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Post by anacephalic on Apr 16, 2007 16:11:38 GMT -7
Heresy i. I know but i stand by it.
The last gig i did i switched between the high and low inputs all night long...didn't touch the tone controls for the most part. The way those inputs are voiced they each had a distinct use that just screamed for a footswitch to easy acces them.
When i first got the RX i didn't use the high input much but I recently traded one of the v-30 12s out for a G12h30 and put in a NOS Mullard rectifier, which also runs NOS phillips el84's. The Rx was nice before but now it is unreal and the high gain has been smoothed out to the point where i use it all the time. Still need access to the low for the sweeterclean tones.
i need to get a good a-b box and run 2 cables. any recommendations on a box that isn't a tone suck?
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 16, 2007 16:48:01 GMT -7
Heresy i. I know but i stand by it. The last gig i did i switched between the high and low inputs all night long...didn't touch the tone controls for the most part. The way those inputs are voiced they each had a distinct use that just screamed for a footswitch to easy acces them. When i first got the RX i didn't use the high input much but I recently traded one of the v-30 12s out for a G12h30 and put in a NOS Mullard rectifier, which also runs NOS phillips el84's. The Rx was nice before but now it is unreal and the high gain has been smoothed out to the point where i use it all the time. Still need access to the low for the sweeterclean tones. i need to get a good a-b box and run 2 cables. any recommendations on a box that isn't a tone suck? Well that usually doesn't work out. I'd have to look at how the circuit is set up, but most amps, when you plug into both, I think they have the same gain. Maybe the doc will chime in on this, but you can figure it out yourself by plugging your guitar into one jack, then just plug a cord into the other and see if the gain changes. Do some testing before you spend your money. Then if you figure out that it WILL work, the Radial JX-2 is a great A/B/Y simply because it also has a boost, a tuner out, and a great transparent buffer. Edit: Wait a minute - I have all that junk - I'll try it tonight and let you know how well it works.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 16, 2007 16:57:59 GMT -7
OK I just tried it. As I expected, when plugging into both jacks both inputs are the same gain. More specifically, as near as I can tell when both jacks are occupied, they are both Low inputs. You can't get to the High sensitivity with something plugged into the Low jack. It's a pity, but it makes sense when you see how these input jacks are wired.
That said, if you have a Radial JX-2 running to both jacks, you could put a pedal on one run and switch it in and out. But that would be no different than having the pedal between your guitar and the low input, and just switching it on.
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Post by anacephalic on Apr 17, 2007 19:48:27 GMT -7
Bummer. I was hoping to take the easy way out. It's still not that big of a deal to reach back and switch which channel the cable is going into. those two channels are voiced so nice, and individually, it would be good if doc had made er a switcher.
thanks for the input Benttop
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 17, 2007 19:58:05 GMT -7
I just realized that doing what you are doing is exactly the same as turning your guitar down a bit. The only difference between those inputs (assuming it's like every other dual input I've seen) is a bit more resistance on one input vs. the other - exactly like turning your guitar down a tad. Try it and see if you think I'm right.
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Post by JASON (aka jgleaton) on Apr 17, 2007 20:12:22 GMT -7
There was a thread a while back where Doc mentioned a trick just for us Forumites, I guess you might be able to use it with the RX? I think Doc was talking about the Maz,
but he said you could plug into one input (maybe the high?) and then plug a "shorting" footswitch (just like the standard marshall style footswitch, like the one used for the overdose footswitch with the RX ES) into the other input... Which would basically then make it switchable from low to high inputs via that switch.
Doc said it would snap like a SOB when switched but would work... and if it does, I think your problems solved! maybe try that and see... well wait a minute and let me try it....
Whoop, I TRIED IT WITH BOTH RX's and IT WORKS!!!
Don't know why I didn't try it after doc told us about it,
but I tried it in BOTH my Original Strength RX and my RX ES just to make sure... works on both of em...
Doesn't snap at all... but I didn't have it turned up loud either so YMMV... WORKS GREAT btw....
I like plugging into the High input with the guitar and plugging the switcher into the low input to switch back n forth BUT I tried it and it seems to work the other way around TOO... so
so anacephalic, I think this might just be your answer... ain't this website great... ;D
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Post by anacephalic on Apr 18, 2007 17:52:18 GMT -7
Jason you are the man. once i get back in town i plan to put that one to the test.
Benttop, i'm pretty sure that the way Doc has the tone voiced on each input is different, though to a large degree you are right. i roll off my guitar on both channels so i have headroom for solo's. After tweeking the amp i find that each channel has something to offer. i could probably get by but if i can have it all..... man these are great amps. wish i could play mine...couple more weeks
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Post by cementman on Jun 20, 2007 10:38:08 GMT -7
let me get this right,,, you just take a simple marshall footswitch, that you would use between two channels on a marshall and plug it into the low input on the rx and then plug your guitar into the high input and then just press down on the pedal and it will switch channels?,,
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Post by JASON (aka jgleaton) on Jun 20, 2007 10:50:44 GMT -7
let me get this right,,, you just take a simple marshall footswitch, that you would use between two channels on a marshall and plug it into the low input on the rx and then plug your guitar into the high input and then just press down on the pedal and it will switch channels?,, Yep... thats it. I used one of the footswitch's that came with the RX to do it.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Jun 20, 2007 12:47:43 GMT -7
let me get this right,,, you just take a simple marshall footswitch, that you would use between two channels on a marshall and plug it into the low input on the rx and then plug your guitar into the high input and then just press down on the pedal and it will switch channels?,, The term "channels" is a little misleading though, because all that switch is doing is changing the input sensitivity of the single channel in the RXES. So it's not really a two channel amp, it's really a single channel amp, and the footswitch is taking advantage of both inputs' sensitivities. You "should" be able to do exactly the same thing with any similarly configured input, such as the two jacks on the front of your Bandmaster or Super Reverb.
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Post by Curt on Jun 20, 2007 18:46:06 GMT -7
let me get this right,,, you just take a simple marshall footswitch, that you would use between two channels on a marshall and plug it into the low input on the rx and then plug your guitar into the high input and then just press down on the pedal and it will switch channels?,, Yep... thats it. I used one of the footswitch's that came with the RX to do it. BUT ......................did it increase your lean
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Post by JASON (aka jgleaton) on Jun 20, 2007 21:36:37 GMT -7
BUT ......................did it increase your lean Nope... not at all, I just can't lean into it like you Texan's for some reason??
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Post by bolanrox on Jun 21, 2007 11:22:22 GMT -7
I know you can do it with the peavey classic series amps, did that plenty of times back in the day, never thought about using a shorting footswitch, thats a great tip!
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Post by dock66 on Jun 21, 2007 11:38:33 GMT -7
Have not tried that yet. Thanks guys for the tip.
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Post by frank4001 on Jun 21, 2007 16:25:10 GMT -7
Ok , I just tried with an ON/OFF type footswitch and got some nasty noise...but I did learn you can daisy chain from one of the inputs to another amp....Am I using the wrong type switch?
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