hbombgraphics wrote:I hate presence knobs Not the function but the name of them
If it actually affects the frequencies in the negative feedback loop then that's cool with me, but if it's just a stupid treble control then it can eat a dick. I'd prefer the Hotcake if it had a tone control as well - I find it super dark on all amps that aren't AC30 based. But I still dig it a lot.
Gone Fission wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 2:21 pm
That’s quarter-assed at best.
Chankgeez wrote:I had a "Mid Lift" switch Hot Cake, but I never really got along with it. So, now I don't have it anymore.
Yep, mine's the same, from the mid 90s or so, I think. There was a time when I never turned it off but these days… The Rat love has never left me though. Rats are forever.
hbombgraphics wrote:I hate presence knobs Not the function but the name of them
If it actually affects the frequencies in the negative feedback loop then that's cool with me, but if it's just a stupid treble control then it can eat a dick. I'd prefer the Hotcake if it had a tone control as well - I find it super dark on all amps that aren't AC30 based. But I still dig it a lot.
I mainly play a Telecaster into a Bluesbreaker combo and it works really well but I can see how it could be a little more temperamental with humbuckers or a darker general sound.
I took the photo right after I was done wiring up, some of the settings had gone kind of screwy in all the movement but the Hotcake is more or less right.
Chankgeez wrote:I had a "Mid Lift" switch Hot Cake, but I never really got along with it. So, now I don't have it anymore.
I think the pot on the current version basically allows you to blend between both settings, while the lift switch on the older one just gives you either nothing or everything...Right?
If so, I can see why you never got along with yours. Even with the presence control though, mine's too dark and muddy with the gain dimed. I use it as a mild od, in combination with my amp's dirty channel. I mainly keep it on my board for when I'm using my vox, it seems to work a lot better with the hotcake's higher gain settings.
Chankgeez wrote:I had a "Mid Lift" switch Hot Cake, but I never really got along with it. So, now I don't have it anymore.
I think the pot on the current version basically allows you to blend between both settings, while the lift switch on the older one just gives you either nothing or everything...Right?
If so, I can see why you never got along with yours. Even with the presence control though, mine's too dark and muddy with the gain dimed. I use it as a mild od, in combination with my amp's dirty channel. I mainly keep it on my board for when I'm using my vox, it seems to work a lot better with the hotcake's higher gain settings.
Not exactly sure, but I think that's right. It's the only Hot Cake I've ever played. I never liked it in the "Normal" setting, only the "Mid Lift" and even then it always sounded more like a distortion than an overdrive to me. Not that I really like either one of those types of dirt very much. I guess if push comes to shove, I like lower gain overdrives and/or higher gain distortions. The Hot Cake sat somewhere in the middle.
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
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