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Electro-Harmonix Black Finger Settings Thread
- Thread starter Ryan Mohr
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For decent Motown overdrive that's pretty close to a Bernadette without the Snakepit motherboard and LA2A-
Black finger: Lamp/Squash- 0-9:00 comp- pregain 3- post 12-3 into BJFE Blueberry: Vol12-tone 8-drive 2. Helps to have flats and sometimes to stick foam or a damp sponge under your bridge. Dig!
Black finger: Lamp/Squash- 0-9:00 comp- pregain 3- post 12-3 into BJFE Blueberry: Vol12-tone 8-drive 2. Helps to have flats and sometimes to stick foam or a damp sponge under your bridge. Dig!
I liked the Black Finger, except for the noise. I hates me some noise, it had to go. I forget which setting it was, but one of the switches when turned a certain way, (maybe lamp/led), caused more noise than I could even bear. Don't do that.
Some settings are definitely noisier than others, especially when recording, but live I haven't really been bothered by noise. It's a fantastic pedal, and I use all manner of settings with my ric 4003. My 'always on' setting is lamp and no squash, but for ebow and slow tempo tunes I go for the lamp/squash setting.
Thanks! No rush, I just wanted to know how to configure the pre and post gain knobs.
Oh, well for a start, set the overall level so it's the same volume whether the pedal is on or not. The input gain is trickier, 'cause it's different for different players/styles. I'd start with it at noon and adjust up or down with your ears. I found the higher the pregain, the warmer the tone came out, it's nice, just a little hissy.
So the input gain doesn't effect the overall volume? Also, my pedal is completely silent.
It will affect the overall volume to some degree, but not like the output stage will. If you tweak the input and get a volume spike, just turn down the post. If you got quiet, you got a great comp. I love it's tone.
sorry for the cell phone picture. dark comp knob is at 10 o clock
Thats a lot of gain in my opinion and I use active basses. Thats also a low amount of compression so I get some slight overdrive, but its barely noticeable. Just warms my tone a little. And seriously I get pretty much no noise still. LOVE this pedal.
Thats a lot of gain in my opinion and I use active basses. Thats also a low amount of compression so I get some slight overdrive, but its barely noticeable. Just warms my tone a little. And seriously I get pretty much no noise still. LOVE this pedal.
sorry for the cell phone picture. dark comp knob is at 10 o clock
Thats a lot of gain in my opinion and I use active basses. Thats also a low amount of compression so I get some slight overdrive, but its barely noticeable. Just warms my tone a little. And seriously I get pretty much no noise still. LOVE this pedal.
Thanks! Have you ever tried it in the effects loop of your amp?
No Ive been lazy because it would be annoying to remove from my board, sorry!
I tried it both ways and can't tell the difference, and I'm not sure if I want Lamp/Squash or LED/Normal.
It lights up any time the compressor squeezes down, so it could be alot if you've set it higher.
That depends. If you set the comp to really squash everything, the light will be on alot. That's only bad if you didn't want to use that much compression. See?
