some question about tc g major

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SwarmofBattle

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so i resently read in a thread about the g major. it looks very good to go with my 6505 ! i do have 1 or more question however. i will list

i like that it has a tuner but i will use this as an f x loop unit. will the tuner work good ? from what i think i know the 6505 order is pre amp - f x loop - power amp ? so this is that the guitar sound comes through pre amp befor arriving the g major tuner, so the tuner not working as well as guitar straight to tuner correct ?

i also wonder about some midi foot board and pedals. how can the pedals be used with g major ? pedal like on beringer fbc1010 yes ? or will they be un used ?

i am sorry for my poor poor english i hope this is okay ?
 
That's a good point... having a tuner in the loop, as a general rule, is a no-no, but I guess it's there because the unit can be run in different applications. I'd say for using the G-Major in the effects loop, you'd have to kiss using the tuner goodbye.

I can't answer your question about the pedals, apart from suggesting that it will probably be used for the pitch shifter, and maybe can be set to control chorus time and stuff, if you don't have tap tempo?

I'm considering the G-Major myself. I wanna know if the noise gate is any good for cutting the hiss in a 6505? And I think I read somewhere that it also has a 3-band EQ, is that any good? Seems to get good praise everywhere I read about this unit!
 
The G-Major is roadworthy, i own one , and i lost one knob but was my fault (i let it fall so the knob pop out), so i won´t be worry about it, had it for about 4 years.

The tuner on it is not very good, is more like on the fly tuning and not that accurate, better use another one, works great with the fcb1010 wich i own too, in fact you just plug it and the gmajor recognize it, or just minimum adjustment. the 3 band Eq. is awesome , parametric Eq. you can select the frecuency and tweak from there for each of the bands, really flexible, the noise gate is nice, but not for cutting hiss and stuff, hope this help, is really cheap this days.
 
I own a G-major as well.. you can set up pedals for about any parameter you'd like (e.g. pitch tune, delay time, chorus time, etc).

the noisegate is just an "if signal is less than bladiebla dB than mute signal".

The NS-2 from Boss actually reduces the noise while it keeps the signal intact, kind of a filter- the G-Major has a /noise gate/ and for example the NS-2 has a /noise suppressor/ which I prefer a lot over a noise gate.

The knobs aren't very steadily attached to the G-major indeed, so that's most likely what you've heard. They break sometimes. However a new knob is 2 euro's so it's not that big of a deal. Great unit, I can recommend it!
 
I can definitely see one in my future, but I just had a long chat with my friend about why he should buy a Basson 4x12, which culminated in him saying 'So, why haven't you got one?'.

Fucking good question, that!
 
How is it risky? If I like the sound of the cabs, I fail to see a risk, short of it breaking into tiny pieces?

You really gotta judge some stuff with your ears, man. The non Vintage 30 comment made me lol :lol: Maybe you'd have liked your JSX through a non Vintage 30 loaded cab if you'd have given any other guitar louspeaker a chance? :lol:

I contemplated caulking my Dragon, but I'm gonna try these Bassons out more, first. That seems to be the biggest difference with these cabs
 
Yes, but the majority of good tones I've ever heard have been recorded with V30s, so if it's good enough for everyone from big name metal producers to the bedroom studio legends on here, then I'm not gonna mess with it until I can get tones from it and want to try something else. Furthermore, since recording I've come to believe that I can never truly judge the sound of something until I've recorded it; plenty of things can sound good in a room/live, and be a different story under a mic.
 
Mine is kinda dildos. It occasionally goes into fits of where it will power up/light up, but not run...like a computer that has crashed. The knobs are not really cool: the parameter select rotary knob went sour a while back where it's REALLY finicky when picking things with it. It's almost to where I'd have better luck using the preset editor on my laptop and loading it up instead of even using the buttons.

Both Shane (Martriden) and Alex (Bonded By Blood) use them and get good tones out of them. Shane uses an Engl, Alex uses a Rectifier...I'm sure both use thiers in the fx loop. I kinda can't use mine in the fx loop and it pisses me off. My Triaxis gives unholy amounts of noise when I use my fx loop...something I asked Mesa to look into fixing when I sent it in over to fix the hum I'm getting. Not only was the buzz not fixed, but the fx loop wasn't either. Needless to say, its kinda pissed me off that I payed so much for this preamp while having such trouble with it since Ive owned it.
 
Metaltastic said:
Yes, but the majority of good tones I've ever heard have been recorded with V30s, so if it's good enough for everyone from big name metal producers to the bedroom studio legends on here, then I'm not gonna mess with it until I can get tones from it and want to try something else. Furthermore, since recording I've come to believe that I can never truly judge the sound of something until I've recorded it; plenty of things can sound good in a room/live, and be a different story under a mic.
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With all due respect, I happen to spend more time utilising live sound rather than just recording all the time, so I also have my priorities.

Variety is the spice of life, and the kinda tone I'm looking for might not lie with Vintage 30s. Add in the fact that I'll always have 100% access to an oversized cab loaded with Vintage 30s, and I'm still struggling to find this risk.

You're really saying that you could have a cab that you love the sound and responsiveness of and then write it off because it doesn't sound incredible recorded?! You sound crazy, dude. It'd be cool if you'd tried these cabs... Do you know anythin about the speakers it has? The construction, etc?
 
Damn, easy man, I'm just stating my opinion on this, not trying to change yours. And recording is very important to me, so yes, I would write off a cab if it didn't sound good recorded unless I was getting it explicitly for live use (as I do now, hence why I have a 4x12 and a 2x12). I'm glad you've got your priorities and your variety and all, more power to ya, and enjoy! :wave:
 
And I know the basics about Bassons - they're MDF, with silicone-sealed joints and rear-mounted Eminences (not sure what model, probably custom-OEM). I'd love to hear one and be impressed, I have no vested desire to see it fail!
 
Haha, it was definitely coming off that way dude! No hard feelings, eh? You can't fail to be impressed at the amount of air these things move. Makes me wonder if it's worth sealing up my Framus to see if it has a similar effect. I'll attempt to get some rough clips recorded if/when I get one in the near future.

Sorry to hijack ur thread, Swarm dude!
 
Metaltastic said:
And I know the basics about Bassons - they're MDF, with silicone-sealed joints and rear-mounted Eminences (not sure what model, probably custom-OEM). I'd love to hear one and be impressed, I have no vested desire to see it fail!
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im not impressed at all with bassons...... theres a few bands around here sponsored by them. I think they sound like cardboard... vadar on the other hand sound pretty good for non v30 cabs....
 
it is okay about the hi jack misterjager.

i want to know if the g mjaor can be used with perhaps the tech 21 nyc midi moose pedal unit ok ? and midi moose can be powered with the 9 voltage power supplied to my pedal from my pedal power supply ? for running my noise gate and my overdriver unit at the same time as the miid mosoe ? i will also buy pedal tuner

andreas and thanks for your help
 
Yes you can, maybe you will need another device for the midi moose to control the noise gate, overdrive and tuner pedal.
 
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