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Topic: anyone using Brads Freeloader for guitar ? |
Karen Sarkisian
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Boston, MA, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2017 7:38 am |
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Ive been using it with my hollow body Gretsch and it sounds good. Just wondering if others have tried this.
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 26 Mar 2017 8:00 am
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I use mine a lot for guitar when I'm playing both steel and guitar on a gig. But I even use it sometimes when I'm just playing guitar.
The variable input impedance can be very useful for subtle tweaking of tonality, especially when I want to use the same amp for both guitar and steel or use a guitar for other than its usual intended purpose. For example, I often turn the input impedance down a bit when I want a darker, smokier tone when using a Tele or Strat without heavy strings. Or sometimes I'll be playing an archtop or Les Paul with humbuckers and I'll tweak up a bit to get a bit more bite. I find I often prefer this to use an amp's tone controls, which I often set fairly neutral for good spectral balance. To my tastes, using extreme tone control settings can often unbalance the sound. Sometimes that is OK, but I generally avoid it.
For me, it's sort of like a tonal Swiss Army knife. One control, but it does a lot. |
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Karen Sarkisian
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Boston, MA, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2017 8:06 am
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yes I agree. I have a jazz guitar gig next week and I've been practicing with it. It seems to tame the sound of my Gretsch Filtertrons a bit, I get get almost a flatwound strings tone out of my rounds with the freeloader. Plus it seems to even things out a bit, like a compressor but not so noticeable.
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