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Stefan Orsberg
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Uppsala.Sweden.
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Posted 13 Oct 2000 11:38 am |
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I just bought a new little gadget to fool around with, trying to get that elusive ultimate sound. With only four little knobs to adjust it seems like an easy task to get a good sound. I have managed so far to get a descent reverb but i am still looking for that fat tone with a little delay that I know is in there somewhere. Any advice on setting it up for ballade type of songs as well as fast picking melodies?
Have a gig coming up early next week. (Would you imagine a country gig on a monday night in Sweden). Any help would be highly appreciated.
Stefan Orsberg
Emmons LeGrande II D10
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Fred Murphy
From:
Indianapolis, In. USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2000 2:02 pm
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I worked on mine for two or three nights and give up and loaned it to a friend about 2 yrs ago. He still has it. I went back to my DM2 Boss delay. I didn't like the reverb or the delay, however I seen Buddy use one at the convention and sounded great. Must have been a user problem.  |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 13 Oct 2000 2:41 pm
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| I like the RV-3 a lot but I am happiest doing either/or--either delay or reverb. The combination settings lack fine-tune ability and I haven't yet found satisfaction there. But I'm still looking. I would suggest using the delay (bank 4, mix, feedback, and delay time around 9-10 o'clock, add salt to taste and stir) and your Session 500 reverb. This would give you the best control of all parameters. [This message was edited by Jon Light on 13 October 2000 at 03:42 PM.] |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2000 6:49 pm
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| One of the best steel tones I ever heard was at ISGC a few years ago. It was Ron Elliot using only a RV3 and an amp. [This message was edited by Darvin Willhoite on 14 October 2000 at 07:48 AM.] |
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STAN REMICK
From:
Mukilteo, WA, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2000 11:47 am
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I would like to order a Boss RV-3. Are they currently available? Who has a good price?
Thanks,
Stan Remick |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 14 Oct 2000 11:51 am
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Stan--best price I've seen is at Bobbe Seymour's--
http://www.steelguitar.net/
I paid a few bucks more at Musician's Friend. Yes, it's still around.
BTW--common wisdom is to make sure to get the wall wart power supply. They say this is a battery hog. I've never bothered to find out. I listened to the voices of experience.
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StartUp Steel
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Larry Hendrickson
From:
New Glarus, WI
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 15 Oct 2000 4:50 pm
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So. Has anyone had any luck getting a decent reverb and delay combination? I really like my Lex, but it would be nice to have something a little more portable to take to practice.
Lee, from South Texas |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2000 8:55 am
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I use the deley+reverb settings.
I'm not looking at the unit right now, but FWIW, I use the deley+reverb setting (the knob on the far right) at the 9o'clock position for everything except ballads. I click it up to the 10o'clock setting for ballads. I keep the other knobs at the same settings all the time... the mix is at the 9 o'clock position, feedback at 0, deley time at the 10o'clock position. I here component tolerance on these units is +/- 20% so what you get with these settings may not be what I'm getting.
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 17 Oct 2000 8:29 pm
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| I use an RV-3 with a DD-2 in a Boss 3 Pedal case with a TU-12H tuner & power supply that powers everything. I use the RV-3 for reverb only and kick in the DD-2 when I want delay. I makes it alot easier and I think it sounds better using the two devises independantly from one another. |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 17 Oct 2000 8:30 pm
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| I use an RV-3 with a DD-2 in a Boss 3 Pedal case with a TU-12H tuner & power supply that powers everything. I use the RV-3 for reverb only and kick in the DD-2 when I want delay. I makes it alot easier and I think it sounds better using the two devises independantly from one another. |
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Mark Krutke
From:
Tomahawk, WI USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2000 1:11 pm
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I found the best way for me to get a thick sound was to buy 2 RV-3's and have just reverb on one, while having the other one on setting "4" with a very small amount of a quick delay and reverb, so small that you can barely hear it, yet it gives me a fat sound that I've been looking for. It would be: steel to volume pedal to the 2 RV-3's and then to the Nashville 400.
I've almost got the sound I want, but you know us steel players, we'll never get the sound we want.[This message was edited by Mark Krutke on 20 October 2000 at 02:13 PM.] |
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John Russell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 21 Oct 2000 1:40 pm
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Let's hear it for the DD2 Delay!
I've used mine for over 10 years and can't give it up. Bought a RV-3 the other day and couldn't dial up a sound I liked as well. I'll check out you guys' suggestions for settings.
Question: is the DD2 a "digital" or "analog" effect? I use mine with a ART digital reverb and am happy with the sound. I go back to the spring reverb on my Nash 1000 sometimes, but seem to prefer the ART. I also use an Boss GE-7 graphic EQ stompbox and I find it fattens up the sound just fine, lots of ways to "fine tune."
I've been tempted to try out rack systems and these new compact multi-effects boxes but I really the simplicity of this "stomp-Boss" setup.
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 23 Oct 2000 5:38 pm
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Hi John:
The DD-2 is a digital delay! I have several DM-2 analog delays and they soumd good on six string guitar but you are correct about the DD-2 on steel guitar. I also have a DD-3 and sounds good but the DD-2 sounds better. I had a DD-5 and didn't care for that unit. Someone posted a comment on another post and said (did Boss ever make a DD-4?) I wonder why the skipped a digit....hmmmmm? |
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Larry Hendrickson
From:
New Glarus, WI
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Posted 25 Oct 2000 6:23 pm
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| I use an RV-3 all the time with a Nash 400. I leave the right hand selector set on 4 for reverb and delay, the feedback all the way off. The first and third knobs are usually at 7 to 8 o'clock. Mine is really touchy, you don't have to turn it up very high to get too much echo. I run the reverb on the amp at about 1 too. I also run everything through an ART Tube MP pre-amp. I like the tone I get but sometimes I think that pre-amp distorts a little bit. So I might be changing pre-amps pretty soon. LH |
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