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Same here, man. I have a Tweaker 40, it's also died several times. All times though, it's been covered by Egnater. The most recent time, they had the repair dude install some kind of fan thing that runs when the amp turns on. They told me that this time it should be fixed for good, that before fault China parts were faulty. I believe them so far, it's been fine for about 9 months now.

Other than that, it's totally awesome.[/quote]

thanks for posting that.

osbornkt wrote:That's a sick setup, mff. I'd love to hear clips of that!

We're actually doing some recordings these days. I might put up a link at some point. We're REALLY happy with the setup.

zRobertez wrote:Same here, man. I have a Tweaker 40, it's also died several times. All times though, it's been covered by Egnater. The most recent time, they had the repair dude install some kind of that points at the new transformer. They told me that it should be fixed for good, that before faulty China parts were faulty. I believe them so far, it's been fine for about 9 months now.

Yeah, I've been lazy about sending mine out for repairs again.

skullservant wrote:THIS PAGE RULEEEEES. Those Moogs. Those all black boards. DAMN.

Here's the home board:

Guitar -> 6 band EQ -> Super Duper -> Fat Sandwich -> Bitquest (currently filter mode) -> Killswitch -> Buzz Box -> HOF Mini -> RAT -> DOD Edge -> MXR Carbon Copy -> SHO -> Mobius -> amp(s)

How's the Buzz?

Buzz Box rules! I missed having one for sure. A lot of people say it's useless, but I think they're just using it wrong. I don't have the sub completely dominating the distorted signal, so it's just like a low rumbling octave under whatever I'm playing, and combined with a slow phase or filter just gets this massive sub synth sound that is nuts, especially since I don't really try to go for a synth type sound. Just massive sounding. Stacked into the Rat is cool too, the Rat tightens it up just enough that you can play a little faster with it which is awesome.

Sparrow wrote: well my Friend . when it's working .. it's a great sounding little guy. Yep. Great Clean base. the EQ/Tone stack is kinda cool. for 3 amp "flavors".
really impressed for the price! Plus. no Biasing. pretty much any tubes you can throw in there......... BUT. twice now > the power transformer has died i need to take it back into the shop.

SOUND =
Reliability =

Hmmmm....noted.

And thanks to you other dudes that posted about the Tweaker 40s.

skullservant wrote:THIS PAGE RULEEEEES. Those Moogs. Those all black boards. DAMN.

Here's the home board:

Guitar -> 6 band EQ -> Super Duper -> Fat Sandwich -> Bitquest (currently filter mode) -> Killswitch -> Buzz Box -> HOF Mini -> RAT -> DOD Edge -> MXR Carbon Copy -> SHO -> Mobius -> amp(s)

OK! So I solved my space issue (at least on my board lol) by getting another PT Pro. It was on sale at Guitar Center for 69 bucks because someone had accidentally cut the gig back (only the front pocket of the bag) with a box knife. It was brand new, no velcro or anything. FUCK YEA! Also got another PP+ to power pedals.

So obviously neither of these boards are maxed out. Far from it. I have space though to move around and actually hit footswitches without missing. Now I need a chair with wheels and I'm all set.

My question, I'm noticing some issues with the bypass signal as well as some issues with certain effects not being as loud as they were before. What could be causing this? Bad fucking patch god damn motherfucking cables? One of the pedals? I'm literally going insane because of this. I want to take everything and throw it in a dumpster and just play clean from now on I'm so fucking annoyed.

Ground loop issues with two pedal powers?
Dunno man.

Edit: correction, user that you have three now. Which means you probably didn't have issues when you were running two....no idea.
Have you bumped any peds up in voltage since you got the extra pp? Maybe generating some more background noise?

Iommic Pope wrote:Ground loop issues with two pedal powers?
Dunno man.

Edit: correction, user that you have three now. Which means you probably didn't have issues when you were running two....no idea.
Have you bumped any peds up in voltage since you got the extra pp? Maybe generating some more background noise?

Well I'm powering the H9 off of the pedal power now, which works fine. What's weird is the right board is the one that seems to be quieter. The left boards volume is fine. Which is why I was thinking patch cable. I dunno. Maybe it's time to take a goddamn multimeter to all of my cable. UGH.

jwar wrote:My question, I'm noticing some issues with the bypass signal as well as some issues with certain effects not being as loud as they were before. What could be causing this? Bad fucking patch god damn motherfucking cables? One of the pedals? I'm literally going insane because of this. I want to take everything and throw it in a dumpster and just play clean from now on I'm so fucking annoyed.

i run dual PT2s and I have that problem too. i added a small clean boost pedal at the end of the 1st PT2, before the 2nd PT2. That prevents the volume drop but doesnt solve it. I yanked everything out and tried each pedal and cable one by one, found it it was not the pedals but the patch cables. the drop became more noticeable with more cables. im using relatively cheap cables so maybe better quality ones might do the job. i could get better cables or use one of those looper things you see on those TGP boards but i'm too lazy and cheap. "tone" isnt all that important to me and the clean boost works well enough for me (plus i can get real loud with the boost)

jwar wrote:

Iommic Pope wrote:Ground loop issues with two pedal powers?
Dunno man.

Edit: correction, user that you have three now. Which means you probably didn't have issues when you were running two....no idea.
Have you bumped any peds up in voltage since you got the extra pp? Maybe generating some more background noise?

Well I'm powering the H9 off of the pedal power now, which works fine. What's weird is the right board is the one that seems to be quieter. The left boards volume is fine. Which is why I was thinking patch cable. I dunno. Maybe it's time to take a goddamn multimeter to all of my cable. UGH.

My advice man - run all your power supplies off the same power strip. Then you don't have to think about ground loops or anything (AFAIK). Even with two PT-Pros I think the total amount of patch cable is too short for it to be really affecting your signal, so I'd guess you've got a shit cable there somewhere. But instead of checking all your cables, grab a buffered pedal and stick it first in your chain on your first board and see what it sounds like, and just for the sake of it test it as the last pedal on your first board. It shouldn't really make a difference where it is, but test it anyway. If that solves your problem then you don't have to test any cables, you know the problem is just accumulated capacitance from the additional cabling.

Re: testing cables: I've sometimes had cables that I've soldered a bit crap that pass signal with a multimeter but still sound a bit shit. I ended up testing mine by getting a fuzz pedal, maxing it out and plugging the patch into the input of the fuzz then putting my finger on the plug of the patch cable. If the white noise that the fuzz/your skin generates changes in tone radically with one of your cables you'll know there is something fishy with it.

The shrinking Flanger Hoax

jwar wrote:OK! So I solved my space issue (at least on my board lol) by getting another PT Pro. It was on sale at Guitar Center for 69 bucks because someone had accidentally cut the gig back (only the front pocket of the bag) with a box knife. It was brand new, no velcro or anything. FUCK YEA! Also got another PP+ to power pedals.

So obviously neither of these boards are maxed out. Far from it. I have space though to move around and actually hit footswitches without missing. Now I need a chair with wheels and I'm all set.

My question, I'm noticing some issues with the bypass signal as well as some issues with certain effects not being as loud as they were before. What could be causing this? Bad fucking patch god damn motherfucking cables? One of the pedals? I'm literally going insane because of this. I want to take everything and throw it in a dumpster and just play clean from now on I'm so fucking annoyed.

I knew you'd come eventually to dual PT Pro setup Looks awesome

I had the same issue some time ago and it also was a patch cable, one of those I soldered myself. I'm buying my cables again since then

Ok so found the solution and it was the patch cables! Of course!!! LOL! I went to a local music shop and the dudes sold me 10 right angle plugs (6 inch) for 35 bucks. Killer deal as they would have cost over 80 somewhere else. Anyway, I maxed out one board and left the other with room to grow. Feels better this way. Plus it gives me time to get another power supply. Also I took the Flanger Hoax off. I think I'm going to dump it.

looks good dude, and all that room!!!