Hey ED. its ralphe here again. Do you a sound test of ur JFET preamp on a strat. I know u have the DIY in ur website but i'd like to hear the tone before i try it on my strat. Thanks man!
Please, please make a repeat demo but with your tone control OUT of the mix. When you went through each varitone setting, it was one dull mush of a sound. How is anyone supposed to really hear the potential of the circuitry!?
Exactly because I'm burning with curiosity & honestly congratulate you on getting this installed... I'm so disappointed at the mush with mush and more mush.
Jazz isn't about muffling. Think Ed Bickert on telecaster or Barney Kessell with Charlie Chrisitan singelcoil!
@DIYGuitarMods Thanks for your reply. Please demo absolutely with the varitone. The varitone needs to be in the spotlight of the demo. It's the tone control that needs to be open (at 10 with clean sound) all the way all the time.
You see in the vid at 1:25 you start going through the 6 varitone positions with the tone control muddling all the sounds... making them sound like the same mush. It would be great to hear all the varitone sounds in clean please.
@mctabla Look, a Varitone can only be heard when the tone knob is used in some position other than off because all it does is select different capacitors to route the signal to ground through (it is a bit more complicated with Varitones using inductors though). I understand that it sounds "mushy" but the point was not to demonstrate what a good tone is. I made it to show the true character of the different capacitors for people who might want to try different values.
Soo no choke?
pleximanic 1 month ago
a excellent site you have!! DIY
yogeesunshine 3 months ago
Hey ED. its ralphe here again. Do you a sound test of ur JFET preamp on a strat. I know u have the DIY in ur website but i'd like to hear the tone before i try it on my strat. Thanks man!
ralphe01 9 months ago
Hi!
Please, please make a repeat demo but with your tone control OUT of the mix. When you went through each varitone setting, it was one dull mush of a sound. How is anyone supposed to really hear the potential of the circuitry!?
Exactly because I'm burning with curiosity & honestly congratulate you on getting this installed... I'm so disappointed at the mush with mush and more mush.
Jazz isn't about muffling. Think Ed Bickert on telecaster or Barney Kessell with Charlie Chrisitan singelcoil!
mctabla 9 months ago
@mctabla You want me to make a repeat demo but without the Varitone...
DIYGuitarMods 9 months ago
@DIYGuitarMods Thanks for your reply. Please demo absolutely with the varitone. The varitone needs to be in the spotlight of the demo. It's the tone control that needs to be open (at 10 with clean sound) all the way all the time.
You see in the vid at 1:25 you start going through the 6 varitone positions with the tone control muddling all the sounds... making them sound like the same mush. It would be great to hear all the varitone sounds in clean please.
mctabla 9 months ago
@mctabla Look, a Varitone can only be heard when the tone knob is used in some position other than off because all it does is select different capacitors to route the signal to ground through (it is a bit more complicated with Varitones using inductors though). I understand that it sounds "mushy" but the point was not to demonstrate what a good tone is. I made it to show the true character of the different capacitors for people who might want to try different values.
DIYGuitarMods 9 months ago
@DIYGuitarMods Is it possible to hear the differences between the various varitone positions if you just minimally apply tone control?
Does the standard varitone used by Gibson use inductors?
mctabla 9 months ago
@mctabla Yes and yes
DIYGuitarMods 9 months ago
@mctabla By the way, I love Ed Bickert's tone but I'm quite sure he uses the tone knob to get it.
DIYGuitarMods 9 months ago
@DIYGuitarMods I think, Ed's tone is mainly thick strings, thick pick and humbucker. Listen to (on youtube):
Ed Bickert Trio - Street Of Dreams
Or a young German quartet emulating the Paul Desmond Quartet (w Ed Bickert):
Pure Desmond Quartet (guitar solo at 4:50)
You're right, Ed has used the tone control on some recordings more than others:
Paul Desmond : Warm Valley
At the end of your vid, you demonstrate a very nice sound. With far less mush than during the varitone demo. New demo possible?
mctabla 9 months ago
A good approach, nice sound.
PapaverSomni 10 months ago
oh damn I like that a LOT!!!!
JgHaverty 1 year ago
great sound
vientoymusica 1 year ago
@vientoymusica
thanks!
DIYGuitarMods 1 year ago