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Topic: Setting a Lexicon MPX100, ideas? |
Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 11:34 am |
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Ok, so I got an MPX100 to replace a dear departed Holy Grail.
I spend an afternoon finding a setting that was nice and spacious without getting muddy on fast passages.
Then I took it out to play, and decided to use the tremolo on some piece of Hippie rock. then I was unable to find my reverb setting again.
Knowing that the mix knob, the Adjustment knob and the mode switch all play off each other, I know that it is possible to get some good quality sounds, but I have also found a startling variety of horrendous ones.
once I find a setting I like, I plan to store it and learn how to retrieve it. But usually when I am reading the instructions manual, I am nowhere near the unit and vice versa.
Anyhow, does anybody have any pet settings for a decent reverb? Guidance sounds more effective than random knob turning.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 11:42 am
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perhaps I should have searched first and ask questions later.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/004789.html
and several other threads.
I find such a widely variable unit substantially more frustrating than the Grail: With 1 switch and 1 up, you can dial in a great sound, but the rack unit has too many combinations that make you just say " for the love of god, not that sound"
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 2:00 pm
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Lane - I guess you found my settings in the link you posted. I used one of those units for years. It's hard to beat those beautiful Lexicon reverbs. Saving your settings is quite easy.
I sold all my rack-mounted gear quite some time ago. I'm using a Holy Grail Nano for reverb. One knob! Perfect for bandstand use.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 2:37 pm
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I was using an original holy grail. 1 knob, 1 switch. To switch from the fast songs to ballads, I would just switch between hall and spring; I never touched the knob at all.
But mine died.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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