Black Box Setup

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Craig Bailey
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Black Box Setup

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What is the proper way to setup the Black box from Steel, amp and VP?

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Post by Paul Sutherland »

steel to black box to vp to amp
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Derrick Unger
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WOW...I'm glad I stumbled onto this little bit of info..was getting a hum and could not get rid of it..had it hooked up different and tried this..did the job..thanks for posting Paul
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Danny Letz
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Post by Danny Letz »

Brad also recommends a good quality cord as short as practical from the guitar jack to the BB input. I made up a George L with soldered right angle ends just long enough to go from the guitar jack to the BB directly below on the floor. Then it’s just a very short cord to the volume pedal input. The temptation is to wanna put the BB on top of your amp.
George Kimery
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I have mentioned this in othet posts, but I got some 2" wide industrial velcro from Lowe's and mounted my Wet Reverb and DD-3 to the top of my Black Box, sort of making a pedal board out of it. Puts everything into one neat compact unit.
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Post by Danny Letz »

And the warmth from the tube in BB will keep the Wet in the reverb flowing nicely if you play in a cold place. (Just Kiddin) Sounds like a neat package.
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Post by Tommy Shown »

Brad said you want the BB to" see " the pickup of your guitar. In other words, you want to come out the guitar to the input on the BB. Then you want to come out of the BB to the input on the volume pedal. Adjust variable impedance to your liking.
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