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Topic: Model 60 Match Box by Goodrich |
Norm Pratt
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Cave Creek, AZ 85331
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Posted 16 Mar 2007 6:42 pm |
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Hi,
I stumbled upon a Model 60 Match Box and I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to do. Maybe that's a bad sign that I can't hear much difference. Are you supposed to set your amp as normal and then dial in the tone with the control? Thanks for the info. I'm a newbee. |
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Tom Jordan
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Wichita, KS
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Posted 16 Mar 2007 7:03 pm
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Norm,
There are others better qualified to answer, but it is an "impedence matcher." You use it to get back the tone that you may have lost by running your guitar through an additional cable and volume pedal.
The tonal difference is subtle but they do work...but you are adding even another cable to the mix...amp tone controls usually compensate enough.
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2007 10:10 pm
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| You use it to get back the tone that you may have lost by running your guitar through an additional cable and volume pedal. |
That effect would seem to be very minimal, if it did anything at all.
I use an impedance matcher to keep from hitting the front end of tube amps (or vintage stompoxes) too hard with the (IMO) excessively high impedance of modern steel guitar pickups. Even some SS amps need an impedance matcher or you're in for some nasty distortion. The logic behind the extreme high impedance of these pickups escapes me...but the sellers of impedance matchers sure must like them.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 4:56 am
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| The logic behind the extreme high impedance of these pickups escapes me... |
I think the "logic" was two-fold. First, we had tunings with very-highly pitched strings on a solid bodied instrument. The result - highs out the ying-yang. Second, we had a spate of amps to come along that had their bass response severely limited to prevent warranty claims on speakers.
In short, our "whiney" instrument got it's reputation very deservedly. 
In addition, due to the passing of Curly Chalker, countless steelers will never know what the term "full-sounding" really means. |
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Alex Piazza
From:
Arkansas, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2007 6:26 am
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| Does this mean a matchbox can clean your tone up a bit? |
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Mike Fried
From:
Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2007 6:11 pm
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The purpose of the Matchbox or other buffering preamp is to prevent the loss of high frequencies that usually occurs at lower (passive) volume pedal settings, and with the use of inline effects. This may or may not be something you want to achieve, but a majority of players who use one swear by them.
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 21 Mar 2007 10:56 pm
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Hi Norm,
I use one, and it's handy. If nothing else, it gives you a tone control and a pre-amp volume control on the leg of your guitar. The buffer is good with some guitars, it seems to work better with single-coils. I use the buffer as an edge to get more cut and presence. There is a toggle switch that switches the buffer in and out, and when the buffer is in the tone control is out, so you can switch between a preset tone control (say for a bassier tone, maybe for a Chalkerest tone) and a brighter buffered tone. The best thing about it for me is to have a preamp with a tone control attached to my guitar. |
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