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Blackie08
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Is it good for just dropping your guitar 1/2 Step down??? Thinking about getting one to do just that...
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axemeaquestion
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I was jonesing for one of them myself. Figured I would't need to buy a baritone (which I didn't need anyhow). Reviews are a tad mixed on the quality, the lower you go. I believe it goes down 7 half-steps.
I'll put the $200 to the new JT Variax, which does all that and more.
I'll put the $200 to the new JT Variax, which does all that and more.
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tekbow
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I've tried one of these out numerous times, the only thing putting me off is that it's digital and i have a dread fear of digital given the likelihood of the upcoming human machine war.
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I cannot find anything wrong with it. yes, it does sound more artificial the lower you drop, but for a halftone, to my ears, i can't honestly say i hear the tonesucking or artificiality everyone's talking about. Look at a lot of the reviews and the comments people have had about them, a good proportion of them were written before the thing was released based on a preview of a prototype shown for demo at a trade show. there was problems with tonesucking and latency then. not anymore. I had seen it advertised, thought "mmm good idea" and tried it without reading reviews and though it was great. I'm only looking to drop a halftone max, and at that level it was perfect. I played it with a strat thru a hotrod deluxe and stock tubescreamer. no issues with clean tones and no issue with overdrive. i went and read the reviews afterwards and did just not hear the issues everyone spoke of.
you hear A LOT about the latency and how people can hear it, this suprises me because the latency quoted is well below the level a human ear can detect.
It's going to be on my pedal board at some point regardless of human machine political relations.
however...
I cannot find anything wrong with it. yes, it does sound more artificial the lower you drop, but for a halftone, to my ears, i can't honestly say i hear the tonesucking or artificiality everyone's talking about. Look at a lot of the reviews and the comments people have had about them, a good proportion of them were written before the thing was released based on a preview of a prototype shown for demo at a trade show. there was problems with tonesucking and latency then. not anymore. I had seen it advertised, thought "mmm good idea" and tried it without reading reviews and though it was great. I'm only looking to drop a halftone max, and at that level it was perfect. I played it with a strat thru a hotrod deluxe and stock tubescreamer. no issues with clean tones and no issue with overdrive. i went and read the reviews afterwards and did just not hear the issues everyone spoke of.
you hear A LOT about the latency and how people can hear it, this suprises me because the latency quoted is well below the level a human ear can detect.
It's going to be on my pedal board at some point regardless of human machine political relations.
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Blackie08
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tekbow":1mhivzde said:
Thats what I wanted to hear. I don't play brootz so I just wanted to be able to switch between E and Eb without having to switch guitars with floyds on them....
Bishop5150
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I used it for about a year to drop from E to Eb/ D to Db. It does this really good but I don't use it anymore. It's still on my board though. I only bring one guitar as my Eb/ Db guitar. If I break a string on it then I use the Morpheus with a standard tuned guitar. It really is a great unit. Would not recommend going past a 1/2 step though for live use.
Chubtone
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I didn't care for it at all. There was a latebcy issue with the one I demo'd. You can feel it. And if you play fast through it, you can really feel it.
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Klark
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Wish they would make a rackmount version of it..