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Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:04 pm
by Eric!
Soooo guess what I got today!
Yup!
it's #11, turns out (watermelon color)
I dig it bunches!! but..I need more low end!! Do-able?
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:15 am
by Eric!
Ok I'm being serious now. Is there a way to give this a crap-ton more low-end for me and my bass-buddies?
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:43 am
by earthdevice
It is possible to give it more low end with a few cap swaps. Let me know if you want to send it in or do it yourself, either way I'll give you instructions if you send me an email.
Eric! wrote:Ok I'm being serious now. Is there a way to give this a crap-ton more low-end for me and my bass-buddies?
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:56 pm
by echobaseone
earthdevice wrote::hello:
It is possible to give it more low end with a few cap swaps. Let me know if you want to send it in or do it yourself, either way I'll give you instructions if you send me an email.
Eric! wrote:Ok I'm being serious now. Is there a way to give this a crap-ton more low-end for me and my bass-buddies?
jamie,
Can you shoot me the info for the cap swap too?
thanks!
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:50 pm
by Eric!
echobaseone wrote:earthdevice wrote::hello:
It is possible to give it more low end with a few cap swaps. Let me know if you want to send it in or do it yourself, either way I'll give you instructions if you send me an email.
Eric! wrote:Ok I'm being serious now. Is there a way to give this a crap-ton more low-end for me and my bass-buddies?
jamie,
Can you shoot me the info for the cap swap too?
thanks!
He said he's gonna post it here sometime soon

Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:34 pm
by earthdevice
I'll get this up tomorrow when I get a chance to open one up and make some instructions for y'all.
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:05 am
by Eric!
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:07 pm
by AnxSnd
jamie -
any photos of these current colors, or are they viewable on the EQD site?
How many/which ones are left right now?
intrigued...
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:28 pm
by Gunner Recall
It looks like 3 colors are still available over in the custom section of the EQD website.
I've got a blue one and it's classy as hell

Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:22 pm
by echobaseone
Did I miss the Shank bass mod instructions? Are they located somewhere else on the forum?
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:29 pm
by earthdevice
echobaseone wrote:Did I miss the Shank bass mod instructions? Are they located somewhere else on the forum?
No, I seriously apologize. I keep meaning to get some instructions up then my day gets taken over with something else every time. I will definitely get this up asap.
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:35 pm
by echobaseone
Pffft. Dood, don't worry about it. Whenever it's convenient for YOU. This is a nice thing that you're doing, not a duty. I was just afraid that there was some secret forum that it takes 50 posts to get access to or something arcane like that.

Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:59 pm
by deadbeatriot
shitshitshitshit
i don't know which color to buy!!
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:55 am
by Gunner Recall
echobaseone wrote:Pffft. Dood, don't worry about it. Whenever it's convenient for YOU. This is a nice thing that you're doing, not a duty. I was just afraid that there was some secret forum that it takes 50 posts to get access to or something arcane like that.

:raises Tom on the intercom: Rogue-Nine to Rogue-Leader...we've got a turd in the punch bowl.
I repeat, WE'VE GOT A TURD IN THE PUNCH BOWL.
Re: More Sound Shanks
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:56 pm
by earthdevice
So, I just spent about 20 minutes swapping caps and changing resistors and my initial suspicions were correct. It's not possible to squeeze anymore low end out of this fucker. You can limit the higher freq but that's about it. The first stage is punching the second stage in the face so hard that it's basically killing the signal and it's just not going to to let anymore lower freq through than it already is. The tone control in the fully clockwise position has low end-a-plenty without being dull or mushy to my ears, it's the top end that get's ya. I'm sure I messed with this in the past and came to the same conclusion which is how I settled on the current values, I just didn't keep any notes. However, if you still want to try this on your own, change the cap in the front right (by the wires, there are 2, change the right side one) to a .47uf and in the upper right change the one closest to the edge of the PCB to a .022uf and the one to the left of that to a .47uf. You should get 50v or less caps with 5mm lead spacing, those will fit nicely. You will notice that it gets more gain and a little more harsh top end. I'm sure there is a way to add a few more resistors to limit the gain and fine tune the frequencies better with some filtering but then it wouldn't really be the same anymore. It is what it is...