Does anyone have a new version of Opto Stomp?

Chrisk-K · #1 01-12-2011, 10:43 PM

I recently bought one like this...

http://www.bbesound.com/products/sto...pto-stomp.aspx

Does the threshhold knob do anything at all? I just messed around with the knob and for the life of me I couldn't hear any difference (I slapped and popped like a maniac).

walker rosewood · #2 01-12-2011, 11:36 PM

man that thing is ugly. The old one looks way better, what was BBE thinking?

A comp like that with only a few controls is subject to the input level going into it. Are you using an active Bass? Or any pedals before the compressor, (particularly with gain stages). Try reducing the input signal.

It could be that the signal coming in is so hot that even with the threshold all the way up, the effect is 'full on". Or the opposite, if you've got really weak pick ups, even with the threshold all the way down, no compression is happening.

Hutzbordello · #3 01-12-2011, 11:39 PM

i like it, reminds of an old timey "ye olde" shop

walker rosewood · #4 01-13-2011, 12:35 AM

the old version had a -15db pad for active basses. I can't see that on this new one...did they get rid of it?

bongomania · #5 01-13-2011, 12:43 AM

Sometimes I just want to take the marketing and product development departments in various companies and knock their heads together just like Moe did to Larry and Curly.

Chrisk-K · #6 01-13-2011, 08:29 AM

They got rid of the -15db pad.

Well, the threshold knob works fine. I was testing with a bass with a weak signal, so the compressor never kicked in

There is a DIFFERENCE between this new version and the old one. The old version sometimes produced faint warbling background noise. I've owned 2 and both produced exactly the same noise. The new one is dead silent even with the threshold knob set to the max.

bongomania · #7 01-13-2011, 09:31 AM

Hm, very good to know! I'll have to get one and update my review.

Exploiter8 · #8 01-13-2011, 09:33 AM

UGLY is RIGHT!

RCCollins · #9 01-13-2011, 09:39 AM

aw c'mon, it's got a monocle on it! What's cooler than a monocle?

Exploiter8 · #10 01-13-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

They got rid of the -15db pad.

Well, the threshold knob works fine. I was testing with a bass with a weak signal, so the compressor never kicked in

There is a DIFFERENCE between this new version and the old one. The old version sometimes produced faint warbling background noise. I've owned 2 and both produced exactly the same noise. The new one is dead silent even with the threshold knob set to the max.

By "warbling," do you mean a ghosting or possibly an after-effect of the original tone? I experienced that with my old Opto which I got rid of because of that "feature."

Thanx,
X8

Exploiter8 · #11 01-13-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by RCCollins

aw c'mon, it's got a monocle on it! What's cooler than a monocle?

A bow tie, perhaps?

Doctor X8

blastjv · #12 01-13-2011, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RCCollins

aw c'mon, it's got a monocle on it! What's cooler than a monocle?

A monoRAIL!?!?!? http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...POFFBudk_dR1jA

-JV

Rob22315 · #13 01-13-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Exploiter8

By "warbling," do you mean a ghosting or possibly an after-effect of the original tone? I experienced that with my old Opto which I got rid of because of that "feature."

Now you tell me!?#$% - I have one waiting for me at the post office.

Chrisk-K · #14 01-13-2011, 09:44 PM

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By "warbling," do you mean a ghosting or possibly an after-effect of the original tone? I experienced that with my old Opto which I got rid of because of that "feature."

Exactly!

When I got my 1st one, I thought it was defective. I exchanged it for another. The same noise. I read somewhere that the new version didn't suffer from it. That's why I bought a new version. Dead silent and very happy.

BTW, to me the new version looks better on a black pedal board than the old one. Its antique yellow color doesn't stand out.

The new version still has a retina-scorching bright blue LED, though. It was so bright that I painted it with a black permanent marker.

bongomania · #15 01-13-2011, 10:45 PM

FWIW that "warbling" noise has been in my review from day one, I describe it as "a little fizzy artifact".

Rob22315 · #16 01-14-2011, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

Exactly!

When I got my 1st one, I thought it was defective. I exchanged it for another. The same noise. I read somewhere that the new version didn't suffer from it. That's why I bought a new version. Dead silent and very happy.

BTW, to me the new version looks better on a black pedal board than the old one. Its antique yellow color doesn't stand out.

The new version still has a retina-scorching bright blue LED, though. It was so bright that I painted it with a black permanent marker.

Any volume issues?

Chrisk-K · #17 01-14-2011, 07:21 AM

The unity gain is achieved when the volume knob is set to 2 o'clock.

Exploiter8 · #18 01-14-2011, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

FWIW that "warbling" noise has been in my review from day one, I describe it as "a little fizzy artifact".

I've been a TB member for a year this month. I read your review after I had purchased the Opto, which was a year and a half ago. It just confirmed my suspicions, otherwise I might have traded it in for another one!

Many great reviews, by the way...Thanks!

X8

Swimming Bird · #19 01-14-2011, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

The unity gain is achieved when the volume knob is set to 2 o'clock.

At least on the old gain was determined by both knobs -- the higher the threshold the higher you'd need to set the volume to get back to unity. At max compression I couldn't get unity gain.

onosson · #20 01-14-2011, 10:16 AM

Did they make different versions before this?? Because my "old version" Opto Stomp has a a red/orange led, not blue, and I haven't noticed any "warbling"... I've had it for about 5 years I think.