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Alice
Bronze Member
USA
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 Posted - 01/08/2008 : 06:35:49
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Well, I finally got an RV-3. I've spent about a month getting reaquainted with it. It's been about 7 years or so since I had one last. I think I want to marry it.
Anyway, the only problem is that I got it used and the previous owner apparently never put the mode sticker on the side of it. It's a minor inconvenience but I want to find the sticker or at least get a picture of it and make my own sticker. I know a lot of you have RV-3s so if anyone has an extra sticker or can take a close up picture of it on their RV-3 and post it up that would be awesome.
I got a new bass too, so I made a little vid of it with the RV-3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i239V_B5WaY#GU5U2spHI_4
Also, I know most people here have all their stuff on pedalboards or in cases and I want to get a case or make a board but I'm wondering how people store them. Does everyone just leave all the pedals on the board plugged in all the time? I'm assuming so, since it would sort of defy the purpose of a pedalboard to have to plug everything in every time you want to play. But does this have any adverse effect on the jacks? After a while wouldn't it bend out the contact spring so it didn't grip the plug very well anymore?
-Alice |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 06:45:56
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There is a good picture of the label in the manual you can download it here;
http://media.rolandus.com/manuals/RV-3_OM.pdf
As for the jacks my school of thought would be less wear from less use. The more times that a piece of metal is bent, the more likely it is to develop "metal fatigue" |
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Alice
Bronze Member
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 07:10:25
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I don't know. I thought it would be like a spring. If you constantly compress a spring for a great length of time eventually it doesn't "spring back". I figured the same would apply for the metal contact clips in a jack since they are essentially a kind of spring.
-Alice
Edit: Thanks for the manual. It's got a good illustration. |
Edited by - Alice on 01/08/2008 08:38:09 |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
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Alice
Bronze Member
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2008 : 11:56:49
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So I take it everyone leaves their pedal boards plugged in 24/7 without causing problems to the jacks?
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4evrnewB
Silver Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 15:13:07
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Hmm, and I hadn't thought of it before, but I guess that means NO batteries, as being plugged in would drain them...damn, have a couple pedals I'll have to modify befoe getting them on a board... |
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alex_law
Silver Member
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 17:21:02
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This is the other reason that Made In Japan pedals are superior. Using the traditional nihontô methods invented by the famous swordsmith Amakuni, the pedal jacks are forged by folding the steel many times in order to increase it's flexibility and strength.
*cough* |
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Alice
Bronze Member
USA
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 21:24:56
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Very funny, alex.  |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 06:24:03
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| That's a great sound Alice.. I love it. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 01/12/2008 : 08:58:47
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Hi Alice
Nice piece
Nice playing.
Nice sound
Haunting... but strangely Calming at the same time.
Did you write that piece?
And thanks for sharing it with us...
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jaymzHal
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/12/2008 : 13:56:58
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That was really good, reminds me a little of Mono. As for the pedal board thing, i usually unplug all mine and put them away, but then I don't have a board yet - I like to experiment with the pedal order and I'm always buying new pedals or selling old ones  |
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Alice
Bronze Member
USA
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Posted - 01/13/2008 : 02:15:12
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Thanks Bob. Just something I came up with 5 minutes before recording.
-A |
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DarrinPA
Silver Member
USA
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Posted - 01/13/2008 : 05:32:40
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I agree with Dr. Bob, very nice sound and good writing.
What bass is that? Brand? Model? |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Posted - 01/13/2008 : 20:06:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Alice
So I take it everyone leaves their pedal boards plugged in 24/7 without causing problems to the jacks?
yep....the only thing i have to plug in on a gig is the power lead and the leads in and out out between the guitar and amps,really takes the hassle out of setting up,also gives me more time to help set up the P.A. and lights...i also set up a tuner on loop B of the LS-2 so i can tune up silently between songs if i need to...it's also handy if people are messy,you can pop the lid over the pedals between sets or at the end of the gig while your chillin' with a cold one.... ...... |
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alex_law
Silver Member
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Posted - 01/13/2008 : 20:25:44
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| Capacitors will dry up and need replacement before metal fatigue breaks the jacks. We're also talking about a $1 part. :) |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/13/2008 : 22:27:57
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quote:
Originally posted by alex_law
Capacitors will dry up and need replacement before metal fatigue breaks the jacks. We're also talking about a $1 part. :)
Guitar jacks commonly fail from metal fatigue long before the tone caps die, so it would stand to reason the same would apply to pedals, would it not? I realize that electrolytic caps fail before ceramic ones, but jacks do fail from metal fatigue. |
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My RV-3 and question about pdl boards.
