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tvardy
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Link Posted on Feb 23 2016 05:45 PM

Here is a soulution I discovered to get better sound from my FRV-1. I always jump the Normal Chanel and the bright Chanel on my 59 Bassman RI. This made me think if I run a line from the bypass on my Boss tuner to the Bright thus bypassing the FRV-1 and retaining my natural analog signal and then the output of the tuner to the FRV-1 into the normal Chanel that is darker to begin with it would tame some of the highs and harshness associated with the FRV-1. I then just dial the volumes on the Bright and Normal Chanel to get the mix to what I want. I am getting good tone from this setup and found myself enjoying it over my Topanga going direct. No it's not a Tank I'm not going down that discussion but it makes a piece of equipment many of us have work much better.
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derekirving
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Link Posted on Feb 23 2016 10:28 PM

That's genus!! I have a reissue bassman but have since sold my FRV1.

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tvardy
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Link Posted on Feb 24 2016 06:13 AM

Hi Derek,
What reverb are you using and what other effects?
I've been using a Baseman for awhile now it's my go to amp. If your not jumping Chanel's give it a try. Jump the Normal 1 to Bright 2 and plug your guitar into Normal 2 this gives you more headroom and the amp will also sound great at lower volumes. When you do that its great for dialing in your sound in a band mix. Set your Bass, Mid, Trebble, Presence to get a good tone that fils the spectrum then you can just use the Bright Volume and the Normal volume to quickly mix your sound to sit well in the band mix.

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FiveE3
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Link Posted on Mar 09 2017 05:45 PM

Great trick! I tried it out on my 5E3 Tweed Deluxe,(obsessively back and forth like any tone seeking guitarist)and it worked well. Very noticeable. There are lot of tonal options mixing the two channels, along with the guitar's volume, as well.

After that I added a Boss TR-2 tremolo and a Boss DD-7 delay pedal in different configurations and pairings. My conclusion is that this method is great for only using the Boss FRV-1 and nothing else in the chain. Other pedals in different channels muddy up the sound with no effect ever really standing out. However, when I placed all the pedals together and into one channel, the sound was still pretty decent. Not as nice as my VHT 12/20 effects loop set up, but passable. This may be because Boss pedals are buffered, and they generally play well together. I'll try out some of true bypass pedals to see how this theory holds up. Thanks for post!

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mike_fried
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Link Posted on Mar 09 2017 08:09 PM

You could also plug the tuner's out into the bright channel, then jumper that channel's other input out to the FRV-1s input, and its output into the normal channel. You'd get the benefit of being able to mute the guitar by only having to use the tuner's "normal" out instead of its two outputs as a Y-cable. This uses channel jumpering as you described, but inserting the FRV-1 in the middle...the same number of cables, just slightly different routing. Worth a try, I think!

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Link Posted on Mar 10 2017 08:22 AM

Sounds like a great approach for you, doable with any 2-channel amp. Similar & compact version of blending 2 amps. Whatever it takes to get the sound you want.
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Link Posted on Mar 13 2017 12:47 PM

mike_fried wrote:

mike_fried wrote:

Badger wrote:

Sounds like a great approach for you, doable with any 2-channel amp. Similar & compact version of blending 2 amps. Whatever it takes to get the sound you want.
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Badger, actually you can't do that quite the same way with a Fender 2-channel reverb amp (Twin, Super, Deluxe) as the channels are out-of-phase with each other, unlike the Bassman and 4-input Marshalls. You can, however, connect as described but use only the reverb signal (100% wet) in the second channel as the phase status of reverb itself isn't as relevant.

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