Re: Tube Pedals
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:12 am
Aww yeah I'm dying to have a go with a rotosphere. Lovely big valvey bastards
For those who spend their time dreaming about GT120’s or juicy oranges, here is a pedal quite similar in topology as those monster tone machines! All tube signalpath of course.
i've been curious about these for awhile. how would you describe this? does it have a real tube compressor vibe? the online demos i've seen are terrible.The Eristic wrote:EHX Black Finger
Yes, I play baritone & bass6 through solid state amps (and also through tube pre/solid state power amps, which have become my favorite). It suits me well. I use the myco/fryette as always-on dealios a lot of the time with the volume rolled back on my instrument and it definitely sounds warmer/livelier to me with the pedals on than just the base amp tone. I really dig it.ibarakishi wrote:ive been interested in this as well. Was also wondering if there are any people out there who play through a solid state bass amp with guitar and use a tube preamp pedal to get a more saturated and valve sounding setup. Personally have been looking at the Ampeg PF500 and pairing it with something like the Correct Sound Custom MT preamp pedal. Anyone do something like this/tried something like this, and if so what results have you gotten with it?
thanks for the input. do you find it pretty much just as responsive as with a full tube amp? and do pedals translate well too? these are all pretty big concerns for me and i don't really have a way to test things before buying them heredallasisacowboy wrote:Yes, I play baritone & bass6 through solid state amps (and also through tube pre/solid state power amps, which have become my favorite). It suits me well. I use the myco/fryette as always-on dealios a lot of the time with the volume rolled back on my instrument and it definitely sounds warmer/livelier to me with the pedals on than just the base amp tone. I really dig it.ibarakishi wrote:ive been interested in this as well. Was also wondering if there are any people out there who play through a solid state bass amp with guitar and use a tube preamp pedal to get a more saturated and valve sounding setup. Personally have been looking at the Ampeg PF500 and pairing it with something like the Correct Sound Custom MT preamp pedal. Anyone do something like this/tried something like this, and if so what results have you gotten with it?
It's not an LA-2A or anything, but it does bring warm, tubey coloration to whatever you run through it and can go from relatively subtle to pretty extreme in Squashed mode. Also dirties up nicely. Compressor demos are always hit or miss, as the effects can be too subtle to really be audible on a youtube vid, plus, in my experience at least, 70% of musicians have no idea how to set up or play a compressor to get anything meaningful out of it, especially if it has more than two knobs. If you run across one for like $80-100, it's worth a shot to see if you like its flavor.dubkitty wrote:i've been curious about these for awhile. how would you describe this? does it have a real tube compressor vibe? the online demos i've seen are terrible.The Eristic wrote:EHX Black Finger