Robben Ford Discussion

edpesco · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:15 am Post subject:

do you like it?

edpesco · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:40 am Post subject:

edpesco · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:04 am Post subject:

ok I got my AC booster and I don't really like it, it's muddy in the bass and when you play with a band you won't be heard unless you use the treble pu. Compared to my BBOD which is much more concrete it's not worth to talk about. But tastes are different. Anyone wants to buy my ACbooster?

PierreL · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:50 am Post subject:

Hmm I might be interested, even if your description makes me wonder if i will like it myself !

edpesco · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:11 am Post subject:

mail me: edpesco@gmx.at

kirk95 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:25 am Post subject:

edpesco · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:54 am Post subject:

I will try it tonight on a Roland Jazz Chorus, maybe like it more? I don't say it' a bad pedal and with a strat it's quite ok but it's not my sound. Scott Henderson's sound I love most on "tore down house", no acbooster.
With pedals the amp you use is very important. Never heard of that Bruno amp, thought only my drummer and my father in laws late dog were called so.

edpesco · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:01 pm Post subject:

kirk, I must apologize, tried the AC booster on that Roland Jazz Chorus and it sounded really good. one (or two) Guinness on me

kirk95 · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 3:49 pm Post subject:

Here's a photo of the Bruno I played!
http://www.dhenderson.com/UltraSound/images/DSC07564_JPG.jpg

Here's the Bruno site:
http://www.brunoamps.com/bruno.htm

Check out my amp day in NY......
http://www.dhenderson.com/UltraSound/

Glad is worked out for you!
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Aeolian · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:56 am Post subject:

marinblues · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 12:18 pm Post subject:

Aeolian

Marin,

Thanks, I didn't see this when I ordered it. It says 14 weeks now so I should be getting mine soon. I don't need it day to day, I have two overdrive amps but I wanted a backline saviour. You know, when you don't know what you're going to plug into and you want tone in a box. I tried a friends Fulldrive II into my MiniBrute and liked it. At the moment I have a Klon Centaur which is awesome through a happening amp but sounds like a cheap fuzz box through a clean transistor rig or a board.
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Aeolian · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject:

Hello folks,

Does anyone know what the story is with Olaf Noblis and the Banzai company? I ordered a Fireball II in June. I didn't realize that there was a waiting list and after waiting a month sent him a note. I got a terse reply that my money was on the books and the pedal would be "shipped when it is ready". The web site is listing the backlog at 14 weeks and I've sent three messages in the last couple months and have gotten no answer at all. A friend has exchanged some messages about how the various models sound so I think he is still in business. Does anyone over on the continent know if Banzai still exists or has it gone the way of Baker?

Thanks,
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iamthewalrus · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:05 pm Post subject: Alternative to Fireball II

First, I have had no problems with Musictoyz. I got an overdrive pedal I saw at Bill Morgan's site, the Stampede Overdrive SOV 1. Apparently Robben requested on during a tour of Japan. Here's a link to Bill's page with the pix:

http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/wmorgan/Stampede.html

Here's a product link:

http://www.musictoyz.com/stampede.htm

And here's a link to the Garth Webber (known to Mr. Ford) sound samples:

http://www.solutionzone.com/sov_demo.mp3

In general I hate "overdrive" pedals; I guess I'm amp spoiled. I have a Tube Screamer with Analogman mods - never use it. The Stampede, I use plus it's got a great boost feature. I'm not replacing it with a Fireball II because, to my ear, it's so similar.

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