A/B/Y pedal or good guitar splitter that won't change tone?
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A/B/Y pedal or good guitar splitter that won't change tone?
i have been getting into multi amp recording lately and i have a morley
ABY a few years back which sucked the tone like crazy so i replaced it with a RADIAL Bigshot ABY - to use for splitting the signal to 2 amps.
i was under the impression that this was a much better pedal and wouldn't change the tone BUT lately i have been noticing that it does change the tone quite noticeably - the top end gets dulled quite a bit on one of the channels.
it has a bunch very useful features - phase reverse, ground lift, isolating transformer but the tone change is kind of annoying.
any suggestions? is my pedal busted or is there a better quality one i should consider?
ABY a few years back which sucked the tone like crazy so i replaced it with a RADIAL Bigshot ABY - to use for splitting the signal to 2 amps.
i was under the impression that this was a much better pedal and wouldn't change the tone BUT lately i have been noticing that it does change the tone quite noticeably - the top end gets dulled quite a bit on one of the channels.
it has a bunch very useful features - phase reverse, ground lift, isolating transformer but the tone change is kind of annoying.
any suggestions? is my pedal busted or is there a better quality one i should consider?
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Funny, I was just revisiting a topic of mine from the DIY forum 2 years ago:
http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=38513
The upshot is that Jakob E had a buffered splitter he seemed to dig, and put up a link to the schematic. I'm just getting around to ordering up some parts, so I can't really vouch for it personally, although Jakob's endorsement should be reason enough to give it a shot.
I agree, those morley A/B/Y boxes can be pretty dismal.
http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=38513
The upshot is that Jakob E had a buffered splitter he seemed to dig, and put up a link to the schematic. I'm just getting around to ordering up some parts, so I can't really vouch for it personally, although Jakob's endorsement should be reason enough to give it a shot.
I agree, those morley A/B/Y boxes can be pretty dismal.
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Hey! Tears of Rage just provided the link to a post I started a few days ago. I was considering the Radial like you have, as it seemed to have consistently good reviews. I ended up ordering one from here: www.loop-master.com Ultra-positive reviews all round, come with LED?s (which the radial does not), are made to your specification, and are cheaper than the radial. I got the ABY with tuner channel (essentially and ABC/Y). That cost $75, but the most basic ABY with no LED?s cost $50. They do not come with the phase switch or isolation transformer, but I seem to remember someone claiming that the transformer imparts something onto your signal, for better or for worse ? I wouldn?t know. The loop master thing takes 4 weeks for them to make and deliver, unfortunately.
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No offense, but your recommendation cost $1100 per Little Lab's homepage. The high end active ABY's, like Lehle and their ilk, cost less than $400. High quality passive's cost less than $100.decocco wrote:Check out the Little Labs PCP. It's my favorite so far.
You had me all excited about the Little Labs, until I saw the price that is!
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