Re: Guitar Signal Question - A Bit OT

[stanitarium@earthlink.net]

here is my humble opinion after yrs of head scratchin and thoughts of
suicide(!?) the *only* way to get a beefy guitar signal w/ effex is for the
guitar amplifier (pre)amp to see a signal right off the guitar's pick-ups
-after that anything you use(mostly, you know them impedances, etc) to
influence or alter that signal will work w/ some tweekin.so hopefully you
have an effects loop in your guitar amp because there is only one
rule-anything that you put between your guitar and your pre-amp degrades
that signal-the more the 'worser'.IMHO...stanner
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>From: Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: Guitar Signal Question - A Bit OT
>Date: Wed, Oct 4, 2000, 1:17 PM
>

>It's just a matter of achieving something called "unity gain" which means
>keeping the level the same throughout the path.  You don't need any 
>boosting
>device.   Get that mic pre out of there!  All you need to do is make sure 
>all
>your input and output levels are where they should be.  It's just a 
>matter of
>trial and error, checking one device at a time. Some experimentation and
>patience should do the trick.
>
>Mark
>
>Michael Clark wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This may be a bit OT, apologies in advance.
>>
>> I have guitar signal question.
>>
>> The problem is that I'm not getting a strong enough guitar signal 
>through
>> my set-up, thus the effects I am using don't sound as big or as vibrant 
>as
>> they can/should.
>>
>> I have been fooling around with the set-up and have found that the 
>signal
>> from guitar -> A/B -> 2112 -> Volume Pedal -> Amp sounds great.  I've
>> placed a mic pre in between the VP and Mixer, Mixer and EDP and it 
>sounds
>> muddy (even at low gain on the mic pre).
>>
>> Here's the set-up in the order of connections:
>> Guitar
>> A/B Box (2 Outs)
>> Digitech 2101
>> Digitech 2112
>> Stereo Volume Pedal
>> Direct Box For 2112 Out To Mixer To  (to boost gain = somewhat helpful)
>> Berringer Mixer
>> Oberheim Echoplex
>> Berringer Denoiser (Noise Gate)
>> Amp
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.  I just want to have the strength of
>> signal that I would get if I just plugged directly into one of the
>> Digitechs and out to an amp.
>>
>> (I wish the Echoplex was stereo i/o, or 2 channels i/o or something - 
>but I
>> love the Echoplex).
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Michael
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