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I'd rather use a true bypass box then an a/b splitter since an open
channel on your amp - which you would be left with - causes hum.
against this option goes the fact that the reverbunit changes your
overall sound even without the reverb on, and thus, when true
bypassing the unit, you might not have enough input, or have to
change eq settings.
as for 'other choices', you could relais(sic?)switch for double mixer
pots and thus switch between two settings. I'm sure it could be done
with electronical pots but I know nothing about 'em. i toyed with the
idea of building a double double mixer pot but gave up on it for
obvious reasons.
and then there's the 'Neil Young Whizzer solution' .... build a small
box with electro motors and mechanical "grippers" and digital
programming, that goes over your reverbunit, and mechanically turns
the knobs on hitting a footswitch buttons. happy soldering!
--- In , "loscobrassurf"
<loscobrassurf@y...> wrote:
>
>
> turn it down or a/b is there another choice ? miller
>
>
>
> --- In , "Brain Brimstone"
<Brain@b...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello List! Longtime lurker.
> >
> > I'm Brain, I play in NJ surf/garage band the Brimstones. We have
a
> big
> > show this coming Monday (Cramps at Irving Plaza) and in
anticipation
> > of that and future recordings I "upgraded" from my Premeir Tank
to a
> > Fender RI. While I was waiting for it, I was using a friends RI
and
> it
> > seemed that I was suffering from muddy sound when i turned the
tank
> > off and used my Vox ValveTone pedal.
> >
> > When I finally got mine, it was broken (tangled springs and a tube
> > needed replacing...?). I got it fixed under warranty since I got
it
> > "new". After testing mine out it seemed it suffered from the same
> > muddy tone. A few experimentations led to finding out (as many of
> you
> > know) it was the Mixer.
> >
> > At the moment I'm left with turning the mixer down when we do
garage
> > stuff and I already got two foot switches to turn on and off. I'm
> okay
> > doing this on Monday, but not for all shows afterwards. I thought
of
> > getting an A/B box and splitting it into two channels but this
seems
> > like so much more work to set up, break down and to trip over.
Chaos
> > theory rears it's head quite a bit around our equipment and the
less
> > things that can fail the better.
> >
> > So my question is: is there anything I can do to get rid of this
so
> > that "bypass" is true "bypass"? The signal path is currently
> Hagstrom
> > III > ValveTone > Tank > '68 Twin. I would prefer to not mod the
RI
> as
> > I've already needed the warrety and who knows when I'll need it
> > again....but I got a real good tech who does real good work, so
if I
> > gotta, I gotta.
> >
> > I figure if anybody will know, it's this list!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Brain
> >
> > p.s. I've searched the archive and just came up with people who
have
> > the same problem.
