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Re: your effects setup?

Post by zhivago » Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:27 am

They sound great for sure! 8)
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Re: your effects setup?

Post by JVG » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm

Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.

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Re: your effects setup?

Post by zhivago » Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:51 am

JVG wrote:
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Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.
It's a custom job TI/UK Sun Lion I specified. Came direct from AM Headquarters. 8)
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Re: your effects setup?

Post by JSett » Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:03 pm

zhivago wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:51 am
JVG wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm
Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.
It's a custom job TI/UK Sun Lion I specified. Came direct from AM Headquarters. 8)
Didn't you buy a few from Mike (or planned to)? I might be mixing you up with someone else. I'm still so enamored by my Sunface BART. Every time I break it out for a play I wish I was in a band that I could use it properly in.
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Re: your effects setup?

Post by zhivago » Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:22 pm

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Didn't you buy a few from Mike (or planned to)? I might be mixing you up with someone else. I'm still so enamored by my Sunface BART. Every time I break it out for a play I wish I was in a band that I could use it properly in.
I had another Sun Lion in the past that I bought from Mike...it was an NKT/RCA hybrid. 8)
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Re: your effects setup?

Post by JVG » Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:30 pm

zhivago wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:51 am
JVG wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm
Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.
It's a custom job TI/UK Sun Lion I specified. Came direct from AM Headquarters. 8)
Nice! I love the minimalist graphics.

I’ve contemplated a sun lion on many occasions, but since i already have a Sun Face, i probably should be sensible and just buy the Beano!

Do you use yours a lot?

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Re: your effects setup?

Post by zhivago » Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:03 am

JVG wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:30 pm
zhivago wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:51 am
JVG wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm
Is that a Sun Lion, or a copy? The AM logo thing looks a bit different to usual.
It's a custom job TI/UK Sun Lion I specified. Came direct from AM Headquarters. 8)
Nice! I love the minimalist graphics.

I’ve contemplated a sun lion on many occasions, but since i already have a Sun Face, i probably should be sensible and just buy the Beano!

Do you use yours a lot?
Oh yes, the combo of the Surface Side + the Beano side is really great, it adds the clarity needed for certain things.

I tend to stack the Sun Lion into the Klon, they work really well together. I did find that I like the Sun Lion more with my Friedman Smallbox 50 than my Matchless Lightning, which was a bit of a surprise. I thought the Lightning would eat it up, but it wasn't instantly awesome...maybe I need to fine tune more.

I am still in the getting to know it phase...it definitely sounds different than my old NKT/RCA hybrid. It is more muscular, if that makes sense.

But yes, in your instance I'd just add a Beano, unless you wanted to save space on a pedalboard. :)
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Re: your effects setup?

Post by JONFROMJERSEY » Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:01 pm

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I removed a Source Audio Collider and a TC Electronic Ditto X4 and the whole thing sounds louder and more "open" if that makes sense.

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Re: your effects setup?

Post by stevejamsecono » Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:39 am

zhivago wrote:
Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:03 am
JVG wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:30 pm
zhivago wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:51 am


It's a custom job TI/UK Sun Lion I specified. Came direct from AM Headquarters. 8)
Nice! I love the minimalist graphics.

I’ve contemplated a sun lion on many occasions, but since i already have a Sun Face, i probably should be sensible and just buy the Beano!

Do you use yours a lot?
Oh yes, the combo of the Surface Side + the Beano side is really great, it adds the clarity needed for certain things.

I tend to stack the Sun Lion into the Klon, they work really well together. I did find that I like the Sun Lion more with my Friedman Smallbox 50 than my Matchless Lightning, which was a bit of a surprise. I thought the Lightning would eat it up, but it wasn't instantly awesome...maybe I need to fine tune more.

I am still in the getting to know it phase...it definitely sounds different than my old NKT/RCA hybrid. It is more muscular, if that makes sense.

But yes, in your instance I'd just add a Beano, unless you wanted to save space on a pedalboard. :)
I was actually going to ask about this too. Are you using the Friedman fairly clean then for all of this?
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Re: your effects setup?

Post by zhivago » Sat Apr 15, 2023 1:53 pm

The Sun Lion definitely sounds better on the Plexi channel that I run just at the edge of breakup.

On the BE voiced channel the Beano side works well, but I prefer the Klon for an extra push.

To be honest, when I play I change settings all the time depending on my mood, so nothing is set in stone.

I actually changed pedalboards this week to a Temple Duo 17.

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Re: your effects setup?

Post by sal paradise » Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:56 pm

zhivago wrote:
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I actually changed pedalboards this week to a Temple Duo 17.
Minimal & beautiful.
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?

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Re: your effects setup?

Post by zhivago » Sun Apr 16, 2023 1:10 pm

sal paradise wrote:
Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:56 pm
zhivago wrote:
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I actually changed pedalboards this week to a Temple Duo 17.
Minimal & beautiful.
Many thanks! 8)
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Re: your effects setup?

Post by ragamuffin » Wed Apr 26, 2023 4:01 am

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Re: your effects setup?

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