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New bjf or MP pedals?
New customshops?
New poetry contests for the forum?
Please,. I need something to begin obsessing over as the new year rolls along.....

Good question, theres been a bit of hiatus recently for a number of reason ( and Im sorry for being mostly absent lately as I have some extra crap to deal with on the homefront )


So what would you LIKE to see in '09 ???

Hi,

Plans so far going into 09 include one MP pedal for lowgain sounds and it's to be shown at the NAMM show January.
This one hopefully will make it as a proto for this board to evaluate late January 2009
Also there's an MP comboamplifier at 20Watts 1x12 configuration which will likely make it to the Frankfurtshow but not to winter NAMM for 2009.

Early January will define some of BJF development while there's more and many ideas given at the end of this year that may come out either as BJF or MP projects.

Vague at this point but many more things to come in this brave new year to come

h yes more DIY projects aswell

Have fun
BJ

Thanks for the reply!

mmmm, bjf 1X12 combo amp, sounds tasty .

Can't wait to hear more in the future!

Oh HECK yeahh!!!! finally MP Combo !!!!!!!!

BJF wrote:....one MP pedal for lowgain sounds...

I love low-gain sounds. It is quite a skill to get that nice dynamic low-gain balance. One of the issues with low-gain stuff, for me at least, is finding a pedal that does not change the tone of the amp. Everything adds some form of "color". I don't mind if the pedal adds color (that can be a lot of fun) but it would be nice to have a 100% pure "neutral" position as a starting point at least. Interesting topic low-gain pedals...

mrpicard wrote:

BJF wrote:....one MP pedal for lowgain sounds...

I love low-gain sounds. It is quite a skill to get that nice dynamic low-gain balance. One of the issues with low-gain stuff, for me at least, is finding a pedal that does not change the tone of the amp. Everything adds some form of "color". I don't mind if the pedal adds color (that can be a lot of fun) but it would be nice to have a 100% pure "neutral" position as a starting point at least. Interesting topic low-gain pedals...

Hi,

I made some final tweaks this morning as two of the test guys asked for more 'string-sound'
And so I worked with that on the reference amplifier for a while.
Hm, anyway I played it with a Les Paul, a yellow Tele, a strat through MP101 with MP Red Fang cabinett and custom -audio side speakers, a late 60's Pro Reverb with Utah Speakers and a 60's VOX AC-30TB with original speakers.
The point of this was to see if the proto could work with all these combinations and yes this also on both loud and conversationlevels.

At lunch I felt I was content with this but had lost the sense of sound as can happen after concentration so I made some other work while I asked another test guy to come and try all guitars and all amps and also the CS-40 until he had no ears either
He asked for more distortion - to which I only had to reply that this is a low gain OD and meant for just that and if more gain would be needed a booster or compressor ahead could be used.

I'll have the 'string guys' test it tomorrow while I'll do some drilling and assembly;)

Ah, so yes I did try this with seemingly colourless.........maybe a whiter shade of pale?
Low gain it is the test crew say that they can hear other colours of some of my other models but which models tend to drift a bit with the guys having different opinions.
Let's say this proto has a tight bottom that goes with all the above combinations and a shall we say 'guitar treble can be controlled by one knob.

Ithough what you written above and listened to the string guys and the other guys and tuned to something I could use- actually I enjoyed playing some old rock riffs through it



This is useful to first get a feel for the dynamics and then listen to eq.

This is to be an MP model and that really required NO FANCY PARTS THAT ARE LIMITED IN AVAILABILTY OR REQUIRE EXTENSIVE TUNING, please..........

Anyway, it'll take some time to launch this and in the meantime a tourbox might could be organized.

Have fun
BJ

Excellent, that sounds fascinating indeed.

I love how when people buy a low-gain pedal they immediately want more gain

mrpicard wrote:Excellent, that sounds fascinating indeed.

I love how when people buy a low-gain pedal they immediately want more gain

Hi,

Actually I have on my shelves some really high gain pedals, that I take out once a month just to remind me of how that feels to play;)



The Metal detector:
I also have at times counted how long it takes in seconds for spandex trousers and big hairdues to grow ......a sound is needed ofcourse.......

I dare say different sounds suggest different things.....

Have fun
BJ

BJF wrote:I also have at times counted how long it takes in seconds for spandex trousers and big hairdues to grow ......

Please, no photos