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It's pretty bright and I didn't find it to be particularly bassy. They released the two channel Hot Rod editions in limited number. I believe 500 of the standard and 500 of the custom, if memory serves.
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100%. That’s the kind of thing I want to avoid. I tend to not like “amp in a box” type pedals for that reason
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One cool thing I discovered with the Mischief - you know how RATs sort of border on fuzz? I don’t know what the “sizzle” button does, but it basically turns it into a full on fuzz pedal!
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I recently tried the new Marshall JCM800 and 1959 pedals. I love me some Marshall.
They sucked hot ass. No. Check that. They were worse than that which sucks hot ass.
And that was running them into some killer tube amps.
I do have a couple I like.... an that are passable..... but yeah.... that Marshall power amp
goodness is going to be hard to cram into a tiny ass enclosure without the diode, transistor
and/or JFET clipping overlords from taking over.
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Not really, it's actually fairly similar to the amp dimed with the Hot Mod engaged and was a no-brainer when I tried it out. I was trying to figure out how to keep the amp dimed with the Hot Mod on until I tried the BE-OD for shits and giggles at GC, then I went in the opposite direction and decided to work with a clean platform instead.
The BE-OD Deluxe has 2 channels, stock the 2nd channel is cleaner than the first but there's a trim pot inside the pedal where I'm assuming you can match the levels. I'm likely going to use the 2nd channel as the dirt I feed a Fuzz Face to. The regular BE-OD pedal doesn't have the Mid knob, which was the main sell of the Deluxe for me.....even though I practically keep it in the middle anyway.
I am just messing you with, Drew..... but I can't help but wonder when you'll grow out of the BE Deluxe.
Current over/under is just shy of 90 days.
I so want to like Friedman stuff. I really do. Lord knows I have spent enough $$$ trying. Just
not a good fit for my ears.
As I recall the trimpot is for setting/adjusting the gain... rather than volume. I had that Deluxe a couple
of times..... because I thought it would address the issues with the single BE I had.
Glad it works for you and you diggity dog dig it!
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I am just messing you with, Drew..... but I can't help but wonder when you'll grow out of the BE Deluxe.
Current over/under is just shy of 90 days.
I so want to like Friedman stuff. I really do. Lord knows I have spent enough $$$ trying. Just
not a good fit for my ears.
As I recall the trimpot is for setting/adjusting the gain... rather than volume. I had that Deluxe a couple
of times..... because I thought it would address the issues with the single BE I had.
Glad it works for you and you diggity dog dig it!
Hahahahah I wouldn’t be surprised if I grow out of it in a year or so, I can see myself wanting to try other flavors of modded Marshall. That said, I’m pretty stoked with it, especially after I slapped some EQ after it and turned it into a modern chug machine!
It’ll have to NOT be able to pull off a bunch of stuff for me to want to swap it out and right now there’s not even a single song it’s being relied on for, so it’ll be a long ways before I’m getting sick of it!
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That's awesome. All about the fun and inspiration it offers up.
I never tried it with EQ after.
Did you not dig the Lovepedal Vintage Modern/Purple Plexi in that role??
I did a big shootout with the Lovepedal, a few Bogner pedals (including the La Grange, Red, and Blue)
and the Friedman and ended up kind of digging the feel and responsiveness of the LP over the others.
It's dead simple, in comparison, but I liked the volume clean up and dynamics out of the LP over those
others.
Lord knows there are enough options out there that we can all find the one that works best for our
ears and rigs.
I never tried it with EQ after.
Did you not dig the Lovepedal Vintage Modern/Purple Plexi in that role??
I did a big shootout with the Lovepedal, a few Bogner pedals (including the La Grange, Red, and Blue)
and the Friedman and ended up kind of digging the feel and responsiveness of the LP over the others.
It's dead simple, in comparison, but I liked the volume clean up and dynamics out of the LP over those
others.
Lord knows there are enough options out there that we can all find the one that works best for our
ears and rigs.
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Ugh, my EAE Citadel is such a mystery to me.
One day it sounds terrible, the next it sounds amazing. It’s so bright and so “opinionated”, but also has such clarity and is so responsive.
I was all set to sell it and the LPD Eighty7. The last time I used it at a rehearsal it was terrible. Thought I’d plug it in one last time before selling it and it sounds so amazing I don’t know how I could have ever thought of selling it!
I’m sure tomorrow it will sound terrible again
One day it sounds terrible, the next it sounds amazing. It’s so bright and so “opinionated”, but also has such clarity and is so responsive.
I was all set to sell it and the LPD Eighty7. The last time I used it at a rehearsal it was terrible. Thought I’d plug it in one last time before selling it and it sounds so amazing I don’t know how I could have ever thought of selling it!
I’m sure tomorrow it will sound terrible again
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@metropolis_4, thanks bro!!!! It got here so quick I was clueless what it was when I walked up to my door!
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That's awesome. All about the fun and inspiration it offers up.
I never tried it with EQ after.
Did you not dig the Lovepedal Vintage Modern/Purple Plexi in that role??
I did a big shootout with the Lovepedal, a few Bogner pedals (including the La Grange, Red, and Blue)
and the Friedman and ended up kind of digging the feel and responsiveness of the LP over the others.
It's dead simple, in comparison, but I liked the volume clean up and dynamics out of the LP over those
others.
Lord knows there are enough options out there that we can all find the one that works best for our
ears and rigs.
My bad, brother, I just saw this now.
I love the Vintage/Modern, but it doesn’t get into the high gain territory quite enough. I’m actually sending mine off to my uncle because he loved it when he was here and like I told him, he should be the first one to benefit from my gear addiction since he started all this.
I agree on the cleanup, the V/M absolutely cleans up more, but at the expense of having less distortion on tap. Obviously, I can boost/EQ it like I did the Friedman, but by the time I did that with the Friedman it was already ‘permanently’ attached to the board and I’m still sick of dicking with it.
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I finally plugged this in tonight. In typical fashion, didn't read a single thing about it and didn't even remember what the 3 knobs on a Rat were, or even what a Rat sounded like just plugged into a clean amp. 2-3 minutes later-
I just stuck it in front of my AxeFX in front of the Gilmour preset I made using blocks from various Gilmour presets I've gathered over the years. With some top end added in post, that'd be pretty damn close! Definitely need to crank the rotary cabs more, too.
Since this album is as huge as it is (note- forearm), I'm going to go down the rabbit hole like I did for "Poles Apart" and nail the tone and nuances as close as I possibly can. I'm pretty sure he used some older Fender combos on the studio version and the Hiwatts were just live amps at that point, I'm using a 65 Bassman Normal model on that clip above.
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I just stuck it in front of my AxeFX in front of the Gilmour preset I made using blocks from various Gilmour presets I've gathered over the years. With some top end added in post, that'd be pretty damn close! Definitely need to crank the rotary cabs more, too.
Since this album is as huge as it is (note- forearm), I'm going to go down the rabbit hole like I did for "Poles Apart" and nail the tone and nuances as close as I possibly can. I'm pretty sure he used some older Fender combos on the studio version and the Hiwatts were just live amps at that point, I'm using a 65 Bassman Normal model on that clip above.
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That was on the first/white mode, I still got PLENTY of exploring to do with that thing! I didn’t realize it had that many options on it! Kinda cool how far you can span the tones while a general sound remains intact throughout.
Thanks again, brother!
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My bad, brother, I just saw this now.
I love the Vintage/Modern, but it doesn’t get into the high gain territory quite enough. I’m actually sending mine off to my uncle because he loved it when he was here and like I told him, he should be the first one to benefit from my gear addiction since he started all this.
I agree on the cleanup, the V/M absolutely cleans up more, but at the expense of having less distortion on tap. Obviously, I can boost/EQ it like I did the Friedman, but by the time I did that with the Friedman it was already ‘permanently’ attached to the board and I’m still sick of dicking with it.
Your Uncle has great taste!
No worries on the reply. I am more neglectful of replying than ever before. I just can't hardly keep up
with the level of queries and consumption on the Forum.... let alone in Life!
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I’m going in a different direction for now.
The Mischief is probably the best RAT I’ve ever played, but I don’t think a RAT is quite the sound I’m after at the moment. I want something a little tighter and more mid-focused
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Nice. Always fun spinning the Pedal Roulette Wheel. Even if it ends in disappointment
we have the pleasure of spinning that Wheel again..... and again..... and....
I have so much fun with that part of it!
I’ve got 5 drive pedals on the way right now and I can’t wait to audition and experiment with them
