Hey all,
I got curious the other day when I read an article about ModTone pedals in my Guitar Player subscription. So, I happily checked out the local dealer and made my way down to Standard Value and got myself a spanking new analog delay which costs only $120.
Anyway, it has been a great pedal, and I would say worth almost every dollar spent on it, until I encountered this problem - Firstly, the delay would squeal, non-stop. Really irritating. Can't be turned off. Stomping on the pedal, would just "mute" the sound, which actually wasn't muting. (More about this later) When you turned the effect back on, it's still squealing itself silly.
So yeah, anyway, the problem only occurs, when I strum my guitar, on my bridge pickup, or, really hard on, my neck pickup. This only occurs when the volume knob is full on my guitar. BTW, I'm using a Jackson KE-3 with Seymour Duncan TB-15 Alternative 8 in the Bridge position and Seymour Duncan SH-2n Jazz in the Neck position. Anyone else has this problem?
My theory on it is - This pedal produces the delay effect, by loops, and with each loop, the sound gets attenuated, slowly fading away. But, because of the really high output of my pickups, it sends a HUGE signal into the pedal, causing the circuit in the pedal to pickup its own loop, causing an infinite loop, or feedback. Sure, if we encounter feedback, the first thing do, is to either mute the source, or the output of the feedback. But, since the pedal is self-contained, I can only put it to "bypass" mode, by stomping on it.
This pedal apparently still runs when its in "bypass" mode.
Don't believe me? Try this simple test. Put the pedal into "bypass" and strum a few chords. The moment you stop strumming, mute the strings, then turn the effect on. It will actually play back the last few milliseconds before the effect is turned on.
So anyway, since it doesn't actually bypass the signal, there's basically no way stop the infinite feedback except to unplug the jack from the input of the pedal to turn it off. It's such a shame, that this great sounding and affordable pedal suffers from such a glitch. Then again, its AFFORDABLE.
Well, are there any other SOFTies out there who had experiences with this pedal and/or faced such problems? Please discuss.
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Cheers,
Kenneth
I got curious the other day when I read an article about ModTone pedals in my Guitar Player subscription. So, I happily checked out the local dealer and made my way down to Standard Value and got myself a spanking new analog delay which costs only $120.
Anyway, it has been a great pedal, and I would say worth almost every dollar spent on it, until I encountered this problem - Firstly, the delay would squeal, non-stop. Really irritating. Can't be turned off. Stomping on the pedal, would just "mute" the sound, which actually wasn't muting. (More about this later) When you turned the effect back on, it's still squealing itself silly.
So yeah, anyway, the problem only occurs, when I strum my guitar, on my bridge pickup, or, really hard on, my neck pickup. This only occurs when the volume knob is full on my guitar. BTW, I'm using a Jackson KE-3 with Seymour Duncan TB-15 Alternative 8 in the Bridge position and Seymour Duncan SH-2n Jazz in the Neck position. Anyone else has this problem?
My theory on it is - This pedal produces the delay effect, by loops, and with each loop, the sound gets attenuated, slowly fading away. But, because of the really high output of my pickups, it sends a HUGE signal into the pedal, causing the circuit in the pedal to pickup its own loop, causing an infinite loop, or feedback. Sure, if we encounter feedback, the first thing do, is to either mute the source, or the output of the feedback. But, since the pedal is self-contained, I can only put it to "bypass" mode, by stomping on it.
This pedal apparently still runs when its in "bypass" mode.
Don't believe me? Try this simple test. Put the pedal into "bypass" and strum a few chords. The moment you stop strumming, mute the strings, then turn the effect on. It will actually play back the last few milliseconds before the effect is turned on.
So anyway, since it doesn't actually bypass the signal, there's basically no way stop the infinite feedback except to unplug the jack from the input of the pedal to turn it off. It's such a shame, that this great sounding and affordable pedal suffers from such a glitch. Then again, its AFFORDABLE.
Well, are there any other SOFTies out there who had experiences with this pedal and/or faced such problems? Please discuss.
---
Cheers,
Kenneth
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