jdg wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 01:38 |
1. robin: really? why/how would two resistors change its tendency to distort (albeit very nicely) at anything but a small input range
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My bad, I completely misred your post. I thought you meant the trim range to be too touchy (which can easily be modified).
Greg Reierson |
I've been very curious about the G14. Robin, why do you no longer have it?
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jdg |
im not robin, but its very colorful nature was the reason i sold mine
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Pretty much the same here. Things that bothered me:
- box tone was quite strong... i.e. when taken out of bypass, even with all bands switched out, at my normal chain level it colored the signal more than I wanted from my passive EQ. The character you get is grippy and engaging, can be quite cool on the right material; but it isn't optional...
- low end boosts were very broad and felt quite soft. I know many love the G14 for that, but I was looking for, and had expected a "dryer feel" in the lows from a passive EQ.
There were things I enjoyed about the unit too; I very much liked scooping mids with it. The unit feels very organic at that, pretty cool. Jakob's help in modifying trim range was fantastic too. I might have kept it around if I had more rack space, but at 3U, it took up too much space to be only rarely used.