a few of you are aware of this pedal, ive had mine a little while now and had proper chance to get to grips with it
http://www.suncoastanalog.com/preamp_pedals.htm
i've had chance to properly compare it to my pearce BC1 as well, so ill go over the differences here
this is essentially a stripped back version of the pearce BC1, it's missing the dedicated effects loops for each channel (but keeps the global effects loop which is post EQ and pre limiter)
the limiter seems to act/sound/feel just the same as the original, but the LED works in reverse - instead of coming on brighter based on how much your signal crosses the threshold it starts fully bright and fades OFF)
the main channel on the suncoast (pearce BC1 channel 2 -GREEN CHANNEL)is IDENTICAL in every way to the pearce, only thing missing is boost flick switch that slams the input harder, and although the mid frequencies etc arent labelled on the face of the suncoast, the travel on the pots seems to match the pearce (i.e - i set my mid freq to the same point and it sounds like it's boosting the same frequency), the drive on this green channel is also very touch sensitive, it will clean up a lot if you play lightly,
hitting the BOOST switch brings the second channel (meant to be pearce BC1 channel 1 - RED CHANNEL) on in parallel so you can blend them together.
as on the pearce BC1 the GREEN channel seems to have a lot more volume available than the RED channel.
the controls for the RED channel are found under the baseplate in the form of trim pots, along with the option to switch from OD1 (original Pearce BC1) to OD2 (Billy sheehan mod)
they have removed the sweepable mids for the RED channel and fixed the control to 1.2khz,
now, i cant seem to get anywhere near the same amount of bass from this channel than i can from the original pearce RED channel, so there must be some differences here, to the point where you couldnt really use this channel on its own in my opinion, which brings me to the next point as well.
they have also removed the option to SWITCH channels from the Pearce BC1, you can only start with the GREEN channel and combine it with the RED channel, if you wish to use the RED channel on its own then you have to combine them both and then TURN DOWN the green channel - useful for recording etc but not live i wouldnt think because of the bass issue i mentioned.
the billy sheehan mod is INSANE! heaps and heaps and HEAPS of gain on tap, and pretty much zero bass, sounds gnarly as hell and cool if thats your thing, but i dont like the separation of sound it gives (you can distinctly hear the two sounds side by side, whereas i like them more melded together - but this is personal taste)
overall i think this pedal is insane, works perfectly for what i want and would even make me consider moving on my pearce and buying a backup pedal,
the only thing i would change on this unit, is to have the mid frequencies displayed on the front plate, so you know which freq. you are cutting/boosting
wrote this in a bit of a rush, so any other questions just fire them over, my pearce BC1 is probably the only piece of gear ive owned since back when i first really started taking bass seriously apart from my precision bass so i feel like i know it pretty well.
http://www.suncoastanalog.com/preamp_pedals.htm
i've had chance to properly compare it to my pearce BC1 as well, so ill go over the differences here
this is essentially a stripped back version of the pearce BC1, it's missing the dedicated effects loops for each channel (but keeps the global effects loop which is post EQ and pre limiter)
the limiter seems to act/sound/feel just the same as the original, but the LED works in reverse - instead of coming on brighter based on how much your signal crosses the threshold it starts fully bright and fades OFF)
the main channel on the suncoast (pearce BC1 channel 2 -GREEN CHANNEL)is IDENTICAL in every way to the pearce, only thing missing is boost flick switch that slams the input harder, and although the mid frequencies etc arent labelled on the face of the suncoast, the travel on the pots seems to match the pearce (i.e - i set my mid freq to the same point and it sounds like it's boosting the same frequency), the drive on this green channel is also very touch sensitive, it will clean up a lot if you play lightly,
hitting the BOOST switch brings the second channel (meant to be pearce BC1 channel 1 - RED CHANNEL) on in parallel so you can blend them together.
as on the pearce BC1 the GREEN channel seems to have a lot more volume available than the RED channel.
the controls for the RED channel are found under the baseplate in the form of trim pots, along with the option to switch from OD1 (original Pearce BC1) to OD2 (Billy sheehan mod)
they have removed the sweepable mids for the RED channel and fixed the control to 1.2khz,
now, i cant seem to get anywhere near the same amount of bass from this channel than i can from the original pearce RED channel, so there must be some differences here, to the point where you couldnt really use this channel on its own in my opinion, which brings me to the next point as well.
they have also removed the option to SWITCH channels from the Pearce BC1, you can only start with the GREEN channel and combine it with the RED channel, if you wish to use the RED channel on its own then you have to combine them both and then TURN DOWN the green channel - useful for recording etc but not live i wouldnt think because of the bass issue i mentioned.
the billy sheehan mod is INSANE! heaps and heaps and HEAPS of gain on tap, and pretty much zero bass, sounds gnarly as hell and cool if thats your thing, but i dont like the separation of sound it gives (you can distinctly hear the two sounds side by side, whereas i like them more melded together - but this is personal taste)
overall i think this pedal is insane, works perfectly for what i want and would even make me consider moving on my pearce and buying a backup pedal,
the only thing i would change on this unit, is to have the mid frequencies displayed on the front plate, so you know which freq. you are cutting/boosting
wrote this in a bit of a rush, so any other questions just fire them over, my pearce BC1 is probably the only piece of gear ive owned since back when i first really started taking bass seriously apart from my precision bass so i feel like i know it pretty well.
