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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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 Posted - 09/09/2008 : 06:26:50
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Originally posted by happyplucker
cheers dirk, i completely missed the thread, but dr bob pointed me in the right direction.
i'm going to give the trim pot a whirl when i get home.
Hi happyplucker
Just mark the exact spot where it was, before you reset/move the trimmer.
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happyplucker
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/09/2008 : 11:06:53
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hi bob/everyone,
it proves that this site makes you learn something. i would have probably not marked the pot in the past, however, even before dr bob suggested so i did it! may seem pretty lame to you guys, but maybe my clumsyness/not-paying-attention days are over... still not over impressed with the comp but it does make some difference to my ears... im begining to think i just dont like comps... maybe i do?
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2008 : 14:41:53
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Hi happyplucker
I am very impressed.
Who said you can't teach slightly older dogs new tricks?
If you have a DVM, a better trick is to measure the static resistance of the trim pot,
from the centre terminal & to both sides,
with the power off.
You will be able to reset it more precisely that way, should you ever need to reset it.
Regards Dr. Bob
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 09/09/2008 : 15:00:04
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Or the completely paranoid approach (I have used before... guess that makes me paranoid!) is to buy a spare trim pot, unsolder the orignial one (being careful to not move it!), solder the new one in and fiddle with that. If you ever want to put it back to "stock", just solder the old one back in.
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2008 : 15:37:24
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Originally posted by Laurie
Or the completely paranoid approach (I have used before... guess that makes me paranoid!) is to buy a spare trim pot, unsolder the orignial one (being careful to not move it!), solder the new one in and fiddle with that. If you ever want to put it back to "stock", just solder the old one back in.
Hi Laurie & Guys
The very important aspect of Laurie's "excellent" method is:
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2008 : 17:25:37
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Uhm guys, I really admire your thoughtfullness, but in the stock pedal the trimpot is exactly in the middle position 
I figured out something, when I roll back the volume on my (high output) bass or HB equipped guitar, the pedal works a lot better.
Maybe it was designed for single coil guitars.
So I'm sending too much signal/volume into the pedal which makes the compression even on minimal settings react like crazy to squash everything down.
Since my knowledge of electronics is not so big that I can redesign the pedal to get it to work with higher input signals, I'll probably sell it off.
Again, I'm quite happy with my CS-3 and RCL-10.
I wanted to try this one myself cause I heard good stuff about it and I really dig the sound that James Hetfield got with it on Notting else Matters.
Experiments result: Good pedal, but not for me. Case closed.
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happyplucker
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/10/2008 : 11:41:26
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| and i just sold my strat. i could have tested this idea out. ive only ever used it on humbuckers... |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2008 : 16:40:44
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Hi happyplucker
Just wind back the Vol. a bit, on your humbucker equipped guitar/s.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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