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Postby Donner » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:51 pm

EGD has a trimmer inside. This allows trimming of treble.
Consider this trimmer a set and forget trim - use only to
match to amp once and for all.
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Postby Donner » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:05 pm

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Postby DocRock » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:48 pm

Oh, such a *great* pedal!!! :D
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Postby Eskimo_Joe » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:50 pm

It's a crime the EGDM only has three posts so I'm going to add.....the EGDM is the greatest for straight up rock n roll and alt country stuff. So rich.
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Postby JKoeth » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:12 pm

This has been my number one for over a year now. I love it.
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Postby I am Incinerator » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:51 pm

I had one for a year and sold it (like an idiot). I have #2 on order along with a HB. I remember it being a huge pedal, very alive and responsive to guitar volume and pick attack. I also remember getting a few convincing fuzz sound by lowering the volume and cranking the distortion...ala Teeneage Fanclub :)
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Postby I am Incinerator » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:01 pm

After a little more playing time with my new EGD, this one seems darker and more compressed than my first one I had. My amp and guitar set up are the same. I play through a TopHat CR (lower watt Voxy/Marshall). I got my first one used, and I believe the previous owner had a fender amp. I was wondering if adjusting the internal trimmer would put alittle more shimmer back in, and if so, which way to turn? I don't like to mess with these internal components.

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Postby Eskimo_Joe » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:40 am

I am Incinerator wrote:After a little more playing time with my new EGD, this one seems darker and more compressed than my first one I had. My amp and guitar set up are the same. I play through a TopHat CR (lower watt Voxy/Marshall). I got my first one used, and I believe the previous owner had a fender amp. I was wondering if adjusting the internal trimmer would put alittle more shimmer back in, and if so, which way to turn? I don't like to mess with these internal components.

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The internal trimmer would help for sure. There's nothing to adjusting it. You can always note where it is currently in case you want to go back to it. Just takes a small screwdriver. Unplug it first of course! :)
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Postby EyeFly » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:45 am

I am Incinerator wrote:After a little more playing time with my new EGD, this one seems darker and more compressed than my first one I had. My amp and guitar set up are the same. I play through a TopHat CR (lower watt Voxy/Marshall). I got my first one used, and I believe the previous owner had a fender amp. I was wondering if adjusting the internal trimmer would put alittle more shimmer back in, and if so, which way to turn? I don't like to mess with these internal components.

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Sean,

I looked at the trimmer in my EGDM over the weekend and, since it had not been adjusted, figured it was still at the "factory" setting.

It was aligned in the 11 to 5 o'clock orientation with about a quarter turn of clockwise rotation available and a full half turn of counterclockwise rotation available.

After playing with it a bit, I settled for the 3/9 orientation. It is a very compressed sound either way you go but really the only pedal I have that yields this type of tone.

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