Anyone using an ISP G-String with a 5150 II/6505+

[bazguitarman]

Getting ready to rebuild my pedal board and thought I would try a new noise reduction pedal. I'm really interested in the ISP Decimator G String. I could catch both the front end of the amp and the f/x loop noise. That's 100% win in my book.

But I seem to remember hearing something back when this model first hit the streets. Something about it not liking the 5150 II model. Probably a ground loop issue. Anyone know anything about this?

I will be using a Pedal Power 2+ to power my board. The isolated outputs on it should kill any chances of a ground loop issue. Hmmmm.....

Eric

 

[rottingcorpse]

i have/am running a regular decimator in the loop of my 6505. i run an mxr noise clamp up front, and a decimator in the loop. dead nutz silent.

need to note the g-string only tracks the guitar signal as a signal source for the operation for the gate for the loop. i need a tight gate up front, and when that gate clamps shut the gate on the loop will shut too. if you dont have a gate in front of the g-string, it wont be as tight as if you do....so i just run two gates.

 

[roadifier]

i have/am running a regular decimator in the loop of my 6505. i run an mxr noise clamp up front, and a decimator in the loop. dead nutz silent.

need to note the g-string only tracks the guitar signal as a signal source for the operation for the gate for the loop. i need a tight gate up front, and when that gate clamps shut the gate on the loop will shut too. if you dont have a gate in front of the g-string, it wont be as tight as if you do....so i just run two gates.

This is what I keep telling everyone. A lot of people think that the G-string is both for loop and up front when it's not. If you want that, get a Pro rack G.

 

[bazguitarman]

i have/am running a regular decimator in the loop of my 6505. i run an mxr noise clamp up front, and a decimator in the loop. dead nutz silent.

need to note the g-string only tracks the guitar signal as a signal source for the operation for the gate for the loop. i need a tight gate up front, and when that gate clamps shut the gate on the loop will shut too. if you dont have a gate in front of the g-string, it wont be as tight as if you do....so i just run two gates.

No f'n way......I'm glad I posted the question then. You guys saved me a little bit of trouble and $$$'s. I did think the G String was set up to catch the front end and f/x loop. Why would you want to use the guitar signal as the signal source for noise reduction in the f/x loop? That's two totally different locations with different needs. That definitely would not work for my rig. Guess I'll go back to the two seperate noise gate pedals set up. Thanks guys.

Eric

 

[fluff191]

This is what I keep telling everyone. A lot of people think that the G-string is both for loop and up front when it's not. If you want that, get a Pro rack G.

+1


I have a regular Decimator I run it in front of all my amps and it is fantastic. I couldn't live without it.

 

[Spaceboy]

I want to bump this... was looking around for a G-String until I saw Rottingcorpse's post. I used to run a regular Decimator in front of 5150 series amps. There was still some noise, but the music I was playing never paused long enough for it to matter. I'm doing something different now, and need dead stop silence, so I might need to run two pedals if the G-String isn't going to handle both.

I understand "noise reducers" like the Decimator to be different than a clamp, so what's the reasoning for the noise reducer being in the loop, and the gate up front? How does the reducer handle the signal coming through compared to a gate? Gates are simple enough, I thought the reducers sort of 'sifted' the garbage noises without bothering the stronger instrument signal.

 

[smucarolina]

This interests me as well...I just have a NS-2 right now. Might need another gate later down the road.

 

[155]

regular decimator in the loop is all you need imo...

 

[ShomerShabbos]

I've got a regular Decimator, first in the chain. Does a great job. Not sure about the G string

 

[rottingcorpse]

the one in the loop gets rid of the hiss after the preamp section. the one in front just tracks my guitar signal and clamps shut when i mute the strings. laura (the valve queen) does the same thing with her rig. it's just to make my rig dead nuts quiet all the time. like almost standby quiet even at loud volumes.

 

[smucarolina]

the one in the loop gets rid of the hiss after the preamp section. the one in front just tracks my guitar signal and clamps shut when i mute the strings. laura (the valve queen) does the same thing with her rig. it's just to make my rig dead nuts quiet all the time. like almost standby quiet even at loud volumes.

so if I got a noise clamp which goes in the loop and which goes out front, the ns-2 or the noise clamp?