Do you own or GAS for gear that nobody else seems to understand or be interested in? Here are a few of mine:
Fender Pro Junior (http://www.fender.com/series/hot-rod/pro-junior-iii-120v-black/) - I own an older, first generation version of this amp and it is just a fantastic little 15 watt combo. I know people like to replace the stock ceramic 10" speaker and mod them for a colder bias, but I love the way mine sounds stock. I can't believe more people aren't into these awesome little amps. I think they live in the shadow of the Blues Jr.
(http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx105/leevibe1/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/7f0a0910-48b3-48c6-ba80-66667a3b070d_zps31a072bf.jpg) (http://s746.photobucket.com/user/leevibe1/media/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/7f0a0910-48b3-48c6-ba80-66667a3b070d_zps31a072bf.jpg.html)
ISP Decimator (http://www.amazon.com/ISP-Technologies-Decimator-Reduction-Pedal/dp/B001R2KCOY) - I know there's already a lot of love for these noise gates but I wish more of the guys I play with would get them. I love mine for completely taking care of my single coil hum without eating into the attack or decay of a note. It just works.
(http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx105/leevibe1/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/Unknown_zps17c46a4d.jpeg) (http://s746.photobucket.com/user/leevibe1/media/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/Unknown_zps17c46a4d.jpeg.html)
TC Nova Dynamics (NDY-1) (http://www.tcelectronic.com/ndy-1-nova-dynamics/) - I was so sad when they discontinued these and so happy when I got mine for cheap on a MF closeout. This is such an amazing compressor. It has two discrete compression engines that can be run in series or can be split to two different parts of my signal chain, or to two different rigs for that matter. It has a very capable stomp box type compression, but what I love is the 3-band studio compression that's available. It has a dry blend feature but I pretty much never use it because the studio mode is so transparent. It works equally well for electric and acoustic. It has a gate mode too which can be tweaked to do a slow gear type thing. There's even a 10 segment LED meter so I can see how much my signal is being attenuated. It's just the perfect compressor.
(http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx105/leevibe1/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/ndy-1-nova-dynamics-top_zps0c28d809.jpg) (http://s746.photobucket.com/user/leevibe1/media/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/ndy-1-nova-dynamics-top_zps0c28d809.jpg.html)
Sonic Research Turbo Tuner (ST-200) (https://www.turbo-tuner.com/index.htm) - This tuner is so far and away better than anything else I've ever seen or used, I just can't believe everyone isn't using one. They are a little plain to look at, but the speed, accuracy, and usability are so good, I think everyone should have one. This is a true strobe tuner, not a sim. It's insanely accurate, and the price is about the same as a Boss. A few of my guitar playing buddys have been won over to it after borrowing mine.
(http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx105/leevibe1/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/st2-proto4a_zps16972938.jpg) (http://s746.photobucket.com/user/leevibe1/media/madbean%20pics/gear%20I%20like/st2-proto4a_zps16972938.jpg.html)
That TC compressor looks cool. It didn't get a wonderful review on Ovnilab. But he's super picky. I guess I'd add Ampeg and Traynor amps. The vintage Ampegs were kinda Fender-like but intended more for jazz.
Quote from: jtn191 on August 11, 2014, 02:41:48 AM
That TC compressor looks cool. It didn't get a wonderful review on Ovnilab. But he's super picky. I guess I'd add Ampeg and Traynor amps. The vintage Ampegs were kinda Fender-like but intended more for jazz.
I never saw the ovnilab review. It was one of those pedals that I bought solely on all of the user reviews I was reading and I feel like it delivered. I pretty much run it all the time as a way of smoothing string balance and subtly boosting sustain because I tend to not use much gain. I really never use the stomp mode.
I'm intrigued by Traynor amps. I've heard they are serious bang for the buck when it comes to vintage gear.
Godin guitars - great instruments, terrible marketing, particularly the Core line.
Any US made Peavey gear. I think all of us have owned a Bandit at one time.
Wound for Sound pickups. Just had Chris build me a killer set of Alnico 5/2s. Crazy good, and the entire set cost me less than one BKP.
Feline guitars. They tend to come in at around the price of a CS Gibson, but for that you can get something tailored to your taste and IMO, better made. Staggeringly good things, but their lack of profile outside of a couple of UK forums kills re-sale on them. Then again, they rarely come up for sale as most people who buy them keep them. Why anyone would buy a Gibson over a Feline baffles me. Especially with current prices and Gibson's massively variable quality.
The new EMGs (the Het-Set and the 57/66 set) are staggeringly good. All the advantages of active (quiet, clarity, taughtness) but voiced like passives. I very much rate them. But people assume they sound like the old ones, which are compressed and scooped in comparison.
Quote from: GermanCdn on August 11, 2014, 04:42:05 AMWound for Sound pickups. Just had Chris build me a killer set of Alnico 5/2s. Crazy good, and the entire set cost me less than one BKP.
BKPs have lost their edge now. Back in the day when Tim would entertain some wild and wonderful ideas they were great. In the UK they're not massively over priced also. However now you can only get stuff off the shelf and any custom deviations are not really entertained. Shame as most of my guitars had BKPs in them.
As such I've started using Oil City Pickups (Ash/Guitar Weasel over on The Fretboard). His pickups are very, very good, fair priced and he's up for doing custom sets, indeed I'm having an interesting set made at the moment.
Way Huge Pork Loin maybe?!
I see it for sale a lot on ebay. And with five external and three internal pots it can be intimidating at first and tricky to set up. But if you take your time it's very very rewarding.
Also, why is there so little talk of Brian's Grease Gun on here? It's been my #1 dirt for quite some time now.
Quote from: Tremster on August 11, 2014, 12:16:21 PM
Way Huge Pork Loin maybe?!
Friend of mine does very well playing blues. He swears by the Pork Loin. If I remember right, Brian is releasing a version of the PL (Etchers Paradise, this month possibly?!)
Me personally, my Ampeg GVT 52-112. Best sounding 'clean' amp I've heard. The overdrive channel is so versatile with the Baxandall EQ. I don't do metal, but if I wanted to I could (old school and modern). I usually stick with Channel 1 which loves pedals. As my friend said 'That's convenient' ;)
Quote from: juansolo on August 11, 2014, 11:30:12 AM
BKPs have lost their edge now. Back in the day when Tim would entertain some wild and wonderful ideas they were great. In the UK they're not massively over priced also. However now you can only get stuff off the shelf and any custom deviations are not really entertained. Shame as most of my guitars had BKPs in them.
As such I've started using Oil City Pickups (Ash/Guitar Weasel over on The Fretboard). His pickups are very, very good, fair priced and he's up for doing custom sets, indeed I'm having an interesting set made at the moment.
Chris winds the pickups to your spec; there isn't an off the shelf version. My first set from him, I told him I wanted a slightly hotter than vintage set, 6.2k neck, 6.5k middle, and a tele-ish sounding bridge pickup. Overall I wanted a Keith Urban strat tone. He came back with the following suggestion
A5 magnets for the EAD strings, A2 for the GBE strings.
42 Ga wire for the neck and middle pickups, 43 Ga for the bridge, 8.5k bridge
Vintage stagger for the magnets with the G lowered as I don't use wound G's.
Had them built and shipped in three days. Best sounding strat pickups I have ever played.
Oh, yeah, and the whole set, custom wound, cost me $85 + shipping. I think he's now raised his price to $90. Still cheaper than a set of Tex-Mex's, and barely more expensive than GFS.
Awesome. That's what's missing from BKP these days. But then again, when you get to the popularity that they are now, you have to standardise things. Comes with the territory.
anyone has a lead on a decently priced LP builder in mainland europe? something like the aforementioned Feline, only a tiny bit cheaper? like a LP standard range instead of CS?
i would like a decent LP but neither my wallet nor my playing can accomodate a 3k gbp instrument.
Quote from: muddyfox on August 11, 2014, 05:30:21 PM
anyone has a lead on a decently priced LP builder in mainland europe? something like the aforementioned Feline, only a tiny bit cheaper? like a LP standard range instead of CS?
i would like a decent LP but neither my wallet nor my playing can accomodate a 3k gbp instrument.
Fame builds out of Poland or the Czech Republic if I remember correctly. More in line with the price range you're looking for, but I'd be a little specific on the hardware, as the reason I never bought from them was that the hardware was a little on the cheap side.
Carvin has representation in the EU, though you end up paying more than you would in North America, but an absolutely pimped out CS6 with a quilt top, five piece neck, abalone inlays, etc, etc, etc, will still only run you the same price as a plan top LP Traditional. If you don't want all the bells and whistles, you can pick up a CS4 for about the price of Studio and it's a far better guitar.
carvin has folks in eu? every time i visited their site to do a configuration for fun it came up with some ridiculous amount in usd.
never heard of fame, will look them up, thanks!
although, reading up on felines, they do seem to be a top notch outfit. i just cant afford them :)
Carvin's got a rep network setup in various countries in the EU (Station Muzik in Germany, I don't remember the rest). I don't remember what the deal was for ordering, but you can't order direct from them, you have to go through their reps. What effect that has on pricing I don't know.
As far as pricing goes, the last CS6 I ordered was spec'd out with a quilt top, triple step orange burst, abalone block inlays, ebony board, locking tuners, TUSQ nut, C22 pups (which I swapped out for Dimarzios), stainless steel frets and a hardshell case, and it came to $1863 US if memory serves, but I'm in Canada and I can still order direct from them.
I think Fame is the house brand for musicstore.de, but they also have a semi custom shop if I'm not mistaken. VFM wise apparently they're pretty good in local market terms.
good stuff, thanks!
i just took a look at carvin.nl and there's a cs6 with bells and whistles for 2k5 eur. even with inevitable shipping and customs import from US, thats just too much a diference?
Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous. I think I built the most expensive CS6 possible (korina body, quilt top, flame maple neck and board, etc, etc) on their builder, and I think it only came out to like $2200, which would have been about 1700 EUR at the time. Even with VAT and shipping, there's no way that should come to more than 2000 EUR. One of the reasons I'm glad I don't live in the EU anymore, gear prices were ridiculous.
nothing left to do but to save up for a feline, then! :)
Muddyfox, just PM'd you.
I was looking around the local guitarshop the other day and got a craving for a second hand Les Paul Standard they had there. Sadly it was way to expensive so I let it go. But for some reason the Gibson BFG popped into my head, looked in the classifieds, found one from 2007 and bought it (€650). I'm not really sure why or why I started GAS-ing for it, but it's probably the P90-humbucker combo. I know that when they came out I thought it was the ugliest thing ever. Now it's sitting here on the couch, with it's electronics gutted (rewiring tomorrow). It's weird, crude beast...perfect candidate to become my open G guitar. It has that vibe.
Quote from: GermanCdn on August 11, 2014, 09:09:01 PM
and I think it only came out to like $2200, which would have been about 1700 EUR at the time. Even with VAT and shipping, there's no way that should come to more than 2000 EUR. One of the reasons I'm glad I don't live in the EU anymore, gear prices were ridiculous.
It's the same with any north American gear. Importers/dealers have to make a living, too, and there's tax, but still.
The worst example, I think, is Mesa amps. They're about twice your price.
which is why i'm looking for a decently priced eu luthier. us based luthiers can apparently work wonders and still not break 3k-ish usd price that a gibby lp standard goes for around here when all is said and done. why must all eu based luthiers price their stuff in the ridiculous custom shop range (feline guitars being at tbe bottom of that range)? im sure there must be other independents out there who do stellar work but dont have the exposure that warrants a nosebleed pricelist.
There are just way too many. And many of them don't do "series" but custom work, so you might have to write to a lot of them and ask for a price quote.
Here's a list of some, but they are the top of the line, probably not the most affordable:
http://holygrailguitarshow.com/exhibitors/ (http://holygrailguitarshow.com/exhibitors/)
http://www.europeanguitarbuilders.com/members/ (http://www.europeanguitarbuilders.com/members/)
Quote from: muddyfox on August 12, 2014, 10:30:11 AM
which is why i'm looking for a decently priced eu luthier. us based luthiers can apparently work wonders and still not break 3k-ish usd price that a gibby lp standard goes for around here when all is said and done. why must all eu based luthiers price their stuff in the ridiculous custom shop range (feline guitars being at tbe bottom of that range)? im sure there must be other independents out there who do stellar work but dont have the exposure that warrants a nosebleed pricelist.
Stuff just costs a lot more here across the board. For example, I make a reasonably popular (well I've sold 3) four effect multi-pedal for for £250. It costs me approx £125 in parts and the rest is what I charge to build it which I don't think is unreasonable. Then again it works both ways, if I wanted to sell that in the states for £250, instantly the exchange rate buggers you to the tune of $400+ which people simply aren't prepared to pay.
Guitars and amps are no different. I've a friend who makes amps (MJW Amps) who charges sensible money for them given the work involved and barely scrapes a living doing so. Indeed he admits that if his wife didn't have a 'proper' job, he couldn't do it.
I also believe Jon at Feline is never going to be a rich man even though his prices seem steep. Staff, a shop in London, and the low volume custom nature of his work all count against him.
It's why personally I like to support these guys when I can rather than going for the Chinese or mass produced option. Everyone has to make a living and I know from my last couple of years making effects that I'd love to be able to do the same. The UK market is just so harsh that I can't see how.
Here is one of mine.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xGJzQgAWL._SY300_.jpg)
These things sound great. the controls kind of remind me of the DC2 by boss.
i'd love to support one of the independent builders and will seriously consider feline and any other outfit that you folk have any sort of positive feeling towards, even if its only a word of mouth from a buddy of a buddy.
i dont like being taken for a ride when im spending the money that i need to skip meals to save up. buying a gibson, with their iffy qc practices and buying online sight unseen, well that just spells trouble.
id like to believe that small builders take their time to do things right, and thats important to me more than the resale value. even for a gibby, theres really no resale value locally so whatever i do get better be a keeper. and somehow i get the feeling that a custom build is more likely to end up being a keeper than a gibby lp standard of questionable production background.
DOD 280 Compressor. There are a lot of good compressors, but this one excels in all three areas I look for: Silence, transparency and high compression ratios on tap.
Quote from: jubal81 on August 12, 2014, 01:58:12 PM
DOD 280 Compressor. There are a lot of good compressors, but this one excels in all three areas I look for: Silence, transparency and high compression ratios on tap.
I have a DOD Milkbox that I really liked until I got the TC. I haven't sold it yet but I probably will if/when I build an optical.
For a long time, I would've said G&L guitars, but it seems they are carving out a bit bigger spot for themselves these days.
i did look at a g&l recently (the fallout model, actually) but once you factor in the shipping and the customs duties it just loses any sense of reality.
Quote from: jubal81 on August 12, 2014, 01:58:12 PM
DOD 280 Compressor. There are a lot of good compressors, but this one excels in all three areas I look for: Silence, transparency and high compression ratios on tap.
I built a 280A for Nikky Talley (http://www.nikkitalley.com/), and it sounded pretty good to me. Very quiet, as you say, and like a ruthless clamp. :)
I did a quick very unoptimized layout of the DOD280A compressor a while back and etched it. It still sounds really good and is very quite. Of the compressors I've got or tried, I have it in second place only behind the Blackfinger.
My first amp was an old Ampeg Gemini VI. I loved that amp. The Baxandall (James) tone controls really are great and I wish others would use that design.
I'll second Godin guitars too. I've got two of them and they are great for the money. They've got a variety of somewhat different from the norm guitars.
few people understand my affinity with the lovetone pedal line
I think its the combination of the un-obtainium (even when they were selling them, because at that time I couldnt afford them) the 70s style / huge boxes, chunky controls and just awesome sounds.
some people really dont rate them though. idiots.... :p
As mentioned above, I've owned a Peavey Bandit, and currently use a G&L Tele. Another line that gets overlooked somewhat is Music Man amps—I've seen any number of them in use for small gigs in NYC.
Quote from: LaceSensor on August 12, 2014, 04:15:42 PM
few people understand my affinity with the lovetone pedal line
I think its the combination of the un-obtainium (even when they were selling them, because at that time I couldnt afford them) the 70s style / huge boxes, chunky controls and just awesome sounds.
some people really dont rate them though. idiots.... :p
I gotta say i'm one of those people :-[ been trying to see what the fascination was, assuming it was just the flexibility.
Quote from: Scruffie on August 12, 2014, 06:43:44 PM
... been trying to see what the fascination was, assuming it was just the flexibility.
I was under the same impression. Until I took the plunge and built one. It all started with the Flanger. Although not as deep as the MXR, it is THEE most versitile flanger I have ever played. Then, I went to the Meatball. I wanted to build the Meat Sphere but, since it was out of stock for months I decided to do my own. BEST filter pedal I have ever played! This led me to my current projects and I never looked back! ;)
Agree—the Meatball is very deep. I've spent hours finding different sounds in that bad boy!
Quote from: Scruffie on August 12, 2014, 06:43:44 PM
Quote from: LaceSensor on August 12, 2014, 04:15:42 PM
few people understand my affinity with the lovetone pedal line
I think its the combination of the un-obtainium (even when they were selling them, because at that time I couldnt afford them) the 70s style / huge boxes, chunky controls and just awesome sounds.
some people really dont rate them though. idiots.... :p
I gotta say i'm one of those people :-[ been trying to see what the fascination was, assuming it was just the flexibility.
I think I liked the humorous nomenclature, esoteric sounds, the fact they're hand made in England was a big draw too. I can see why people prefer other fuzzes or overdrives, but the ringstinger, flanger, doppelgänger do stuff nothing else seems to, and the wobulator is so phat in stereo, plus the dual Trem is really a deal maker.
I'm a fan of Lovetone even though I've never played one. I'm just not really a fan of any of those effects besides tremolo...if only they made a delay, compressor, or spring reverb...
Another thing I don't see a lot of builds for is the Bloviator. That's a great little circuit - an always-on at the end of my chain.
you mean the "blovaitor", as the 2014 builddoc is titled? :)))
Quote from: jtn191 on August 13, 2014, 02:18:20 AM
I'm a fan of Lovetone even though I've never played one. I'm just not really a fan of any of those effects besides tremolo...if only they made a delay, compressor, or spring reverb...
I think a Lovetone delay would have been excellent
Dinosaural (run by Dan Coggins, who designed all the lovetone effects) has released an optical compressor. It really is terrific, you should check it out. As per Lovetone, they only deal direct, and are often on a waiting list.
The topology was different to any compressor I have seen before, including dual vactrol setup... Buffered or true bypass too.
From the man himself "I use two Vactrols in parallel, one driven by one half of the signal and vice-versa to get full wave rectification with a compound release characteristic"
Ian
Quote from: jubal81 on August 13, 2014, 07:29:01 AM
Another thing I don't see a lot of builds for is the Bloviator. That's a great little circuit - an always-on at the end of my chain.
Agreed. I built one for a friend a couple years ago and it's fantastic. I'm still using the BBE but will eventually replace it with the bloviator in the interest of space savings. 80% of the time, the BBE is on 100% of the time! :)
Quote from: Leevibe on August 13, 2014, 04:02:08 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on August 13, 2014, 07:29:01 AM
Another thing I don't see a lot of builds for is the Bloviator. That's a great little circuit - an always-on at the end of my chain.
Agreed. I built one for a friend a couple years ago and it's fantastic. I'm still using the BBE but will eventually replace it with the bloviator in the interest of space savings. 80% of the time, the BBE is on 100% of the time! :)
Interesting. You guys ever run vocals or anything else through the bloviator?
I'm considering building a bloviator/optical compressor combo as a sort of 'polisher' to splice into the mixing board effects loop when needed for those weird-o rooms that make everything sound boxy.
Quote from: Morgan on August 13, 2014, 05:03:09 PM
Quote from: Leevibe on August 13, 2014, 04:02:08 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on August 13, 2014, 07:29:01 AM
Another thing I don't see a lot of builds for is the Bloviator. That's a great little circuit - an always-on at the end of my chain.
Agreed. I built one for a friend a couple years ago and it's fantastic. I'm still using the BBE but will eventually replace it with the bloviator in the interest of space savings. 80% of the time, the BBE is on 100% of the time! :)
Interesting. You guys ever run vocals or anything else through the bloviator?
I'm considering building a bloviator/optical compressor combo as a sort of 'polisher' to splice into the mixing board effects loop when needed for those weird-o rooms that make everything sound boxy.
I used to have one of the earlier 2 channel sonic maximizer with line level in and out aswell as instrument level in/outs.
It worked excellent in some crappy basement gigs to have some sort «air» happening.
Pretty sure it would give you the goods.
I also have 2 Bloviator made with the older etched layout. Very legit to the original it's based on.
Quote from: Morgan on August 13, 2014, 05:03:09 PM
Quote from: Leevibe on August 13, 2014, 04:02:08 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on August 13, 2014, 07:29:01 AM
Another thing I don't see a lot of builds for is the Bloviator. That's a great little circuit - an always-on at the end of my chain.
Agreed. I built one for a friend a couple years ago and it's fantastic. I'm still using the BBE but will eventually replace it with the bloviator in the interest of space savings. 80% of the time, the BBE is on 100% of the time! :)
Interesting. You guys ever run vocals or anything else through the bloviator?
I'm considering building a bloviator/optical compressor combo as a sort of 'polisher' to splice into the mixing board effects loop when needed for those weird-o rooms that make everything sound boxy.
That sounds like a genius combination. You should consider adding a loop between the two effects so you could route them in any order or insert between them.
Afterlife + Bloviator = magic
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=7191.msg61762#msg61762
Quote from: Droogie on August 12, 2014, 09:40:02 PM
Agree—the Meatball is very deep.
One could say, balls deep?
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Quote from: GermanCdn on August 13, 2014, 05:37:34 PM
Afterlife + Bloviator = magic
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=7191.msg61762#msg61762
That's cool. Are you still running it with your strat or have you moved on?
Quote from: Leevibe on August 13, 2014, 05:42:18 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on August 13, 2014, 05:37:34 PM
Afterlife + Bloviator = magic
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=7191.msg61762#msg61762
That's cool. Are you still running it with your strat or have you moved on?
My pedal boards currently in the process of being rotated through, I haven't used it for a few months, I replaced it with a Fatpants/Afterlife combo with an FX loop. I do also have a multibuild with an Afterlife, a Bloviator, and a Fatpants, but it's in the "Needs to be boxed" pile with 30 other circuits. I'm either really busy or really lazy.
Quote from: juansolo on August 13, 2014, 05:41:53 PM
Quote from: Droogie on August 12, 2014, 09:40:02 PM
Agree—the Meatball is very deep.
One could say, balls deep?
(http://www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/images/smilies/getmecoat.gif)
You win the interwebz today.
Quote from: GrindCustoms on August 13, 2014, 05:08:39 PMI used to have one of the earlier 2 channel sonic maximizer with line level in and out aswell as instrument level in/outs.
It worked excellent in some crappy basement gigs to have some sort «air» happening.
Pretty sure it would give you the goods.
I also have 2 Bloviator made with the older etched layout. Very legit to the original it's based on.
Thanks Rej - that brings up something I've been wondering about, and I know that you know your mixers. If planning to insert something like this into the effects loop of a mixer (post pre amp/channel eq), do you think the input would need to be padded down? I assume the signal at that point is line level. You think it would distort the bloviator?
Here's a pic of the bloviator I did. It's the only enclosure etch I've tried. I never did get the right knobs on it. I wanted to do tele style brass knobs with a distressed kind of finish.
Quote from: Morgan on August 13, 2014, 05:50:37 PM
Quote from: GrindCustoms on August 13, 2014, 05:08:39 PMI used to have one of the earlier 2 channel sonic maximizer with line level in and out aswell as instrument level in/outs.
It worked excellent in some crappy basement gigs to have some sort «air» happening.
Pretty sure it would give you the goods.
I also have 2 Bloviator made with the older etched layout. Very legit to the original it's based on.
Thanks Rej - that brings up something I've been wondering about, and I know that you know your mixers. If planning to insert something like this into the effects loop of a mixer (post pre amp/channel eq), do you think the input would need to be padded down? I assume the signal at that point is line level. You think it would distort the bloviator?
Pretty sure it will clip the hell out of it, mixing board insert are usually line level.. so you would need to put together a converting box, Line to Instrument for the input and Instrument to line for the output. For the input, there's some very affordable transformer with couple resistors that are used as re-amp box... dang.. the name of the site is escaping me.. and i've built couple of those boxes for buddys.... and you could then use the simple 9V powered Line Driver from Thomas_H here for the balanced out (works flawlessly that thing). All in all the converting box including the enclosure would run you around 25$. And the whole thing could be easily installed in a 1590BBT for ease of work... and no need for XLR 3pin.. most boards have their inserts with 1/4 inch jacks.
I'll find the the link to the Line to Instrument transformer and link it..
Edit: Edcor Transformer it is!
http://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/4085/how-to-build-diy-reamp/
And while i'm at it, Thomas line driver:
http://diy.thcustom.com/shop/balanced-line-driver-v1-0-pcb/
@Leevibe
That etch is super sweet. Nice pedal!
Quote from: jubal81 on August 13, 2014, 07:00:37 PM
@Leevibe
That etch is super sweet. Nice pedal!
Thanks. It didn't really come out the way I wanted it to. It should have had filigree work around the corners and old west font for the control names. Some day I will give etching another go.