Posted:
Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:09 amby Donner
JKoeth wrote:Or...
I just didn't have access to a computer in the last 24 hours
Email forthcoming....
You'd think that BJ's pedals were crack or something!
(says the man who can't stop buying them)
hmmm guess I should stop licking them ??
Posted:
Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:11 amby JKoeth
Haaaaaaaaaaa!! That made me laugh out loud. You are friggin' hilarious Donner! Thanks for forwarding the info to me.
Posted:
Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:16 amby JKoeth
Oh, by the way...
For the record, I love Aussies and Kiwi's and all of the UK.
It's my neighbors that scare me.
Any Crowded House/Neil Finn fans out there?
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:23 amby Donner
ah you are most welcome and 'welcome' to the R experience, please let us know how it works with your gear and needs ....
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:26 pmby Cobra
I had the chance recently to try out a model R borrowed from a friend. I found the R to be a close relative of the DRD, so comparisons are inevitable.
After having my DRD for many years, I really know and understand what it does, & how it sounds and responds. The DRD can be bright, but has enough range on the treble control to find the sweet spot at around 9:00-10:00. With all the pedal testing I've been doing in the last few weeks, I've realized again that the DRD has some small bass loss when engaged, which I had kinda forgotten, and that I compensate for that by using the SBEQ, or MDEQ set up for a small boost in the bass, no change on the treble, and just a smidge over unity gain on the volume for a slight overall boost. I think the model R sounds similar to a DRD, but it has quite a bit more mids, & low mids, and less range on the gain & volume controls. While I like the model R, I still prefer my DRD with it's more direct, in your face, presence and clarity. The R sounds a little congested and indistinct in comparison. I've read that the R is kinda specialized, very rig and speaker sensitive, and my testing bears this out. I use a a Z-28 with Scumback speakers, which is a rather unique combination of an american voiced amp, with pre-rola voiced speakers, a hybrid of a Brown Deluxe and Celestion. I figured the Scumback speakers would be a good candidate for the R's sonic specialty, & I was only halfway right. The overall Brown Deluxe voicing of the Z-28 is still enough to make the midrange character of the R over the top, even with the Scumbacks british flavor.
If I had to choose between the DRD and model R, I would choose the DRD everytime, because it just sounds better with my rig. If I only could have a model R, I could get by using my MDEQ to suck out some mids, and get really close to the DRD sound I'm so used to.