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Bassballs

Posted:
Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:18 pm
by dizzizz

Posted:
Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:38 pm
by mistermikev
hmm, I got all kinds of ideas... but I have no idea what kind of ideas you are looking for...
have been thinking about building a bass balls clone...

Posted:
Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:53 pm
by mistermikev
sounds like some sort of bleed through...
is it on a separate power supply? is the power supply orig?
have you tried a battery?
next guess would be check the wires leading to the control for range and/or sensitivity... sometimes if they cross near the output wires you can get some bleed through but on this pedal I bet the pots are soldered right to the board so... i dunno...

Posted:
Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:33 pm
by dizzizz
I tried 2 different batteries... Same results.
On a Visual Sound 1 spot, the nature of the interference changed, and became a quick blip. A little better, but annoying just the same. However, run through a compressor, it becomes apparent that it is still there, underneath everything.

Posted:
Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:21 pm
by mistermikev
open it up and look inside. there might be a trimmer on the effect feedback and maybe it just wasn't set right from the factory? has it always been like this? did it just start?

Posted:
Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:40 pm
by dizzizz
What would a trimmer look like?
and yeah, it's always been like this, i got it used from musician's friend. It was in the "like new" category, so I'm a little pissed... but it would actually cost me more to return it than I paid for it, so i'm stuck trying to beat it into shape.

Posted:
Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:21 am
by mistermikev
haven't found a schematic but a trimmer would be a little blue or gray square with a little white 'plus' in the middle that you can turn?

Posted:
Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:01 pm
by dizzizz
I have those for specific frequencies, I think each one adjusts one filter. I'll play with those when I find a tool small enough to reach them. Thanks.

Posted:
Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:19 am
by mistermikev
right-o... good luck with that.
you may want to mark em with a marker prior to adjusting...

Posted:
Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:55 am
by dizzizz
what's the point? Top one's set all the way down, bottom one's all the way up. If nothing else, i can probably find some better tones.