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Topic: Anyone else using a Boss VF-1? |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 26 May 2010 9:50 am |
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I picked one up recently and I am very impressed with it--impressed enough that I'm going to use it as the centerpiece for my rig, with a Carvin power amp and an Altec 418-8h loaded cab.
When I was a kid, I played a lot through my uncle's Leslie. I really got used to the sound and I've been a big fan of B3 players. On the VF-1, I spent about 3 days trying to perfect the rotary simulator and I finally feel I got it right. It sounds as good, if not better than anything else I've ever used for that purpose. It was worth the $140 for that alone. I also picked a MIDI program change pedal, so now I'm building bank of sounds.
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Dan Tyack
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Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 26 May 2010 3:11 pm
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| I used one of these for while when I played through a rack system, but I mostly used it for the reverb-chorus-leslie. I didn't much care for the amp models (I used a THD Univalve head as a 'preamp'). Great time based effects. |
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Larry Behm
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Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 26 May 2010 4:14 pm
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I do, I do! Love the Boss line of FX units, I had a SE70 before the VF-1, sorry to see them both gone from the Boss line.
Care to share some of the parameter settings for the B3 sound?
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 27 May 2010 5:56 am
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| I have one, and love it for the home... It's difficult to make changes on the fly, as you can see. You might think that you can save a bunch of models with different parameters and one's sure to be right for the room, but I end up using a knob-based system like a Digitech for live playing. I'll dig up some swirly settings if you want, I haven't messed with it in a while. I had some luck synching the chorus and tremolo to a beat, but at different rates. The nice thing about all these guys is being able to dial in a subtle amount of effect, unlike most stompers. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 27 May 2010 10:19 am
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I've used the VF-1 on a few gigs and on a recording session yesterday. On the gigs, I went straight into the VF-1 into the front end of a Music Man RP112. It sounded fantastic. The patches that I'd written for a Marshall crunch, an AC30 and a clean Twin really worked for me.
Dan, I totally understand what you mean about the models. They can sound very artificial and screechy, for lack of a better word. But what I've done is focused on low to mid gain and managed to actually make it not sound like I'm playing a 'sample' of an amp. If I can get the speakers to move some air and get some of that midrange, it sounds realistic to me. Maybe I'll be disappointed when I play it through a Carvin power amp, but we'll see.
Fact is, I'm tired of dealing with tube amps. Nothing like them when they are good, but I've been screwed a few times in recent memory by bad new tubes.
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 28 May 2010 4:42 am
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In "Guitar Multi 1" and "Guitar Multi 2" the EQ has both a hi-mid and a low-mid as well as bass and treble, with variable Q widths, center and levels - that lets you clean up a whole lot of stuff. I usually use Crunch, Blues or any of the Marshalls - II is clean, I is bright and the bridged I+II is lovely. The Twin model actually seems weird in the high-mids and treble - ideally you don't need too much of the EQ to fix things, though I don't think it adds another gain stage like a "real" equalizer would.
I get the best results setting the "preamp" really low, 15 - 30 maybe. The final "gain" and "mic position" all matter too... which is my only objection to it, really. If it's your session or your band, great - but I can see where playing with others might get moody if you're dicking with 35 different settings just to get right with the world!  |
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Dan Tyack
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Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 28 May 2010 7:29 am
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| I liked the clean models, as I recall. I agree with keeping the gain down. |
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Thomas Ludwig
From:
Augsburg, Germany
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Posted 29 May 2010 1:14 pm
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| I'll never sell my Boss SE-70. Such a usefull tool. Also great for keyboards, vocals, studio fx .... |
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