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Fairfield Circuitry - THE CLUB
- Thread starter liveburning274
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Do you see the white rectangle surrounded by the the three red squares? Pull it up and you will see three posts. Move it over to the post in the middle, and the post to the left (per the picture).
Given the orientation in the pic: Left to right #1 #2 #3. Jump pins #1 + #2 = flat, #2 + #3 = high cut. Mine has a red jumper which requires needle-nose pliers.
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I belong here for sure I think. I believe I've got at least one of everything so far aside from the K-field modulator.
They're all extremely cool IMO but I think the big 3 for me are:
Barbershop/Modele B - there's just nothing I've tried quite like the Sag knob on there & it's got a great sweetening tone for most stuff I've used them with. Works great for me as a translucent 2nd stage boost for bass or guitar w/ very little drive dialed in.
Meet Maude - just a great atmosphere & mood to this one for me. I love dropping the Mr. Black Supermoon in the loop for unsettling/spooky/moody washes/pads, & it does great textured earthy slap or longer delays for me too.
Unpleasant Surprise - never ceases to amaze me how simultaneously crazy yet polyphonically articulate this thing is. Definitely one of my favorite fuzzes ever.
They're all extremely cool IMO but I think the big 3 for me are:
Barbershop/Modele B - there's just nothing I've tried quite like the Sag knob on there & it's got a great sweetening tone for most stuff I've used them with. Works great for me as a translucent 2nd stage boost for bass or guitar w/ very little drive dialed in.
Meet Maude - just a great atmosphere & mood to this one for me. I love dropping the Mr. Black Supermoon in the loop for unsettling/spooky/moody washes/pads, & it does great textured earthy slap or longer delays for me too.
Unpleasant Surprise - never ceases to amaze me how simultaneously crazy yet polyphonically articulate this thing is. Definitely one of my favorite fuzzes ever.
What's your settings for the Barbershop and are you using it with active and passive basses, and if so, do you have different settings for each scenario?
I'm exclusively passive basses for about the past couple years after I got rid of my Sterling 4H.
I'm usually somewhere around 1 o'clock on the sag, lower than noon on the drive dialed to taste & how much additional dirt I'm going for out of it (usually not much), & volume somewhere slightly over unity adjusted to the drive setting & the rest of the path at the moment. Tone switch is sorta situational per the voice of the bass/etc., but it spends most of its time in the middle position.
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Mine is silent, I think it’s about six years old if that means anything. Also I’ve only ever tried it with isolated power if that helps. Amazing pedal, I love it
On the Barbershop ME....Why do some models have OD1 and others have OD2 stamped just to the left of the footswitch? I read in another thread about newer models having the addition of trimpots inside (which I know are supposed to be left alone and not messed with), and (IIRC) another TB'er even mentioned seeing some different model FETs on the PCB of a picture that someone posted. Am I correct in assuming that these are the differences between the OD1 and OD2 models? I'm not concerned in any way about it, just curious.
Also, I just received a brand new Barbershop ME today directly from FFC, an OD2 with the serial number 894.5, so I looked at every picture I could find online and could not find any others with a decimal point in the serial number....any ideas about that? Again, no concerns, just curious because it's the first one I've ever seen like this.
Sounds great BTW, really liking it a lot!
Also, I just received a brand new Barbershop ME today directly from FFC, an OD2 with the serial number 894.5, so I looked at every picture I could find online and could not find any others with a decimal point in the serial number....any ideas about that? Again, no concerns, just curious because it's the first one I've ever seen like this.
Sounds great BTW, really liking it a lot!
Unit number - with older ones having lower numbers?
My guess is that yours is the 28945th one.
Thanks for the info.
I think I understand now....The numbers on both sides of the switch actually go together to form one single code (ex: OD1xxx), with OD meaning OverDrive and the last 4 digits is number of pedals produced. Makes sense, since I read elsewhere that the V1 pedal was discontinued after 1000 units. But I don't think they've built over 28,000 of these (wouldn't they just continue on with OD3..OD4..OD5, etc.?), so I'm still curious why the decimal point on my unit. Does anyone else have one with a decimal point in the serial number? Maybe when they were stamping it they accidently stamped 894 on two units and simply added the '.5' onto the end rather than waste a box.
I think I understand now....The numbers on both sides of the switch actually go together to form one single code (ex: OD1xxx), with OD meaning OverDrive and the last 4 digits is number of pedals produced. Makes sense, since I read elsewhere that the V1 pedal was discontinued after 1000 units. But I don't think they've built over 28,000 of these (wouldn't they just continue on with OD3..OD4..OD5, etc.?), so I'm still curious why the decimal point on my unit. Does anyone else have one with a decimal point in the serial number? Maybe when they were stamping it they accidently stamped 894 on two units and simply added the '.5' onto the end rather than waste a box.
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Is this the Barbershop you're posting about?
I'm not aware there are trims that can/should be adjusted by users, and the manaual makes no mention of them. I'd be happy with less gain on mine.
No Lpg in the barbershop
, and my barbershop predates the adjustment option ones.I'm talking 'Puddle'.(Shallow water)
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There's a FaceBook post from June 9, 2017 where someone asked if it was ok to adjust the trimpots inside the Shallow Water, and the answer given was "only LPG adjust". You can look this up without having a FB account.
Thanks!
I now adjusted and am still working on finding teh perfect setting...
Would you mind posting the FB post you mention?
