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adamo_musica
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Does anyone here modify their effects pedals to get the sound they want? If so can you tell me how 
. This sounds like such a newbie question.
. This sounds like such a newbie question.
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gemsbok
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go on ebay and look up mods for the tube screamer. it seems to be just changing out op amp chips. that will get you started.
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mindwave_21
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There are plenty of sites on the internet for this. Try these:
diystompboxes
geofex
general guitar gadgets
This should at least start you off right.
diystompboxes
geofex
general guitar gadgets
This should at least start you off right.
Outlaws
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adamo_musica said:Does anyone here modify their effects pedals to get the sound they want? If so can you tell me how
Yes, and its not somethign to just dive into. You need to learn how to solder PROPERLY or you may overheat things and not know it...or you may leave microscopic traces of solder that join two things together that shouldn't be joined together. It just never feels good to fuck up a pedal up.
It can be good, but for the most part, there is a lot of crap. ie people trying to sell schematics of how to do this or that, or poeple offering to mod your pedal for you for way more than the outcome is worth (imo).
There are some good mods. I swapped out the diodes on my MXR Distortion+ with the originals and made it toggleable to and from the modern ones. It was worth the mod IMO. But then it was also and TIGHT fit that I don't have plans on attempting again if anything ever happens to it. (lost or stolen)
I find that one of the most fun mods of anything was simple changing the LED to a kickass color your don't see all the time or that matches the pedal better than just red or green.
Check out the websites mindwave listed. They are good and will get you going.
Outlaws
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gemsbok said:
The opamp is a factor in it, but infact the opamp has a lot less to do with the sound than people like to think. Its just the most visable part of the mod because a few caps and resistors all look the same, but that little opamp chip that went out of production (now there is a new version with a whole other discussion if its as good as the old one) so it must be the key to the sound, right?
Becasue everything that isn't made anymore is the reason new versions of products suck. (do you sense the sarcasm?) 
(not to mention no one even wanted that crappy ass pedal until SRV played it.) ...but back to mods....
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BurnBarfield
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I am in agreement with Outlaws...
I do a lot of modding, and building for that matter of pedals as well as attempting to learn how to do more with tube amps..
It is not just a fun thing to just be jumped into, it can be extremely difficult if you don't have the slightest clue of what you are doing.
If you want are actually handy with a soldering gun and whatnot, and have fifty extra bucks.. Check this book out, http://www.cafepress.com/indyweb2.18406073 .... I own it, and it helps starting out, and includes many of the same mods that you will find specifically, IndyGuitarist using...
I do a lot of modding, and building for that matter of pedals as well as attempting to learn how to do more with tube amps..
It is not just a fun thing to just be jumped into, it can be extremely difficult if you don't have the slightest clue of what you are doing.
If you want are actually handy with a soldering gun and whatnot, and have fifty extra bucks.. Check this book out, http://www.cafepress.com/indyweb2.18406073 .... I own it, and it helps starting out, and includes many of the same mods that you will find specifically, IndyGuitarist using...
timmerman
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Do I hear you right there???.............
Hi Outlaws,
about the TS 9, you think it is really that bad? I have been using one for a while and I do like it, yes it is a midrange affair, and I am sure you could mod that, but still I like the pedal in turns of not changing your sound too much, but just adding some boost to your signal.
Another thing a lot of people will say about the TS 9 is its lack of bass, well yes this is true, but I just add an eq pedal behind it, and add a bit of bass and voila........the thing does wonders over most tube amps, and that what is was designed for so...................
Perhaps the TS 9 may have been overlooked a bit in the early 80s when it first came out?, perhaps people did not use many boosters in the early 80s as chorus was the sound of the day? Perhaps the popularity of the TS 9 is something of the 90s up to today with the hype of retro equipment? All possible, still I think the TS9 is good, sure there are many pedals which will do a similar thing.
Anyway,
Cheers.
Eddie
Outlaws said:The opamp is a factor in it, but infact the opamp has a lot less to do with the sound than people like to think. Its just the most visable part of the mod because a few caps and resistors all look the same, but that little opamp chip that went out of production (now there is a new version with a whole other discussion if its as good as the old one) so it must be the key to the sound, right?
...but back to mods....
Hi Outlaws,
about the TS 9, you think it is really that bad? I have been using one for a while and I do like it, yes it is a midrange affair, and I am sure you could mod that, but still I like the pedal in turns of not changing your sound too much, but just adding some boost to your signal.
Another thing a lot of people will say about the TS 9 is its lack of bass, well yes this is true, but I just add an eq pedal behind it, and add a bit of bass and voila........the thing does wonders over most tube amps, and that what is was designed for so...................
Perhaps the TS 9 may have been overlooked a bit in the early 80s when it first came out?, perhaps people did not use many boosters in the early 80s as chorus was the sound of the day? Perhaps the popularity of the TS 9 is something of the 90s up to today with the hype of retro equipment? All possible, still I think the TS9 is good, sure there are many pedals which will do a similar thing.
Anyway,
Cheers.
Eddie
Outlaws
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timmerman said:
I haven't used a TS is years. I liked it though. I just don't like the idea that people will pay $500+ for an original TS808 and will pay out the ass to mod a TS9 back to 808 specs. I mean, it is a nice pedal, but it ain't THAT nice.
If you are a collector, then whatever, owning an orignal might float your boat. If you are modding the TS9 back to 808 specs, great, it'll be a fun mod...just IMO you need to have another pedal in orginal format (TS9) to compare your mod to so you can really hear what happened.
IF you are paying for someone else to mod it.......I need to find out where you live so I can beg for spare change outsite your place because you are obviously a very generous person with your money.
Though I guess this is the time to mention 'boutique pedal builders. -Like the Landgraf Overdrive. This is possibly the most over-rated pedal in exsistance. Its a TS copy with a 3 way toggle between 2 different diode combinations and the middle position with no diodes at all.
WOW.
If anyone is gonna mod a pedal, that is the mod to do because paying $450 for that pedal (which doesn't at the least even have the collectablility of an original 808) is just a complete joke.
timmerman
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Outlaws said:I haven't used a TS is years. I liked it though. I just don't like the idea that people will pay $500+ for an original TS808 and will pay out the ass to mod a TS9 back to 808 specs. I mean, it is a nice pedal, but it ain't THAT nice.
If you are a collector, then whatever, owning an orignal might float your boat. If you are modding the TS9 back to 808 specs, great, it'll be a fun mod...just IMO you need to have another pedal in orginal format (TS9) to compare your mod to so you can really hear what happened.
IF you are paying for someone else to mod it.......I need to find out where you live so I can beg for spare change outsite your place because you are obviously a very generous person with your money.
Though I guess this is the time to mention 'boutique pedal builders. -Like the Landgraf Overdrive. This is possibly the most over-rated pedal in exsistance. Its a TS copy with a 3 way toggle between 2 different diode combinations and the middle position with no diodes at all.
WOW.
If anyone is gonna mod a pedal, that is the mod to do because paying $450 for that pedal (which doesn't at the least even have the collectablility of an original 808) is just a complete joke.
Hi Outlaws,
well no I do have to count my pennies, and I bought a reissue TS 9, they sound great, ......how close they are to the original sound? I do not know, and as mentioned before, all its pitfalls I can "cure" with an eq-pedal instead of doing that expansive mod.
Cheers
Eddie
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