Can I sport a whale-tail when playin' guitar?

MechaGodzilla · Post by **MechaGodzilla** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:57 pm

the bright switch on my vibrolux is great as a presence booster at low volumes, if you want extra sparkle/clarity. the one of my traynor, however, sucks.

qersty · Post by **qersty** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:03 pm

i'd rather use a pedal for that kinda thing tbh. the boss fa-1 is great for that.

The real secret is rangemaster into blackface tho

MechaGodzilla · Post by **MechaGodzilla** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:42 pm

i used to run a rangemaster into the traynor but it only worked with the amp wound WAY up, and kind of fucked up the signal path for me. sounded fuckin good tho

qersty · Post by **qersty** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:06 pm

yeah i feel i cant use any other effects if i use a rangemaster (maybe a wah) but its such a good sound

PeterBregman · Post by **PeterBregman** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:48 am

MechaGodzilla wrote:the bright switch on my vibrolux is great as a presence booster at low volumes, if you want extra sparkle/clarity. the one of my traynor, however, sucks.

I modded the bright switch on my traynor ygm-3. It's killer now - practically always on. I find the traynors to be a little on the bassy/muddy side to begin with (the bax tone controls let a lot more low-mids through than most tone stacks.), so a well-tuned bright switch really makes the amp shine. The stock values do suck though....

VREEEEVROOOOOW · Post by **VREEEEVROOOOOW** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:55 am

Jazz Chorus bright switches sound great with humbuckers. I tend to prefer the sound without them, but I've been impressed by all the bright switches on all the JCs I've tried.

MechaGodzilla · Post by **MechaGodzilla** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:45 am

PeterBregman wrote:
MechaGodzilla wrote:the bright switch on my vibrolux is great as a presence booster at low volumes, if you want extra sparkle/clarity. the one of my traynor, however, sucks.
I modded the bright switch on my traynor ygm-3. It's killer now - practically always on. I find the traynors to be a little on the bassy/muddy side to begin with (the bax tone controls let a lot more low-mids through than most tone stacks.), so a well-tuned bright switch really makes the amp shine. The stock values do suck though....

you'll have to fill me in on what you changed and i can pass it onto my tech next time i'm with him

PeterBregman · Post by **PeterBregman** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:43 pm

MechaGodzilla wrote:you'll have to fill me in on what you changed and i can pass it onto my tech next time i'm with him

I forget what values I settled on, but I'll pop it open and take a look sometime soon and get back to you.

qersty · Post by **qersty** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:54 pm

just get a 12 way bright switch, maybe you could ad a pot to vary the amount of bright like on a 5e3 too

dubkitty · Post by **dubkitty** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:50 am

amplifier Varitone!

Dr Tony Balls · Post by **Dr Tony Balls** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:11 am

dubkitty wrote:amplifier Varitone!

i.e. the Orange Amp "F.A.C." control or the Matchless DC-30 tone selector!

qersty · Post by **qersty** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:51 am

I tought the FAC was just an in-line high pass filter. Have I missed something? I think Bryan Wompler has an amp with a vari-bright thing too. I wanted to do it with my DRRI but just couldnt be bothered (see earlier postage)

Dr Tony Balls · Post by **Dr Tony Balls** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:13 am

qersty wrote:I tought the FAC was just an in-line high pass filter.

Well yeah but so is a bright cap.

qersty · Post by **qersty** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:45 am

yeah bu it's there for different reasons. an FAC sounds alot more useful imo

qersty · Post by **qersty** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 4:14 am

friendship wrote:I much prefer the tuning stability of a wound G, but I have a difficult time doing the bends I'm used to with a plain G. I usually use 11s and tune to D standard, and I wonder if a .018w would be too skinny/unbalanced on such a set.

I experienced this too, sadly. I have some sets of wound g .010s but ive just stuck to regular 11s for now

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