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Just got a 105Q!

Discussion in 'Effects [BG]' started by Petary791, Jul 11, 2005.


  1. Jul 11, 2005 #1
    Petary791

    Petary791

    Feb 20, 2005
    Michigan, USA
    I just got a 105Q. You guys don't know how happy I am. Unfortunately i'm kinda becoming a wah whore. It's much more special when you use it less!

    So far i've been able to play "Calm Like a Bomb," "Cochise," "N.I.B.," and "War Within a Breath;" and it's been sounding awesome. I used a Guv'nor on all of them, but on "Calm Like a Bomb" I used the Octavider on my Amp.

    Now i've got a couple questions.
    1. What do you like your Q setting at? Right now, mine is ALMOST maxed.
    2. Octave question- Is it better to have an octave pedal beginning of the loop or end?

    So right now my board goes:
    Brawly 6 string--> Marshall Guv'nor--> 105Q--> Phaser--> Digital Amp Effects (normally delay, octave, or auto-wah)--> amp. I'll try to get pics!

    Thanks.
     
  5. Jul 11, 2005 #2
    Higgie

    Higgie

    May 31, 2005
    London, England
    Lucky Bastard! I want one, but don't really have the cash. Am trying to find someone who will trade for a Morley PBA-2! What part(s) of Calm Like A Bomb do you use the octavider for?
     
  10. Jul 11, 2005 #3
    Petary791

    Petary791

    Feb 20, 2005
    Michigan, USA
    pedalboard01.

    I use the octavider for the whole song... basically because I have to screw a knob (lost the cord to the foot switcher) to turn it off or on. The intro gets REALLY low when you hit the F#, but it sounds fine pretty much.
     
  14. Jul 11, 2005 #4
    Higgie

    Higgie

    May 31, 2005
    London, England
    And you have an Original Guv'Nor you git! :mad:

    Lol. How's the phaser?
     
  18. Jul 11, 2005 #5
    Petary791

    Petary791

    Feb 20, 2005
    Michigan, USA
    Thanks to xan! I love it sooo much. If you find one, GET IT!

    It's amazing actually. I think it's so inexpensive because it's solid plastic. It's not true bypass either (I don't think) but it was still the best $8 i've ever spent. :hyper:
     
  22. Jul 12, 2005 #6
    Higgie

    Higgie

    May 31, 2005
    London, England
    LMAO $8.

    And yeah, I been after one on ebay, but always was outbid. Now that I actually have the money they all seem to be going for more :meh:
     
  26. Jul 12, 2005 #7
    Funkzfly

    Funkzfly

    Jun 15, 2005
    Yeh, I love my 105Q, it's possibly the most important pedal in my lineup next to a good distortion and an envelope filter.
     
  31. Jul 12, 2005 #8
    Petary791

    Petary791

    Feb 20, 2005
    Michigan, USA
    BuyItNow my good friend. ;)





    AND ANOTHER QUESTION:
    Is it okay to store my 105Q with the Wah Down? My pedalboard is a briefcase, and when I close it, it pushes the pedal down. Would doing this long term be bad? Do you guys even understand what I mean?

    Thanks.
     
  35. Jul 12, 2005 #9
    bassman314

    bassman314 I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process...

    Mar 13, 2005
    Bay Area, CA
    Nice!!

    I can't think the electronics care how it's stored.

    The spring is a piece of steel wedged against the pedal and the base, and it's pretty durable. I'd say you shouldn't have a problem, as long as you don't store it that way for months at a time.

    I noticed you put your Distortion before your Wah.. I always thought you were supposed to do it the other way?
     
  39. Jul 12, 2005 #10
    Higgie

    Higgie

    May 31, 2005
    London, England
    Distortion before Wah gives the RATM Growly Wah tone. I have mine set up that way all the time, because Wah-ing into Distortion doesnt sound good at all with my setup. I don't think it's anything to do with my setup, it's just I dont think it sounds any good, you can't hear what the wah is doing with the distortion after it.
     
  43. Jul 12, 2005 #11
    bassman314

    bassman314 I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process...

    Mar 13, 2005
    Bay Area, CA
    hmmm.. looks like I get to re-set-up my pedal board... I was going Funk (Wah, Bassballs) -> Chunk (Big Muff, Hot Tubes) -> Modulation -> Reverb -> Amp.

    I love Timmy's growl, and that's what I've been after, but I can just never quite get it with my wah going into either my Muff, or my Hot Tubes... I'll get a edgy tone when the wah hits a certain threshold.. then it goes away...

    Thanks for the tip!!

    So.. uhm should I stick the Bassballs after my Chunk section, too?
     
  47. Jul 12, 2005 #12
    Higgie

    Higgie

    May 31, 2005
    London, England
    Bassballs has distortion on it too, am I right?
     
  51. Jul 12, 2005 #13
    Petary791

    Petary791

    Feb 20, 2005
    Michigan, USA
    Yep, I put the distortion first because I like a distorted wah sound ala Timmy C. versus a wahed distorted sound if you catch my drift.
     
  55. Jul 12, 2005 #14
    bassman314

    bassman314 I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process...

    Mar 13, 2005
    Bay Area, CA
    Kinda *L*

    I don't use the distortion if I can help it.. it's more of a buzzing, farting soound.. and when distortion is engaged, the sensitivity knob becomes the gain. I run BB at a sublte level, so with the distortion on, I lose volume.

    I'll try it and see how it sounds.
     
  59. Jul 12, 2005 #15
    Higgie

    Higgie

    May 31, 2005
    London, England
    In that case, put the Distortion BEFORE the BassBalls, and don't use the distortion on the bassballs :)
     
  64. Jul 14, 2005 #16
    bassman314

    bassman314 I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process...

    Mar 13, 2005
    Bay Area, CA
    ok re-did my board... Chunk into funk..

    and wow... yeah much better!!!

    no more edy wah tone.. just straight up growl.. I gotta do some adjustments, but ya know, that's part of the deal!!