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Geddy Lee Sansamp Pedal!

#446
TonyRo said:
I'd say that means they're processing your order and that you'll get a shipping notification quite soon. :D:woot:
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Hopefully! A Sweetwater rep emailed me recently saying that my original PayPal transfer request had expired, and that the next batch of YYZs wasn’t due for a month or so. Maybe they came in early?
 
#447
LSMFT6 said:
Hopefully! A Sweetwater rep emailed me recently saying that my original PayPal transfer request had expired, and that the next batch of YYZs wasn’t due for a month or so. Maybe they came in early?
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I discovered the same problem a couple weeks ago when I had to contact the rep about changing my shipping address. The only bummer was that they now had to charge me tax instead of the flat $199 because of the new law. That's out of their control, so no big deal. I have no notification for shipping yet, but I imagine it will be soon.
 
#448
Mine came in yesterday, found it at N Stuff Music out of Pittsburgh. I had the opportunity to visit them last Summer. A fantastically stocked local shop who also seems to be pretty serious about selling online. I had tested a few basses at the time kicking tires and such, but left without any major purchases. So, in a way I made up for that, which is nice. And they had it in stock.

It's my first Tech21 product, it might take a while to get familiar and play through a bunch of settings to see what I like the best. I am using mine in front of a Bassman 100t in hopes of different drive tones and as a way of pushing the upper mids and highs. In combo there are a lot of variables, especially when it comes to drive sounds. So far so good...but not at the point for review just yet. Currently am boosting the middle-ish mids a bit with the amp to find the tone I was looking for, but I suspect I can dial it in more with the pedal yet.
 
#449
Here's a quick clip of using the YYZ from last night's rehearsal. My signal path is CIJ Geddy > Boss WL50 > Ampeg OptoComp > YYZ > PF800 with 115HE and 210HE cabs - both tweeters turned off. The recording is from my Zoom Q2N.

I think it sits well in the mix, a little more aggressive than Adam Clayton's tone but I like it :D

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#450
stingray69 said:
Kind of how I'm using mine - always-on, I set it for a nice tone shaping just on the verge of a nice, light growl.

If a song requires it - I simply twist the Drive a tad more to the right for more "effect" mode.
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I received mine today and I think I would agree with this. It can definitely get a nice range of tones but I'm not one to be constantly fiddling with it.

I'm actually considering replacing the knobs with something that has a contrasting mark (like a white dot or line). It's just not real obvious from six feet above exactly what's going on. Likewise, I would have appreciated another LED to indicate if "Tight" was in effect.
 
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#451
Yeah the only beef I really have with the unit is that the knobs are hard as hell to see. Even up close you can sometimes miss the tick at a glance. They look cool, but are slightly less usable than I'd like. Still love the unit however.
 
#453
Interresting choice of frequencies
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#458
jacoby75 said:
So what, exactly, does the "tight" button do? Is it like a high pass filter or something?
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Yup, HPF before the clipping section. Makes the drive tighter and more guitar like, with the expectation that you'd recover the lows by blending in the deep channel and/or boosting the bass knob. Quite useful for high output basses with a lot of low end output, to stop things getting too fuzzy.
 
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dannybuoy said:
Yup, HPF before the clipping section. Makes the drive tighter and more guitar like, with the expectation that you'd recover the lows by blending in the deep channel and/or boosting the bass knob. Quite useful for high output basses with a lot of low end output, to stop things getting too fuzzy.
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Huh, I was thinking is was probably a global HPF set low at something like 40 Hz to tighten up the low end, not the overdrive (which certainly already has at least one pole of HPF). I do wish Tech 21 would provide these details. I don't have one of these yet but am looking to try one at some point.
 

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