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I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:03 pm
by inkeye
I cant' wait for it to get here.

Do you guys prefer to run it before or after your fuzz?

Re: I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:11 pm
by MannequinRaces
I don't own one (though it's on my wish list) but usually pedals like chorus, flangers, tremolos, all the modulation stuff goes after the dirt/fuzz pedals. Experimentation is the key though and there really isn't a right or wrong answer. Putting it before dirt might make the output volume of your dirt/fuzz pedals pretty inconsistent and hard to tame though (especially in a recording environment).

Re: I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:18 am
by inkeye
Cool. Right now, I have a Nano Small Stone in front of my dirt. I've recently experimented with putting it after my dirt and it does have a different feel to it.

I can't wait to get the Whetstone. I've been GASsing for this pedal for some time now. I finally bit the bullet and bought one.

Re: I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:20 am
by MannequinRaces
Awesome! You should love it when you get it. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Re: I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:47 am
by blackout_kyle
Congrats!

Before or after dirt is purely a preference thing. Before tends to be more subtle and after is more in-your-face (how I like it).

Re: I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:33 pm
by inkeye
My Whetstone came in today. I can't wait to get home and try it out. My rig is going to rock.

My Twosome and Whetstone will rock the party.

Re: I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:24 am
by inkeye
So, Kyle, where do you like the sweet spot for the internal gain pot? I've never used an internal pot before but i assume they work the same when looking at them. Left to right is low to high.

But, let me say, I do get some awesome phaser tones out of this baby. I'm just trying to maximize capability.

Re: I ordered my Whetstone!

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:19 pm
by blackout_kyle
inkeye wrote:So, Kyle, where do you like the sweet spot for the internal gain pot? I've never used an internal pot before but i assume they work the same when looking at them. Left to right is low to high.

But, let me say, I do get some awesome phaser tones out of this baby. I'm just trying to maximize capability.


We set the trimpot so that the user is able to go just a bit above unity gain with the outer level pot close to 3 oclock, but it can depend on the particular mosfet in your unit. We weren't going for boost or anything, just flexible level matching.

Personally, I like to make it a hair hotter and a little bit dirtier. It can go even louder, but things will get progressively nastier.