barrychapman
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Okay, here goes.
I recently retubed my Blackstar S1 6L6 with new tubes from Eurotubes. I am also using an HT-Boost, and when activated - it would create a tinny sound which quickly fizzled out. I replaced the tube in there with another ECC83S. This helped a lot.
I also retubed my HT-Dual with a High Gain ECC83S [these tubes were also JJ's from ET].
However, I was still experiencing some significant tone loss when using my pedal board. I rewired the majority of it using George L's - and that helped quite a bit. I still need to rewire the connection points where it connects to the Amp/Guitar and FX Send/Receive.
I think I might have narrowed it down to my Boss GE-7. When it is activated [I am scooping the mids slightly-moderately and boosting a bit of low/high end for some heavier rhythm], it tends to drop the signal a bit. This has not happened before, and I have had this pedal for probably close to 6-7 years.
Is there a tendency for these things to go bad? I bought this when I was younger and not quite as schooled on the quality EQ pedals out there, hey it was recommended to me by a guy at Guitar Center! Those guys are never wrong! /sarcasm
Is there anywhere else I can look for the problem? I could post sound samples, but I am not sure yet.
Side note: As aforementioned, I also swapped the tube in the HT-Dual for a high gain tube. I think I may switch this back because there is way too much noise on this pedal, I have to back the gain way back in order to counter this added noise.
Side side note: It isn't the volume pedal. The original pedals pot went bad, having bought this from Guitar Center a number of years ago. I got into heated argument with them regarding an unrelated issue, and they sent me a new volume pedal two weeks ago to shut me up. It worked. For the time being at least.
I am at my wits end, and I am reluctant to let anyone hear this mess until i clear it up!
I recently retubed my Blackstar S1 6L6 with new tubes from Eurotubes. I am also using an HT-Boost, and when activated - it would create a tinny sound which quickly fizzled out. I replaced the tube in there with another ECC83S. This helped a lot.
I also retubed my HT-Dual with a High Gain ECC83S [these tubes were also JJ's from ET].
However, I was still experiencing some significant tone loss when using my pedal board. I rewired the majority of it using George L's - and that helped quite a bit. I still need to rewire the connection points where it connects to the Amp/Guitar and FX Send/Receive.
I think I might have narrowed it down to my Boss GE-7. When it is activated [I am scooping the mids slightly-moderately and boosting a bit of low/high end for some heavier rhythm], it tends to drop the signal a bit. This has not happened before, and I have had this pedal for probably close to 6-7 years.
Is there a tendency for these things to go bad? I bought this when I was younger and not quite as schooled on the quality EQ pedals out there, hey it was recommended to me by a guy at Guitar Center! Those guys are never wrong! /sarcasm
Is there anywhere else I can look for the problem? I could post sound samples, but I am not sure yet.
Side note: As aforementioned, I also swapped the tube in the HT-Dual for a high gain tube. I think I may switch this back because there is way too much noise on this pedal, I have to back the gain way back in order to counter this added noise.
Side side note: It isn't the volume pedal. The original pedals pot went bad, having bought this from Guitar Center a number of years ago. I got into heated argument with them regarding an unrelated issue, and they sent me a new volume pedal two weeks ago to shut me up. It worked. For the time being at least.
I am at my wits end, and I am reluctant to let anyone hear this mess until i clear it up!
