Mine doesn't hum at allin standby mode, and shouldn't, since the high voltage isn't applied to the tubes so there should be no signal being heard throught the speakers at all
don't forget that with cathode bias the resisitor will limit the amount of current going through the tube, just on the basis of its design. the resistor and cap will only allow the current to rise so high, and then it will stop. You probably aren't running them too hot.
i second that. i have thought about building the byoc 3 in 1 boost so i can have rangemaster, and two flavors of clean boost as well. i currently use the boosta grande if i want a booster besides the PAB and it is decent for the price, but it adds some mids though
Oh, and on my HRM bypassed bluesmaster i use a JAN GE 5751 in V2, set the tone controls to taste, run the pream between 5-7 depending on which guitar, set the drive between 5-7 (again depending on the guitar) and run the OD trim around noon to get my OD sounds. I also run JAN Phillips 6L6WGB's in V4 & V5 which makes the OD a lil more aggresive sounding as well (adds mids and upper mids and makes the bass alot less flabby)
Isn't the rectifier board setup to provide the proper B+ voltage to keep the bias within range just like the Bad Cat version? Have you checked the B+ Voltage and Plate Voltages to see if that's the case?
the only distortion pedals i use on my bluesmaster anymore are my swollen pickle fuzz and a byoc esv fuzz. the swollen pickle is a versatile pedal and can pull off some marshall chunk at lower settings along with fuzziness at the higher settings.
But like chris i am really diggin the wide range of OD sounds i can get of the BM, especially now that i have setup the way i want (bypassed HRM the proper tubes and tone settings, etc). I can't comment on the regular HRM's settings, but i have heard that it can take pedals just as well as the Bluesmaster can
not to thread jack, but i was interested in this a few months ago and this was the consensus on the best way to run the mini mix with the c-lator for parallel mode and keep the c-lator as a global master
Preamp Out=>C-lator In=>C-lator Send=>Mini Mix in=>Mini Mix Send to effects=> Mini mix return from effects=>Mini Mix Out=>C-Lator Return=>Power Amp In
I've got the FM50 ME that I'm finishing up and going to be taking public in the next month or so... I've voiced it a little different thanks to some serious help around here. Thanks SO MUCH!!!!! So I'm going back to the well again....
I'm using the C-lator, and I'm going to have a G Major II in an extended, two-rack space head cab (just got the cabinet joints glued in the garage yesterday). I got the G Major II about two weeks ago, and I DO hear the impact of the "digital" in the effects. On the advice of some around here, I've been looking at the Suhr Minimix II since I'd decided to go with a rack effects unit. So before I pulled the trigger on the Suhr, I wanted to see if anyone had any opinion on either the Minimix II or the Xotic X-Blender. The $50+/- difference in price makes it worth asking about. So....
I know that a number of players use these effects interfaces, so anybody have any good or bad experiences with either? Are the extra X-Blender features worth getting it? I've not heard any negative reviews of either, but I leaned toward the Minimix II because Suhr has an amazing reputation.
If I go with the Minimix II, it'll go in the bottom rear of the head cab. The X-Blender would have to go on the floor (size and to access the controls).
I'm also looking forward to a Voodoo Labs Ground Control Pro in the new year. If anybody would recommend something different on the midi foot controller front too, please do...
I'm going to be pulling the trigger on either the MinimixII or the X-Blender in a couple of weeks. I'm planning on a January 1 debut for the rig. Then I'll probably add and/or subtract some pedals over the next six months to a year, so then I'll be able to integrate the midi controller once the rig is stabilized.
Wow, talk about being efficient with my posts!!! One thread for everything.
Thanks everyone!!!!
I looked at both the Mini-mix and the x-blender when i was considering going Parallel, and I liked both of em. The X-blender has the nice abilty to go from series to parallel at your toes which i found appealing, plus the added touch of the boost, phase, and the bass and treble tone stack.
In the end, i wound up sticking with the c-lator only as the only two effects i use in the loop, the RE-20 space echo and the Holy Grail Nano don't sound overly digital, sound very good in serial mode, and don't suffer from tone suckage when bypassed.
What really stinks is that i believe the original G-Major was able to be run as serial and parallel. Although I did a little reading on a review on the G-Major II at musicplayers.com and found something you may find interesting.
"As with both the classic G-Major and the modern G-System, TC Electronic provides a few preset routing options for the chain of effects: Serial, Semi Parallel, Parallel, and Serial 2. In all cases, the filters and compressors come first. The signal is then routed as illustrated": (i'll attach the images to the post)
"While users of the older TC Electronic G-Force will once again lament the absence of completely programmable routing options (as they did with the G-System’s similar scheme), we have no issues with it. The partially fixed signal path ensures seamless patch changes with delay and reverb tail spillovers, which you don’t typically get from gear that allows for the full re-ordering of a signal chain".
"The Serial 2 Routing option is similar to the Serial option, but it places the entire modulation effect block in a return loop of the delay block in order to create modulated delays. With this approach, you can add any type of modulation to any of the delay types, which is far more flexible than simply having a Rate and Depth chorus option tacked onto the end of a single delay line."
I don't know of you have messed sround with routing the effects internally in a parallel function and if it will help or not, but if you haven't give it try! Who knows, it could save you from having to buy a parallel mixer.
Hope this helps!
Gregg
Thanks Gregg!
I've got it in "parallel" now. The G Major II does NOT go parallel in the true sense of the word. It will stack several effects in parallel so as to remove (or inversely, add) the cascading effect on the signal, but it does not operate in parallel in the sense of signal throughput.... It still goes through a digital box and comes out the other side. I'd looked at the routing options when I was shopping and thought that might be a big plus, but it ended up not being a solution...
Either the X-Blender or the Minimix II should sound OK I would think... I don't know that I want the new pedal on my board!!! I'm trying to thin the herd with the rack unit!!!! LOL
Thanks for the feedback!
No prob! If i recall, most of the guys using the minimix just put it near the amp with short run cables and run it parallel all the time, if that helps your decision any
I actually found mine to be great with a strat. I just decided I really wasn't a strat guy. I actually made that decision back in 1992, but I figured I'd give em one more shot
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