
triantobebrian — Feb 24, 2009 How to get rid of 'honky' sound
Any suggestions....???
Dunno, maybe start listening to rap?
I 'one' a couple of hundred?????? Did you guys pick that up????? :D ;D :D ;D :D
triantobebrian — Feb 24, 2009I 'one' a couple of hundred?????? Did you guys pick that up????? :D ;D :D ;D :D
Of course, but we took into consideration where you're from and went easy on you! ;) :D
Replace the honky on guitar with a person of darker skin tone?
On a darker note re my 'one' comment....
Claire today came after a tough week at the office..... she's been hounded for a few things; including a dressing down for sending an email to the ceo full of spelling mistakes.
The thing is; she's dyslexic. Can't see the mistakes. Yet her job (which she has a university degree for) involves her proofreading and correcting other peoples work.
Well today shehad come home early from a meeting; and sent an email from the 'home' laptop that doesn't have automatic spell check; and fuck... the drama. She was crying, slapping her head because of the email she sent - full of bad grammar and spelling mistakes.
I felt so sorry for her. Genuinely. She regards herself as stupid - which she's not. A person that gets a university degree with a learning disability is amazing in my boks. I lasted 6 months at Uni. And I don't have dyslexia....