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Topic: cord length and volume pedal |
Drew Howard
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Posted 19 Jul 2006 6:30 am |
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Question for the pros:
I was in a session and used a 20' cord belonging to the studio between my v-pedal (Goodrich) and amp, which was in an iso booth.
I noticed that my v-pedal was killing the tone until it was almost wide open.
Would this be a function of the cord length?
thanks,
Drew
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Scott Swartz
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St. Louis, MO
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Posted 19 Jul 2006 6:40 am
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Yep, its the capacitance of the long cable.
If you have a buffer right after the v pedal the loss of highs will go away.
Buffer could be a purpose built box or even a Boss stompbox set to bypass.
George L instead of other brand for the 20 foot cable would help the issue also. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Jul 2006 1:33 pm
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| I noticed that my v-pedal was killing the tone until it was almost wide open. |
That 20 feet of wire (probably an inferior grade) was the culprit! The volume pedal was just an innocent bystander.
In the future, use a buffer amp, a better cord, an amplified volume pedal, or the "3-cord" hookup (if your amp is so equipped). |
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 20 Jul 2006 2:54 pm
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Drew,
I don't use a cord longer than 10 feet going to the amp. Long cables from the steel mess up the sound. For studio work I bring an amp head and a separate speaker cab. I can run a pretty long speaker cable to the iso room without any problems.
I tried buffer pre amps and impendence gizmos and all sorts of cables. I found that if your cable to the amp is to long it sounds crappy.
Oh yea, and make sure you use actual speaker cable between your amp and speaker cab. Regular guitar cables don't sound as good.
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