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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'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

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

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

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....

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.

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

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.

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

amplifier Varitone!

dubkitty wrote:amplifier Varitone!

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

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)

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

Well yeah but so is a bright cap.

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

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