New PGC - some compression thoughts

[Kalle]

Hi everybody!

I got my PGC yesterday! Shipped around the world, from Australia to Sweden. Thank you mr strings2wood
I fell in love at first sight. And then again at first hearing It's just great.

I love the Bobby D-demo setting, comp and body knobs at 2 o'clock. Beautiful compression. Sounding mixed and mastered while playing live. Great for pop and all more "produced" and less raw gigs I think.

Also, the comp knob at 10 is a great setting. Very natural. Just sweetens the tone. More suitable for the raw styles

I found that maxing the body knob brings out a nice bassy thing. Together with raising the volume from about 11 til 1, it kind of makes my tele-single coils become more humbuckerish. Or at least P-90ish, as the treble is still all there. That setting in front of the DRD. That's reeeally nice. Or without the DRD, just clean, with the guitar tone rolled of a little - great jazz sound.

I also have a MP FGC. Very good pedal, although not really as magical as the PGC. I thought I was going to sell it when the PGC arrived. But maybe I won't. I found that stacking PGC > FGC > DRD is very interesting. PGC on a base sound, and DRD with the dist at 12. And then the FGC in sustain mode with maxed comp and pretty high level, around 11. And you kick in the FGC for a solo boost with (almost) infinite sustain. Not a very touch-sensitive stack, and pretty noisy, but really nice, easy and fun to play! Hero sound ...

Any thoughts/settings I should be trying out?

/Karl

[Donner]

heheh Yes compressors are just Distortion pedals without the distortion

well actually Compression IS amplitude distortion ....

anyway yes they are different breeds of the same animal ......

try moving the FGC AFTER the DRD in your stack there ...

[Radiosdead]

Am I crazy or does my PGC knob increase bass when CCW....?

[strings2wood]

Hi kalle from Simon,

I'm truly pleased to hear it's what you wanted and hoped it to be.
My new Heritage guitar arrived the same day as you know and I'll gig with it this Friday!
Are you going to leave the extra bottom plate on it and begin a BJF Art Gallery?
-or just put the original unused bottom plate back on the pedal?
(I was lucky enough to get 7 of those bottom plates all up all for the cost of shipping only!)
I have aN ocd ANAL RETENTIVE BJF gallery of original unused bottom plates.
I know Bobby D would love to come round and relic them and remind me...."Man it's a "stomp box!"

I like the idea of your opening an exhibition of BJF art work by admission only......
and the admission fee could be.......
...................another BJF pedal!!!!!!

Glad to hear your joy is uncompressed!!!!

Njuta av din ny leksak

Simon

Hi everybody!

I got my PGC yesterday! Shipped around the world, from Australia to Sweden. Thank you mr strings2wood
I fell in love at first sight. And then again at first hearing It's just great.

I love the Bobby D-demo setting, comp and body knobs at 2 o'clock. Beautiful compression. Sounding mixed and mastered while playing live. Great for pop and all more "produced" and less raw gigs I think.

Also, the comp knob at 10 is a great setting. Very natural. Just sweetens the tone. More suitable for the raw styles

I found that maxing the body knob brings out a nice bassy thing. Together with raising the volume from about 11 til 1, it kind of makes my tele-single coils become more humbuckerish. Or at least P-90ish, as the treble is still all there. That setting in front of the DRD. That's reeeally nice. Or without the DRD, just clean, with the guitar tone rolled of a little - great jazz sound.

I also have a MP FGC. Very good pedal, although not really as magical as the PGC. I thought I was going to sell it when the PGC arrived. But maybe I won't. I found that stacking PGC > FGC > DRD is very interesting. PGC on a base sound, and DRD with the dist at 12. And then the FGC in sustain mode with maxed comp and pretty high level, around 11. And you kick in the FGC for a solo boost with (almost) infinite sustain. Not a very touch-sensitive stack, and pretty noisy, but really nice, easy and fun to play! Hero sound ...

Any thoughts/settings I should be trying out?

/Karl

[Kalle]

Congrats on the new guitar! It's a beauty, I've seen it

The PGC is now on the board. And it sounds EVEN MORE amazing with 12 volts. So nice.

Donner, I would say that FGC after DRD is good too, more volume boost available of course. But for increasing distortion and most possible sustain ( ) , it should go before.

The extra backplate is still on. The original is on display on my desk for now. When I get my hands on more extra backplates, and more BJFs, there will definitely be an art gallery. I doubt that anyone would give up a pedal to see it though But if you are passing by Sweden with any BJF you don't need, and feel the art-urge, you know where to go.

Jag njuter i stora drag.

Kalle

Hi kalle from Simon,

I'm truly pleased to hear it's what you wanted and hoped it to be.
My new Heritage guitar arrived the same day as you know and I'll gig with it this Friday!
Are you going to leave the extra bottom plate on it and begin a BJF Art Gallery?
-or just put the original unused bottom plate back on the pedal?
(I was lucky enough to get 7 of those bottom plates all up all for the cost of shipping only!)
I have aN ocd ANAL RETENTIVE BJF gallery of original unused bottom plates.
I know Bobby D would love to come round and relic them and remind me...."Man it's a "stomp box!"

I like the idea of your opening an exhibition of BJF art work by admission only......
and the admission fee could be.......
...................another BJF pedal!!!!!!

Glad to hear your joy is uncompressed!!!!

Njuta av din ny leksak

Simon