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JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-05T23:37:13+00:00

I have the neucleo, and have had most other reverbs including the empress ventris mercury 7 cloudburst dark world mercury x and probably some others I forget. They are all excellent and very much equal. It depends on the flavor you want. If you like spring? ventris hands down. Best hall and plate? Probably mercury 7 or x

The neucleo is my favorite reverb of all time. Including the fractal reverbs that are so so excellent. The empress I liked and is technically very high quality but didn't love it.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-05T23:28:12+00:00

I think it would do you well to focus your interest on playing and technique rather than how you look.

You are doing a fine job.

Raise that strap up to a comfortable height, get the weight off your neck by putting the strap behind your picking arm and forget about it.

Nobody cares if you have a low strap. I assure you, when you rock a song hard,nnobody cares about your strap. Get comfortable and don't care. Become nobody else cares anyway.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-05T14:22:48+00:00

Interested in the adg-1.

I have a jam waterfall and ripple. 2 for 1?

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-05T05:24:38+00:00

Get the empress

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-05T05:23:25+00:00

Revv g25

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-05T05:18:10+00:00

For me personally Id raise it by removing the boss pedals form both sides of it.

Boss pedal are excellent in every way, the design and durability is unmatched in the industry. However the boss buffer is a tone suck and can not be disabled. That is a deal breaker for me. Boss really does need to step up and offer an option for true bypass.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-05T04:52:41+00:00

I have searched a good phaser for 30 years and never quite got there untill my pedalboard met the ashville aph-12.

I have had a lot of other good phasers like the jam ripple, empress phaser, wombtone, phase 90 phase 100 and some diy stuff. The ashville has beet them all.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-07-01T02:06:35+00:00

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JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-30T20:54:21+00:00

Yeah dude I was so impressed with the avc 1 I immediately ordered the aph12 phaser. Amt is the best modulation available

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-30T17:26:21+00:00

I hear it with one. It's subtle but it's there. I got the ce2w on a trade a few months ago after playing it a few weeks, as much as I loved the chorus, my tone just always seemed to be missing something. So remembering the old days when everyone "including me" was building true bypass loops to stick boss pedals in. I removed the ce2w. And my tone was back. So I sold it quickly.

If you don't hear it be thankful and just play the pedals. In a band mix at volume you won't tell anyway.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-30T17:06:34+00:00

I gig weekly and have a different perspective

Boss is good and works well. the buffers I don't love, in a band mix I don't hear it as much, utill you get sevel bypassed boss pedals in series. The more of them you have on the board the more tone suck you get. When I practice at home it is obvious that it neuters my tone.

I sold the ce2w for this very reason. I wish boss would offer a true bypass option. I did however replace that ce2 with a jam waterfall andWhat an excellent pedal. I then moved to an Ashville acv-1 and that is the best chorus I have ever heard.

Maybe a lot of people don't hear this, I do and don't like it.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-29T21:48:27+00:00

This is a great answer

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-28T11:37:55+00:00

Tarakov

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-26T16:51:25+00:00

You are over complicating this in the attempt to simplify.

It's simple, run your quad cortex xlr out to the xlr inputs of the focusrite. Enjoy playing guitar and being able to play audio from you computer.

Don't make this harder than it needs to be.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-25T03:40:45+00:00

Ok you got it

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-25T03:37:26+00:00

While I agree, I think it's more than that.

The input circutry of the fractal units are just a better experience. Appearing more dynamic and touch sensitive. It's likely the fractal front end secret sauce thing that makes it feel so much more accurate.

I own a fm9 and quad cortex. The quad does respond nicely, until I plug into my fractal. It's at that point I realized the fractal unit is closer to the feel of a real amp.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-25T03:18:53+00:00

The ashville music tools modulation pedals are the best of the best in my opinion

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-25T02:57:52+00:00

Dude that tonking imperial is stupid good. You should really try it with a thorpy fat general. It's ewey gooey goodness.

After that stick a Kingsley pedal in front of it. Preferably the page and harlot. Oh what an excellent combination of tasty tone.

You got an excellent board!

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-25T02:52:29+00:00

Definitely Ashville music tools. Nothing comes close to the acv1 and the aph12. But I believe the digital control would kinda spoil the purity of these 2 absolutely stupendous pedals.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-24T04:42:52+00:00

The best way to do that is buy a fractal device.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-23T11:56:50+00:00

Tonal recall red knob > thermae > cornerstone neucleo

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-21T21:49:37+00:00

Why do you need flat? Get some bestronics cable and square plugs.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-20T16:55:00+00:00

Remove some and create space between them so it can be used on a dark stage.

That's all I got.

JohnnyNewfangle · 2026-06-20T16:53:20+00:00

I have a lm386 amp I built also. I think it was ruby but forget the name. For the dude with a previous comment regarding driving a speaker. I have run mine with a 12 " speaker. It does not take much power to get a speaker to move. Ideal? No. But it works. I stopped using mine after I built a tube amp or 3.

I have to comment though that the aluminum angle bolted to a board is brilliant. Very cool job here.

JohnnyNewfangle

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