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Post by kc on Aug 14, 2015 9:25:06 GMT -7
Last night we played 2 sets at a church festival. About 3 songs into the first set, my signal started to break up. Uh-oh, what's wrong? First thing, I figure - take the pedal board out of the equation and see if the problem continues. Bingo! That was it - some issue with a pedal or cable. So now I'm going straight guitar-to-Therapy. I adjusted (that's code for turned up) the Therapy to get a really good lead sound and used the guitar volume to back off and play chords. Let me tell ya, this worked fantastically well. I always work the guitar volume knob as needed, that's nothing new to me - but the lead sound going straight in was great. Also, for leads, I backed off the tone knob on the guitar just a hair. It was actually easier, not trying to stomp on a pedal at the right time and hoping I hit the right/best one for that tune (I have 4 clean boosts on my board, they each have a distinct flavor, only use 1 at a time, though). I don't know that I'll be able to completely wean myself from the pedal board, but I'll be sure to use pedals less frequently, especially when I'm able to turn the amp up pretty good. Lesson learned. kc
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Post by John on Aug 14, 2015 9:29:43 GMT -7
What speaker are you using in that cab?
And how's the Therapy different than your Remedy? (you did use a Remedy for a while...right?)
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Post by kc on Aug 14, 2015 9:51:05 GMT -7
Celestion Gold in a J Designs Thinline cab.
Yes, still have my Remedy, it accompanies the Therapy to every gig and waits patiently on the sideline. I think it's the tube rectifier that I like about the Therapy as opposed to the SS rec in the Remedy. The note bloom with the Therapy is real nice and I think it's more in the Fender camp than the Remedy. I started playing a bit in a modern country outfit and thought the Therapy would work well in that scenario .. and it does, imo. I really like my Remedy, but I'd played it for about 2 years and was interested in trying another Z. When I read that BP, Steve Miller and Walter Becker all had a Therapy, I thought, hmmm, these guys can afford any amp they want. Plus some of the guys on this forum highly praised the Therapy.
kc
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Post by simpleton on Aug 14, 2015 12:14:04 GMT -7
Celestion Gold in a J Designs Thinline cab. Yes, still have my Remedy, it accompanies the Therapy to every gig and waits patiently on the sideline. I think it's the tube rectifier that I like about the Therapy as opposed to the SS rec in the Remedy. The note bloom with the Therapy is real nice and I think it's more in the Fender camp than the Remedy. I started playing a bit in a modern country outfit and thought the Therapy would work well in that scenario .. and it does, imo. I really like my Remedy, but I'd played it for about 2 years and was interested in trying another Z. When I read that BP, Steve Miller and Walter Becker all had a Therapy, I thought, hmmm, these guys can afford any amp they want. Plus some of the guys on this forum highly praised the Therapy. kc Since we are talking a little about the differences in amps...I see you've also got a KT45, how does it and the Therapy differ. Also I was thinking that yer old LP was the perfect guitar to run sans pedals because the Therapy responds so well to higher output pickups.
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Post by kc on Aug 14, 2015 12:43:01 GMT -7
Celestion Gold in a J Designs Thinline cab. Yes, still have my Remedy, it accompanies the Therapy to every gig and waits patiently on the sideline. I think it's the tube rectifier that I like about the Therapy as opposed to the SS rec in the Remedy. The note bloom with the Therapy is real nice and I think it's more in the Fender camp than the Remedy. I started playing a bit in a modern country outfit and thought the Therapy would work well in that scenario .. and it does, imo. I really like my Remedy, but I'd played it for about 2 years and was interested in trying another Z. When I read that BP, Steve Miller and Walter Becker all had a Therapy, I thought, hmmm, these guys can afford any amp they want. Plus some of the guys on this forum highly praised the Therapy. kc Since we are talking a little about the differences in amps...I see you've also got a KT45, how does it and the Therapy differ. Also I was thinking that yer old LP was the perfect guitar to run sans pedals because the Therapy responds so well to higher output pickups. I'd need to fire up the KT45 and then plug into the Therapy to give my opinion, as it's been a couple of months since I played the KT45. But I must say, I've been happy with the Therapy using another LP with p90's and also with my ASAT's MFD bridge pup. I'm gonna have to try both those guitars w/o pedals (more than in the past) and see if I am as pleased as with the LP w/hums. Part of the coolness of the Therapy is - when I need more or less gain for a particular tune, a simple quick twist of a knob or two on the amp is all that's needed - and I'm still getting great tone. Haven't found a bad sound on it. kc
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Post by JeffG on Aug 14, 2015 17:02:06 GMT -7
Thanks for the gig report! Sorry about your board, and hopefully it was an easy fix. But I do what you did here, just use guitar volume and tone knobs for what I need. Can't really remember the last time I stepped on a pedal to get a solo boost since I've had Zs!
Also it's great to see someone else rocking the Therapy with humbuckers!!! I knew Pete and I weren't the only ones!
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