Barber Linden EQ Review

[MultiScaleMale]

bongomania:

Were you talking about a new 2 in 1 pedal or a new pedal to go in front on the Linden?

Thx,
Rich

 

[bongomania]

I gather that the Barber Custom Shop has done a few pedals where it's a Linden and another circuit housed together in one box:

But what I am fairly sure Barber was telling me was that he is designing an all-in-one pedal that will look like his early Barb-EQ:

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[MultiScaleMale]

Cool. I'll have to keep an eye out for that.

 

[jgsbass]

definite interest

 

[rootnote]

I am admittedly not a tone freak. For the most part, I dial up a quick setting on my amp and move on to the business and laying down a groove. That said, I have had the pleasure of being an early tester of the Linden EQ as well as some other Barber goodies that are in the pipeline and all I can tell you is that if you want to take control of your tone these pedals are the way to go.

My '76 Precision into my Ashdown head powering an Ampeg 6x10 cabinet always sounds impressive. We added the Linden to the mix and I truly felt like I had the vintage thunder of John Paul Jones or Geezer Butler at my fingertips... We also dialed up a really sweet James Jamerson tone!

My point is, whether you are an absolute tone maniac or someone like me who doesn't fret (pun intended) so much about it, you will be able to hear the quality difference this pedal can make.

 

[jgsbass]

Just bought a Linden. Through my board, it has some definite potential for use. Does indeed sound like the eq of an old Ampeg. Through my amp last night it was another story. I have a feeling that most of the problems were room related and location related (it was a 5 star restaurant and they had no idea where to fit a band) but with it engaged, I lost more definition than I would have liked. This was with the Linden in the effects loop of a SWR 350X. With the Linden in front of the amp it was better but I did not have the ability to play with my sound ( nervous leader) to tweak on the fly as it were. Back downstairs in my studio, I ran guitars through it and it captures the Gemini I, II, Ampeg Jet vibe very well. I still nheed to get the hang of the subtleties of this pedal but it does have uses for me. I'm running it on a battery for now and have noticed it can get hissy at extremes when boosted a lot.

 

[jgsbass]

The more I play with this pedal, the more I'm able to fine tune it. Hard to describe how it changes the tone but indeed, its very " musical". The low end girth is just enormous, just like a B 15 . Fat as all hell ( if necessary). Real test will be tomorrow/ regular clubdate with my regular band. Built a power adaptor for it so I'm ready to go.

 

[jgsbass]

Brought it to a recording/rehearsal for a 14 piece horn band last night. They tried recording the week before with miking everything up and the results were so-so for a variety of reasons. For this gig I go through a PolyTone w/ a 15 speaker, maybe 100 watts in a wierd cabinet (although compact, it certainly doesn't throw a signal very far). This week I (finally)brought the Linden pedal and it made a huge difference in the low end sound. They stuck a pair of mikes up in the room to record a number and the bass came through nice and warm. The reason that I didn't bring the Linden out for my regular gig has more to do with lazyness than anything else. The Linden has found a home in my studio down in the bassment where I run just about everything through it with excellent results. PreSonus Tube Pre into Linden= Fat tracks