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Pork Loin mod

#441
@Killens84, do you find the sound after the pedal a bit compressed?
For me, it is over-compressing even when pedal was set to only use a clean line. I would love to find a setting where loss of dynamics is not so prominent.
Spitballing here: since the "neve" clean channel feels compressed, maybe I could turn it off and run the second (drive) channel almost dry (no gain). That just might preserve the dynamics but I am not sure if it would high-pass the signal.
 
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#442
ToS said:
@Killens84, do you find the sound after the pedal a bit compressed?
For me, it is over-compressing even when pedal was set to only use a clean line. I would love to find a setting where loss of dynamics is not so prominent.
Spitballing here: since the "neve" clean channel feels compressed, maybe I could turn it off and run the second (drive) channel almost dry (no gain). That just might preserve the dynamics but I am not sure if it would high-pass the signal.
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I can hear some compression happening, but it’s not displeasing to my ear. I have my Pork Loin right before my Smoothie compressor in my signal chain. I’ve tried the compressor before the Pork Loin, but that made the overdrive sound more sawtooth and edgy. My pedalboard is only a tuner —> Pork Loin —> Smoothie compressor, and the overdrive sits just right in a mix for me.
 
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#443
ToS said:
@Killens84, do you find the sound after the pedal a bit compressed?
For me, it is over-compressing even when pedal was set to only use a clean line. I would love to find a setting where loss of dynamics is not so prominent.
Spitballing here: since the "neve" clean channel feels compressed, maybe I could turn it off and run the second (drive) channel almost dry (no gain). That just might preserve the dynamics but I am not sure if it would high-pass the signal.
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I probably sound like a broken record at this point but...have you tried running it at 18V?
 
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From the Way Huge Instagram several months ago
Killens84 said:
By the way, I’m noticing that some of the big online retailers are showing the Pork Loin as no longer available. Has it been discontinued?
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254 stringer said:
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From the Way Huge Instagram several months ago
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Yikes! Sure makes me glad I didn't give up on mine! I came pretty close to putting it up for sale before I tried the mods that made it a keeper.

Was it popular amongst guitarists? Maybe not enough to keep it around? I don't know...if they come up with a "new and improved", bass-dedicated version (i.e. "pre-modded" and with more headroom) in a smaller footprint, I'd be interested.

Until then, I'm holding on to mine!
 
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Frank77 said:
Yikes! Sure makes me glad I didn't give up on mine! I came pretty close to putting it up for sale before I tried the mods that made it a keeper.

Was it popular amongst guitarists? Maybe not enough to keep it around? I don't know...if they come up with a "new and improved", bass-dedicated version (i.e. "pre-modded" and with more headroom) in a smaller footprint, I'd be interested.

Until then, I'm holding on to mine!
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Definitely will not be selling mine either, I love it!

Anyone have comparative clips with the PL mod running passive pickups?

After some tweaks on the inside, I'm personally unsure why so many are quick to mod
 
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estimated_eyes said:
Definitely will not be selling mine either, I love it!

Anyone have comparative clips with the PL mod running passive pickups?

After some tweaks on the inside, I'm personally unsure why so many are quick to mod
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No clips, but I couldn't use mine at 9V with my basses (even passive). Even with the blend completely clean, it would let out some farty, non-musically usable fuzz when playing the E or B string. Feeding it 18V solved the issue and turned the PL into the best OD I've used this far.
 
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Frank77 said:
No clips, but I couldn't use mine at 9V with my basses (even passive). Even with the blend completely clean, it would let out some farty, non-musically usable fuzz when playing the E or B string. Feeding it 18V solved the issue and turned the PL into the best OD I've used this far.
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Yeah, I was running at 18v but was concerned once I saw the cap was rated at 16v. I am currently running mine at 12v and happy
 
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