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Re: rackmount FX to amp?

10/20/2004 2:55 PM
Artie	Re: rackmount FX to amp? Hey Vino; Neither of these ideas is necessarily ideal, but just additional "thought" to your dilemma. 1. I use a guitar modeller also, along with some after-market "hot" pickups, at times. I solved my input-overload problem just by making the first device in my chain an older DBX 163X compressor/limiter. The beauty of these things is, not only can they be found on eBay for $40-$50, but they have a front-panel Hi-Z input. (Thats hi-impedance, as in guitar.) And, the input impedance is adjustable through a small screw adjust pot in the back. You don't need to run any compression, and it has an output level control. I can bang on my guitar as hard as I want and just adjust the output control to a perfect match to my modeler. Its a great guitar-buffer. (And cheap-ish.) 2. Do a Google search for Jensen Transformers. (www.jensen-transformers.com, I believe). They have a great selection of "white-papers", and schematics of all kind of level matching solutions. The down side is most all of them use their (expensive) transformers, but they are one of the best. A Jensen transformer isn't expensive in comparison to the rest of your rig. (Typically, $65 - $100 ea.) Anyway, just some thoughts. Good luck. Artie

10/20/2004 2:55 PM

Artie

Re: rackmount FX to amp?

Hey Vino; Neither of these ideas is necessarily ideal, but just additional "thought" to your dilemma.

1. I use a guitar modeller also, along with some after-market "hot" pickups, at times. I solved my input-overload problem just by making the first device in my chain an older DBX 163X compressor/limiter. The beauty of these things is, not only can they be found on eBay for $40-$50, but they have a front-panel Hi-Z input. (Thats hi-impedance, as in guitar.) And, the input impedance is adjustable through a small screw adjust pot in the back. You don't need to run any compression, and it has an output level control.

I can bang on my guitar as hard as I want and just adjust the output control to a perfect match to my modeler. Its a great guitar-buffer. (And cheap-ish.)

2. Do a Google search for Jensen Transformers. (www.jensen-transformers.com, I believe). They have a great selection of "white-papers", and schematics of all kind of level matching solutions. The down side is most all of them use their (expensive) transformers, but they are one of the best. A Jensen transformer isn't expensive in comparison to the rest of your rig. (Typically, $65 - $100 ea.)

Anyway, just some thoughts. Good luck. ;-)

Artie