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Fairfield Circuitry - THE CLUB

#382

Pretty much anything that isn't the Accountant:) There are certainly some cool sounds to be had with it, but if it's going to be used as an "always on" in tandem with the BS, your tastes are hopefully already geared toward the "dirty" side.

That's still no reason NOT to own one...the more flavors, the better IMO.
 
#388
Having previously owned an Accountant, and currently owning a Barbershop ME, I can say that I greatly prefer the Barbershop. The Accountant sounds much more aggressive through the midrange. The Barbershop sounds much smoother and even. The Accountant was wonderful, just not what I was after at the time. Interestingly enough, I found that the Accountant made my envelope filter come alive, whereas the Barbershop ME makes my octave come alive.
 
#389
So my new Barbershop V.2 came in. Its definitely an interesting pedal. At first I thought it was sucking a lot of low end out of my tone(using my MB500 through a Baer ML112), but its actually a resonant peak with my P-Bass on the low G. It gives me a HUGE amount of bottom end usually which works the driver harder than I would prefer. With the Barbershop engaged every note is even and I lose the resonant peak. Its basically working like a very slightly overdriven compressor. Also for some reason I can only get it to tonally match my clean tone with the Sag at 2:00. At any rate, I THINK its going to do what I want but I need to get it on a gig. One thing is for sure, its very transparent, and so far I think I like it better than the Solid Gold FX BETA I had before. The BETA was smooth and warm but imparted a low end to the signal that you just couldn't get away from. It sounded great with a Jazz bass, but too much with my Precision(my main axe).
 
#390
My Barbershop should be arriving today. Really looking forward to trying it out. I'm hoping it lives up to all the things people have been saying about it on here!

Quick question: Does anyone know if it's based on anything? or is it a completely original design? I'm just curious.
 
#393
HOTSPUR1992 said:
My Barbershop should be arriving today. Really looking forward to trying it out. I'm hoping it lives up to all the things people have been saying about it on here!

Quick question: Does anyone know if it's based on anything? or is it a completely original design? I'm just curious.
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Hope it serves you well! If you aren't loving your settings at first, definitely tweak it, experiment with different drive/sag settings, effects order, etc. it's very different from other overdrives IME, but well worth the time investment, and it gets a great '60's small-amp vibe.
 
#394
HOTSPUR1992 said:
My Barbershop should be arriving today. Really looking forward to trying it out. I'm hoping it lives up to all the things people have been saying about it on here!

Quick question: Does anyone know if it's based on anything? or is it a completely original design? I'm just curious.
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On the fairfield website it speaks of it being an original design. Have you looked at that site?
That info is really hard to miss when you look at the pedal there.;)
 
#395
shinybeast said:
Hope it serves you well! If you aren't loving your settings at first, definitely tweak it, experiment with different drive/sag settings, effects order, etc. it's very different from other overdrives IME, but well worth the time investment, and it gets a great '60's small-amp vibe.
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Agreed. I have found that I need to tweak it(both gain and sag) depending on what bass I have running through it. In my case either a MIA Standard Jazz or Precision. The P-Bass gets this fat warm break up at the top of the note which I love with this pedal. The Jazz gets more of a snarl with a more upper mid content. I haven't played a gig without it on since I bought it. It adds something to the sound that just allows the bass to be more present without being overly aggressive.
 
#397
I received my Barbershop! And I got to say it's a fantastic pedal! The setting I seem to like the most with my Jazz is Drive at about noon and Sag at about 10:30. Volume to taste but I have it set at around unity at about 10:30. Where do you put your Barbershop in your chain? Do you find it sounds better after other drives? In my case it's just after my BB preamp. I think it sounds quite cool with the BB running into it when I want a really thick dirty drive. I tried the BB after but I think I prefer it before hmmmmm.

With my Barbershop on about 99% of the time would you say this is working as a buffer for my signal as well as adding it's tubey drivey goodness? This is why I couldn't really decide where to put the Barbershop. Since it will most likely be my always on pedal I'm hoping it will also act as my buffer, and I've read that buffers are best near the start of your chain. I'm only going to be running 4 pedals in total on a PT Nano (All True Bypass), with the Barbershop being one of those 4, and like I said pretty much always on. If not that then the BB will be on instead I should think. Do you think it would matter where the Barbershop is placed in regards to it being a buffer? In my current case it will be placed third.
 

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