SHOW OFF YOUR PEDALBOARD!
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the swede
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Thought i was pretty much done with this after summer (and after a year of goofing around). But as yall know… it’s never done.
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the acs1 had been great during the build, to test pedals and slowly come to some agreement with myself and sounds. But there was some stuff I couldn’t get right with the acs1 and the M1 just had to much stuff for me so both went and financed the thing below.
Enter Friedman IR-D. So far so good! It sounds great to me. So far just dialed in a clean sound to my taste, the provided IRs hit the spot, no need to go down a rabbit hole there. Briefly cranked it and it has loads of distortion… fat thick ass blow my pants of distortion. Not my thing, but it’s there if I want it. But yeah, the clean to breakup sound awesome and it definitely has more “feel” than the walrus acs1. This thing feels more alive and dynamic, touch responsive and such.
I think I will place it on my desk though, my homeplayer amp thingy… feels nice to do so, it becomes something more than a nifty pedal, it helps me feel like it’s my real amp! Just switch on and play, no menus or constant tweaking… just play.
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the acs1 had been great during the build, to test pedals and slowly come to some agreement with myself and sounds. But there was some stuff I couldn’t get right with the acs1 and the M1 just had to much stuff for me so both went and financed the thing below.
Enter Friedman IR-D. So far so good! It sounds great to me. So far just dialed in a clean sound to my taste, the provided IRs hit the spot, no need to go down a rabbit hole there. Briefly cranked it and it has loads of distortion… fat thick ass blow my pants of distortion. Not my thing, but it’s there if I want it. But yeah, the clean to breakup sound awesome and it definitely has more “feel” than the walrus acs1. This thing feels more alive and dynamic, touch responsive and such.
I think I will place it on my desk though, my homeplayer amp thingy… feels nice to do so, it becomes something more than a nifty pedal, it helps me feel like it’s my real amp! Just switch on and play, no menus or constant tweaking… just play.
the swede
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Spamming some… either way, rearranged the board so now the tuner is back on and I got one spot over!
Second night with the IR-D for a couple hours and I’m really impressed, can’t stop playing this thing. It has this…. Touchy sensation… like if I just touch the strings with my foreskin… I mean the fingertips… it reacts. It’s really fun to just strum away loosely or hard and hear it open up or sit back yet alway clear and punchy. The cleans are definitely growing on me. Much of the things I’m thinking of I haven’t really heard/felt since playing a real tube amp. Of course this is a digital end thing, and IR… but I must say…
Tubes… it must be where it’s at… so nice. There is an organic “bloom” or response about it. It’s alive.
Distortion is also growing on me.. it rips… it’s fat as fuck. Haven’t tried the built in TS like boost, not interested is mid hump soloing stuff. Fat full chords on all strings and tons of clipping, fuzzy mess and overtones. Wall of sound! Yeah! Sent my crazy ass Trinity reverb into that and I had a short but very intense eargasm…
I’m happy!
Second night with the IR-D for a couple hours and I’m really impressed, can’t stop playing this thing. It has this…. Touchy sensation… like if I just touch the strings with my foreskin… I mean the fingertips… it reacts. It’s really fun to just strum away loosely or hard and hear it open up or sit back yet alway clear and punchy. The cleans are definitely growing on me. Much of the things I’m thinking of I haven’t really heard/felt since playing a real tube amp. Of course this is a digital end thing, and IR… but I must say…
Tubes… it must be where it’s at… so nice. There is an organic “bloom” or response about it. It’s alive.
Distortion is also growing on me.. it rips… it’s fat as fuck. Haven’t tried the built in TS like boost, not interested is mid hump soloing stuff. Fat full chords on all strings and tons of clipping, fuzzy mess and overtones. Wall of sound! Yeah! Sent my crazy ass Trinity reverb into that and I had a short but very intense eargasm…
I’m happy!
JiveTurkey
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This rig is KILLER! Congrats, Swede
Spaced Out Ace
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I will be updating my office board shortly (when it gets here from ol Chick-a-gow), adding an IR-D and possibly an overdrive, and posting a pic or two. It'll be in the first loop of my Boss GT-1000 Core with my Synergy Syn-2 preamps (Synergy OS modules) in the second loop. After getting the Friedman BE-50 Deluxe, I wanted a Twin Sister, but I think this is the more logical/practical solution. Not sure what overdrive to place with it and will fit, but we'll see.
I will use the first channel of the IR-D as a pushed clean/lighter overdrive thing that I can boost for more gain or roll back the volume/use a lower output pickup for clean tones with a bit of edge/hair to them. The second channel will be higher gain than the first, more of a medium gain sound, that I can boost and push for more lead high gain stuff. I can't remember if the boost volume/boost gain controls are in addition to the normal channel volume/gain controls, or alternatives to those controls.
I will use the first channel of the IR-D as a pushed clean/lighter overdrive thing that I can boost for more gain or roll back the volume/use a lower output pickup for clean tones with a bit of edge/hair to them. The second channel will be higher gain than the first, more of a medium gain sound, that I can boost and push for more lead high gain stuff. I can't remember if the boost volume/boost gain controls are in addition to the normal channel volume/gain controls, or alternatives to those controls.
Desertdweller
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Firmware update day for my favorite pedalboard.
Man! Awesome setup!
Still looking for a good overdrive, put my Fender Pugilist on today, pedal sounds good, but when I touch it, it buzzes like crazy. Any ideas other than I should clean it up. Rinky-dink power supply (y’all bear in mind haven’t seen my old gig board in years, and it was pretty simple (storage, ugh).
The Swede has a killer rig, bet there’s no buzz there (other than user-induced).
The Swede has a killer rig, bet there’s no buzz there (other than user-induced).
the swede
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I think the only issue i have noise wise is my telecaster, something is fucked there... it buzzes when im not touching it, the volume pot goes down to almost off then its full volume.
Pedals and board is dead silent, probably because of a good earth connection all the way to the fuse box in my house and the socket in my studio is one cable from the fuse box, so nothing else is connected. Thats also why i sold the Walrus ACS1, it had digital noise going on that wasnt loud but it was there and it annoyed me. The Friedman doesnt have digital noise at least, wich is a relief, but it does have "normal" noise.
And it also helps to monitor from the audio interface, instead of the pedal itself.
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You're going to need to explain that dude?
the swede
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HotRats
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Added a jhs mute switch (under the TC).
It's just a finesse, if you will.
It's placed in the amp loop and will be used to "totally" mute the amp. At the moment is after delay & reverb but I'll move it before, but I need some time to do it and tomorrow I have gig.
Reason for the mute is that sometime you need to start full throttle (lead channel, boost, delay) that cause it's fair amount of hiss even with the tuner muting the input.
Hiss or a pedal popping is not a big deal in a noisy pub but is annoying in less noisy environments.
It's just a finesse, if you will.
It's placed in the amp loop and will be used to "totally" mute the amp. At the moment is after delay & reverb but I'll move it before, but I need some time to do it and tomorrow I have gig.
Reason for the mute is that sometime you need to start full throttle (lead channel, boost, delay) that cause it's fair amount of hiss even with the tuner muting the input.
Hiss or a pedal popping is not a big deal in a noisy pub but is annoying in less noisy environments.
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?????? That's the order they have been on a billion or so Fender amps and the only reason it is flipped on a Marshall is because they built their amps upside down to change from the chassis being in the top of a combo to the bottom of a head. (that's why their power switches are down for on as well)
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the swede
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Oh..
The digital era has made me stupid…. Haha
Ahhhhh…. So then it makes sense actually, the controls on the pedal is upside down!!! Then it actually becomes: gain, bass, middle, treble, master volume.
Alonious_Monk
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For an industrial metal gig....it did the job 
