R2 Volume Mod Really Worth it????
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Agreed , it's not a major serious thing BUT
very handy one
Depends on how often you use R2 ?
originally it was just a resister change , but i put
an internal trimmer in , and would have to adjust
if i switched bands or overall playing level
very handy one
Depends on how often you use R2 ?
originally it was just a resister change , but i put
an internal trimmer in , and would have to adjust
if i switched bands or overall playing level
Yes, you want the R2 volume mod. If you are currently needing to dial back for cleans, yeah, that probably won't change for you unless you are doing something odd right now like running Volume at 10 to make R2 louder.
I would say that if you are mostly a high-gain player you don't need and may not even want the reverb mod-- not because it's expensive, because it's not, it's one resistor, but because it can be a bad compromise.
The Mark III has no "off" setting for reverb; there's just more reverb and less reverb. (Apparently this is for noiseless switching reasons...?)
Anyway, without the mod you have a choice between "very little reverb" (off) and "some reverb" (on). After the mod you have a choice between "some reverb, not a whole ton but still enough to make high-gain playing kinda smeary" (off) and "enough reverb that anything except clean sounds kinda bad" (on). If you want "no reverb" you have to set the reverb control to zero, which means you have no reverb either way.
So, anyway, for most high-gain players where what you want is "reverb on my cleans and no reverb on my high-gain stuff" it doesn't actually work, and the mod can make it worse than the stock situation.
I would say that if you are mostly a high-gain player you don't need and may not even want the reverb mod-- not because it's expensive, because it's not, it's one resistor, but because it can be a bad compromise.
The Mark III has no "off" setting for reverb; there's just more reverb and less reverb. (Apparently this is for noiseless switching reasons...?)
Anyway, without the mod you have a choice between "very little reverb" (off) and "some reverb" (on). After the mod you have a choice between "some reverb, not a whole ton but still enough to make high-gain playing kinda smeary" (off) and "enough reverb that anything except clean sounds kinda bad" (on). If you want "no reverb" you have to set the reverb control to zero, which means you have no reverb either way.
So, anyway, for most high-gain players where what you want is "reverb on my cleans and no reverb on my high-gain stuff" it doesn't actually work, and the mod can make it worse than the stock situation.
I thought i read somewhere on here, but cant find it for the life of me, that there is a volume mod for the clean channel so you dont have to roll off the knob on your guitar. Is this true? I normally keep the gain on my III at around 8 to 9.5 depending on what Im playing and switching to clean and rolling back the volume knob flawlessly apparently isnt in my skills. Anyone?
As for the R2 mod. Will this help give a better mix of R2 and hte Lead channel when blending the two together? I like how it sounds right now but not sure if its necessary because I like the bite that the RFT has on the lead channel whereas the TUngsram in R2 is more rounded. I would rather not compromise the "bite" but would like the harmonically rich sound to be more pronounced if you know what I mean.
As for the R2 mod. Will this help give a better mix of R2 and hte Lead channel when blending the two together? I like how it sounds right now but not sure if its necessary because I like the bite that the RFT has on the lead channel whereas the TUngsram in R2 is more rounded. I would rather not compromise the "bite" but would like the harmonically rich sound to be more pronounced if you know what I mean.
The common mod [ which may be a little different depending on the mkIII
age & board rev .] really is more like an R2 master
I spoke to Mike for a moment and he didn't really say there was a
good way to affect the gain of R2 , other than the pull bright [?]
or was that shift
age & board rev .] really is more like an R2 master
I spoke to Mike for a moment and he didn't really say there was a
good way to affect the gain of R2 , other than the pull bright [?]
or was that shift
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