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So J uses an electric mistress + distortion on many live versions…..(Vintage EM i pressume).
I got one of those new ones…And it can´t produce that "whooshy" flanger-effect at all.Is the EM J uses moded or is it just very different to the new versions?.
yeha i cant get my mistress to do that really cool swoosh. i might suggest adjusting the trem pots. that will make it wilder. also you could look at schem’s for vintage electric mistress and compair them with the modern one. also put the flanger after the distortion.the sound should be there. you’re useing a big muff i presume, or a fuzz factory, although it should work with most distortion/fuzzes.
Hep hey
Thx for replying!
Yeah you can kinda hear the "Swooshy" effect in the pedal when it´s on…But it just is´nt loud enough!!.Where/what are the trem pots?.(I´m in the process of learning about electronics….Not that good at "Getting it" with schematics yet).Where can I find schematics for both the old and new version??
Cheers
you can just email ehx for the schems, just say your’s is broken or your circut bending it, anyway im not sure where the trem pots are in the d.e.m. i hope everything works for you, i can almost get that tone. is your d.e.m before or after your distortion?
I have´nt got a pedalboard as such….Not yet anyway.I´ve tried it before and after the distortion…Not much difference.
before the distortion for me it gets horribly thin and basicly disappears, after distortion its so alive. you are useing distortion with it right?
Here are my settings for the whoosh:
Color: Max
Range: 4 o’ clock
Rate: 8 o’ clockMake sure to turn your distortion way up, and have the EM after the dist. Works fine for me.
yah i just use my russian big muff then my mxr distortion small clone then the electric mistress all turned on that gives it that edge of choas sound
I sometimes turn the rate and color up on the EM and turn all my pedals on and it sounds like thousands of people screaming in unison. I so need to use that in a song.
I put my Boss BF-3 Flanger (I dont have/couldnt afford an EH Electric Mistress) after my Little Big muff and Boss SD-1 and it sounds pretty close to what J does on live versions of Freak Scene. It doesn’t sound 100% the same, but it’s still a satisfying result.
"sonicdeathmonkey " wrote:I put my Boss BF-3 Flanger (I dont have/couldnt afford an EH Electric Mistress) after my Little Big muff and Boss SD-1 and it sounds pretty close to what J does on live versions of Freak Scene. It doesn’t sound 100% the same, but it’s still a satisfying result.oh yah how does those little big muff sounds ive been thinking of getting but but i dunno if it would work for me or not i hate how the new american muffs sound *too modern* do they live up to the claims of sounding like the 70s one
HEY GUESS WHAT I FOUND OUT MY ELECTRIC MISTRESS IS NOT A REISSUE BUT A REAL 79 I WAS JACKED ABOUT THAT !
so is my mxr distortion plusWelcome to the wonderful world of "vintage" effects! Back in the day, and with EH being one of the biggest offenders, these pedal makers would often use whatever close-enough parts that they could get for the lowest price. On top of that, sometimes two examples of the exact same part could be vastly different in themselves, since tolerence ranges were much more broad back then. So, two Big Muffs, etc., could be a month apart in age, and sound different, because EH got a new shipment of parts between them. It’s all part of the fun…
Actually, it’s pretty much the same story today, except that supply and manufacturing process have dramatically improved over the years, so things are much more consistant in functionality, availability and price.
"Mattman " wrote:Welcome to the wonderful world of "vintage" effects! Back in the day, and with EH being one of the biggest offenders, these pedal makers would often use whatever close-enough parts that they could get for the lowest price. On top of that, sometimes two examples of the exact same part could be vastly different in themselves, since tolerence ranges were much more broad back then. So, two Big Muffs, etc., could be a month apart in age, and sound different, because EH got a new shipment of parts between them. It’s all part of the fun…
Actually, it’s pretty much the same story today, except that supply and manufacturing process have dramatically improved over the years, so things are much more consistant in functionality, availability and price.
oh wow i didnt know that thanks for the info
yah i like how it sounds thou
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