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ChristoMephisto
Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 03/08/2008 : 05:19:50
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Dr. Bob
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Australia
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Posted - 03/08/2008 : 05:51:24
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Originally posted by ChristoMephisto
I got a Indyguiarist mod called the "fat body mod"
Hi ChristoMephisto
What did you go buy that for?
Comes free after you pass thirty something.
And from sitting around scouring through evilbay, for pedals.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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ChristoMephisto
Platinum Member
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 06:49:54
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its description is 'will sound much fuller, warmer, and not so ‘splatty’!'
i don't name these things, i'd probably come up with something cooler |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 03/08/2008 : 19:40:02
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Oh man... too funny Dr. Bob! I've had my own fat body mod for ages 
Just ordered the Monte Allums Opto Plus mod kit. Cheap enough and saves me chasing around for the bits.
Should have it a week or so - will post to this thread how about it goes.
Laurie. |
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zentropa
Gold Member
USA
837 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2008 : 06:25:12
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but Christo spent a long time convincing me that the CS-2 was better than what I was hearing, & I might have a dud one.
i've actually had 4 dud CS-2's...
have heard a couple of sweet ones (these were always twice as expensive as my dud ones), but i ended up giving up and going for a CS-3 out of frustration.
i may revisit a CS-2... but i'm still gunshy. |
Edited by - zentropa on 03/10/2008 06:25:47 |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2008 : 08:39:42
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Hi zentropa
Did you ever get anyone to look at the dud ones?
When you say dud, do you mean it sucked the treble-top end off your signal? Which is what my first one does.
Or do you mean dud as in dead & not working?
The second one I purchased is as good as all the hype I have heard-read.
I have been studying the schematic & have come u with some theories of my own ...
When I get the time, I'll take a closer look at my one.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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zentropa
Gold Member
USA
837 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2008 : 22:12:06
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Did you ever get anyone to look at the dud ones?
When you say dud, do you mean it sucked the treble-top end off your signal? Which is what my first one does.
i never had anyone look at them. i was usually able to unload them pretty quickly and on 3 of the 4 i made a little profit on them or at least broke even on store credit. i never knew they were duds until i heard a good one...
all 4 of them seemed to reduce the entire tone of the guitar down to about a 1500hz range. instead of getting a bit more punch from the treble strings, the strings sounded like they were about 30 years old and completely dead and lifeless with zero high end and zero low end.
does that sound about what happened with your bad one?
btw, all 4 of them had switches that were corroded/failing (and that was before i had discovered contact cleaner... i was around 16 when i got the first of the 4) |
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ChristoMephisto
Platinum Member
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2008 : 22:30:36
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Duds, when caps go bad and a good reason why people can sell them off quickly thinking they just weren't good. Reminds me of a similar thread.
Another one is when they don't know the ASA thing and can't understand why the pedal doesn't work properly with their PSA adapter.
Thats how I got my Tokai TCH1 Chorus, and I traded a $5 gift card fro Tim Hortons |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2008 : 07:05:52
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Originally posted by zentropa
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I never knew they were duds until i heard a good one...
all 4 of them seemed to reduce the entire tone of the guitar down to about a 1500hz range. instead of getting a bit more punch from the treble strings, the strings sounded like they were about 30 years old and completely dead and lifeless with zero high end and zero low end.
does that sound about what happened with your bad one?
btw, all 4 of them had switches that were corroded/failing (and that was before i had discovered contact cleaner...
Hi zentropa
That's pretty much it, WET BLANKET over the speakers tone.
you must have has some of the very first (ink Stamp S/N batch of CS-2's, if you were only 14 when you got your first one?
When you say the switches were failing, do you mean the bypass switch?
Regards Dr. Bob |
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zentropa
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 03/11/2008 : 07:18:11
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i was 16 when i got my first one in 1994 :)
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When you say the switches were failing, do you mean the bypass switch?
yes. it would turn on easily, but turning it back off was a huge challenge. often would take 10-12 steps to get it to turn off without immediately turning back on.
ever since my car accident in '99 f'd up the nerves and tendons in my forearm/wrist/hand i haven't had to worry about a compressor anymore though seeing as i can't play lead to save my life anymore :P |
Edited by - zentropa on 03/11/2008 07:22:45 |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2008 : 07:58:24
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Originally posted by zentropa
i was 16 when i got my first one in 1994 :)
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When you say the switches were failing, do you mean the bypass switch?
yes. it would turn on easily, but turning it back off was a huge challenge. often would take 10-12 steps to get it to turn off without immediately turning back on.
ever since my car accident in '99 f'd up the nerves and tendons in my forearm/wrist/hand i haven't had to worry about a compressor anymore though seeing as i can't play lead to save my life anymore :P
Hi zentropa
Sorry to hear that man,
are you still able to play rhythm-chords or any guitar at all?
Or have you switches instruments to keyboard etc.
Regards Dr. Bob
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zentropa
Gold Member
USA
837 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2008 : 08:22:14
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i have all my boss pedals rigged up to a def leppard style foot trigger set that plays the guitars for me.
:P
naw, i switched to rhythm guitar and learned to sing. dropped my string gauge from 13-58's down to 10-46's, etc. still have/had precision, just lost a ton of strength/speed/endurance.
unfortunately, i ended up putting a 3/4" deep slice into the pad of my index finger a couple of years back with a chef's knife and managed to flay the nerve ending. didn't have health insurance so i ended up getting an "upstairs hollywood medical school" caliber stitch job that didn't heal well and left the nerves firing for about 2 years (if i slid a bar chord up a few frets i would get a pain spike straight to the brain that would white out my vision and nearly knock me unconscious). basically i didn't use my left index finger for 10 months for anything and there was a bit... well... like total... muscle atrophy in that finger and the corresponding hand muscles. things have calmed down a bit now and i'm back into guitar with a vengeance.
looking at picking up a toneless shred axe to get my chops back. basically, something that won't make me cry when i set it up with 8-38 strings (i would consider it a sin to string up any of my current guitars that way) and hack my way through some old van halen stuff. i'm trying to re-accumulating pedals as i purged a TON of gear both after the car accident and after the finger cut. 5 SG's, 2 Pauls, 2 G&L Legacy's, 2 fender american deluxe basses, 8 vintage fender tube amps, my bass stack, my PA and recording gear, and nearly all of my pedals. kept 2 frankenstrats, 2 sg's, 2 pauls, 2 marshall amps, a small bass amp, and my stingray bass.
the sad thing is that i never really use pedals (my gigging rig was usually gibson -> TU-2 -> marshall), but i get very particular on tone and want the freedom to accomplish nearly any sound i want, even at apartment level volumes. i see some vintage fender tube amp in my near future as well.
pedals i either kept or have accumulated recently:
'84 OD-1, '81 DS-1, '79 CE-2, '86 HM-2, '86 DM-3, '97 PW-2, '99 OD-3, '96 MT-2, '90 CE-2, '86 BF-2, TU-2. i'm still gunning for a reverb pedal and PH-1/PH-1r and i don't think there is anything i want after that unless a VB-2 fell into my lap for under $200 or if i find an extremely cheap CS-2 that works this time :)
sorry for the threadjack btw. |
Edited by - zentropa on 03/11/2008 08:28:29 |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2008 : 00:39:40
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| No worries about the thread-jack zentropa! Glad things are coming back on track for you!! |
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Is a CS-2 a decent compressor? or I AM A DOOFUS!!
