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My brother-in-law and I just got finished building my personal true-bypass unit, and now I'm itching to put this thing to its first use at college group tomorrow! I'm pretty stoked!
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so what all is in there...i see the bypass...volume pedal...tuner...dl4...tone press (what's that anyway)...and that silver thing at the top...
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Hey, that's a nice setup you got there. It's also a good thing that you're not going crazy with effects for an acoustic. Looks very tasteful.
Although I would say that all you need is a DI to plug back into the mains. I've got the L.R. Baggs DI and it adds a crisp tone to your guitar. It just sparkles with my Taylor. Well, it's got an EQ on it so you can make it as muddy or sharp as you like...plus some other features that I don't exactly know how to use.
I'm going to be getting my board from NYC pedalboards within 2 weeks for my electric and I'm gonna be just as excited as you are for yours! Very nice job!
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Originally Posted by thesteve so what all is in there...i see the bypass...volume pedal...tuner...dl4...tone press (what's that anyway)...and that silver thing at the top... The Barber Tone-Press is by far the best compressor for either acoustic OR electric that I've played to yet to date. I've heard awesome reports/reviews of the RNC Compressor for an acoustic, but haven't ever had a chance to try one in person. Dave Barber makes some absolutely sweet pedals, and the Tone-Press is certainly no exception. It's pricey in comparison to most, but cheaper than the hord of Ross-clones that have flooded the market. The Ross clones don't sound nearly as good, either.
The silver one at the top is a custom A/B pedal for switching between two guitars, two outputs, having a tuner-mute, etc... I use it to swap between my two acoustics.
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Originally Posted by albuht Hey, that's a nice setup you got there. It's also a good thing that you're not going crazy with effects for an acoustic. Looks very tasteful.
Although I would say that all you need is a DI to plug back into the mains. I've got the L.R. Baggs DI and it adds a crisp tone to your guitar. It just sparkles with my Taylor. Well, it's got an EQ on it so you can make it as muddy or sharp as you like...plus some other features that I don't exactly know how to use.
I'm going to be getting my board from NYC pedalboards within 2 weeks for my electric and I'm gonna be just as excited as you are for yours! Very nice job! Yeah, I'm a very firm believer in "less is more" with an acoustic. It doesn't mean you can't have a pallat of effects to use, but just that they're used sparingly and tastefully.
As for the DI, I had the very same L.R. Baggs ParaDI that you have, but really wasn't "blown away" by it. I found that more often than not, I just kept the EQ settings right about 12:00 the whole time, didn't really "need" the notch filter, and even more didn't "need" a DI as my church has a pretty good stock of Whirlwind DI's that I use every week for college group. I'd like to pick up another ParaDI at some point in the future as money allows, but then again, I'd be hard-pressed to TRULY find it more "worth it" to me than a basic DI's like Whirlwind. I'm finding that the onboard preamp in my Taylor (Fishman Prefix Blender) is more than adequate (for now) for what I need. There really weren't any tears shed when I sold the L.R. Baggs ParaDI. Wouldn't mind picking up another at some point, just so that I can have a quality DI onboard, but it's not a high priority.
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great stuff. that is a really clean-looking board as well.
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what does a sound compressor do? well okay it compresses sound..but what does it do for your guitar?
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Sustains it and evens out the volume of the notes... or something of the sort.
Nice, I like it. What acoustics do you use? Do you play directly into the PA, or amp?
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Im not cool enough for an acustic pedal board.
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Originally Posted by Mattlock Sustains it and evens out the volume of the notes... or something of the sort.
Nice, I like it. What acoustics do you use? Do you play directly into the PA, or amp? Taylor 614ce. My backup acoustic is a Crafter TGAE06. The Crafter isn't the best axe in the world, but for the money, it's great quality.
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Originally Posted by crazychu what does a sound compressor do? well okay it compresses sound..but what does it do for your guitar? A compressor evens out the volume troughs in your signal and helps sustain notes longer. In my case, I want something that will help even out the volume when I'm switching from fingerpicking/flatpicking to strumming. I want something to help give individual notes more clarity. That's what a compressor does (with the feature of added sustain as well). The Tone-Press is the BEST compressor I've ever played to date - especially for an acoustic.
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How much does the Tone Press run for? I play a taylor 314ce most of the time, and I have a band, so I'm looking to build a board for the acoustic.
Josh.
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Retail: $140.
Used (eBay, Harmony-Central, etc.): You might be lucky enough to score one for a little less than $120. They hold their value incredibly - something you can't say about ALL botique pedals... It speaks volumes about their quality and tone.
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oh wait, so if like im picking through some verse of a song and the chorus is comming up and i wana start with a loud strum kinda thing, i just step on that sound compressor thingy after i pick and it like..connects the 2 together? imean like..make it sound smooth?
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Originally Posted by crazychu oh wait, so if like im picking through some verse of a song and the chorus is comming up and i wana start with a loud strum kinda thing, i just step on that sound compressor thingy after i pick and it like..connects the 2 together? imean like..make it sound smooth?
in alot of cases you'll run a compressor throughout a song to even out the dynamics of an entire song...from what i understand compressors aren't an "on/off/on/off" kind of effect.