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Terry Sneed

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jul 2009 9:21 pm    
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I have a Mahony brand Bosstone. Is there a trick to settin the amount of fuzz on these things? I get the same amount of fuzz no matter if I have the attack slightly on, or have it all the way on. I'd like to play "The Star Spangled Banner" with my Bosstone on, but I'm gettin more fuzz than I want. The notes are not clear at all with so much fuzz, especially if I hit two at the same time. I just changed the battery a couple months ago, so I don't think that's the problem. Maybe I ain't using the right effect in the first place. Would a distortion pedal be better for this? Thanks

Terry
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John Bechtel


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Post  Posted 5 Jul 2009 8:49 pm    
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If you check b0b's Post inquiring about distortion using a Peavey N-112, I explain how to get just as much distortion as suits you particular needs. Three things you need are: 1.(2)-Amplifiers. 2.The BossTone Unit that you already have. 3.A Stereo Volume-Pedal, similar to a Franklin. That's what I have always used, since about 1982!
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Terry Sneed

 

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Arkansas,
Post  Posted 6 Jul 2009 2:13 pm     Bosstone
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Thanks John, but I don't have but one amp, a Nashville 1000, and can't afford another amp.
Thanks again

Terry
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John Bechtel


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Post  Posted 6 Jul 2009 7:23 pm    
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Back when the string-effect was real popular with the Opry Staff-Band in about ’77, Sonny Burnett showed me how to set the BossTone for that effect. He told me to turn the Attack-Knob all the way ON and then back OFF just about 1/8 turn. Then adjust the Volume or Level to match, when the unit is either ON or OFF.
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Terry Sneed

 

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Arkansas,
Post  Posted 6 Jul 2009 8:17 pm     Bosstone
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Yea, John, that's something else I'd like to learn how to do, is get the Fiddle sound. Not so much the string section, just the single string fiddle sound. I heard Bobbe Seymore do it on one of his videos, and it sounded very much like a fiddle. I've turned that video on and set in front of it with my steel, and turned my Bosstone on and turned my reverb up, and highs down, and everything else I could think of,and never could get close to the tone on the video. Oh Well

Terry
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John Bechtel


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Post  Posted 6 Jul 2009 8:52 pm    
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I've never messed that much with it either! I don't even change my normal Amp.-Settings! I just turn ON the BossTone and rock on (2) unison-strings and accept what I get! No time in a song to reset an Amp.!
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Dennis Wallis

 

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Post  Posted 6 Jul 2009 8:53 pm    
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Terry check your PM. Smile
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