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Topic: Why Do You Use a BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer? |
Gary Meixner
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2011 11:03 am |
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I have noticed that many on this forum list the BBE Sonic Maximizer as a must have piece of equipment - I would like to know more about the benefits of using this piece of gear. I play non-pedal steel. I use no effects at all except reverb on occasion. In certain venues, particularly outdoors, I find it almost impossible to dial in sound that I like. Then other times it is as if the tone god's were smiling down on me and my guitar sounds perfect. The BBE 482i has been suggested as something that might help. As always your comments are greatly apreciated.
Very best,
Gary Meixner |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 2:45 am
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| I use the stomp box version BBE in my effects pedal board and this unit really does make quite a difference. It seems to make the overall tone (especially the reverb and delay) come "alive" for lack of a better term. |
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George Macdonald
From:
Vancouver Island BC Canada
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 6:00 am Sonic Stomp
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| David, Does this pedal need to be used in an effects loop? Or can you use it in line with a reverb and delay? Thanks, George |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 10:50 am
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| George...My setup is as follows: volume pedal - Peterson Strobo Stomp tuner - delay - reverb - BBE Sonic Stomp. |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 12:18 pm BBE Sonic Stomp
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I tried the BBE Sonic Stomp at the end of my signal chain with my Fender Stringmaster D-8. I didn't think it added much at all. I could barely hear any difference. I was under-whelmed. Maybe it works better with a PSG pickup.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 12:26 pm
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I play through a rack setup and it is placed just before the amp.
I agree, on some systems it makes more difference than on others. |
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 1:55 pm
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The unit is supposed to give back the tone that comes from your guitar that you loose from the cables ,etc .
Or at least thats the way i understand it  |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 2:00 pm
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| My understanding is that it's supposed to put the high and low tones back in synch. |
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Bill Moran
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 3:05 pm
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Ok, The BBE Max separate's the freqiencies with a very small delay so the human ear can hear the separation. Low, Mid & High. I used one many years on the FOH mix. Works great for the monitors.
On a instrument you can hear most all that your guitar and amp are producing. It will let you dial out anything , like a nasty mid, that you don't like.
It does nothing for your sound. It just lets you hear what is going on without an an analyzer.
Ask a sound man sometime. They are called exciters. Radio stations use them a lot.
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LARRY COLE
From:
LANCASTER, OHIO, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2011 5:58 pm
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| I used one in my steel rack and in my home studio. The only thing I could see was it added low's and high's. When it was on I would have to back down the low's. |
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