BOSS RGE-10 equalizer safe to use with Blackstar HT-20?

[Erlend_G]

Hi guys,

I aquired a very nicely used, beautiful BOSS RGE-10 graphic equalizer;


I'm eager to try running it in the FX loop, of my Blackstar HT-20mkII.

Wanting to recreate a "gated" mid-heavy tone, similar to Joe Satriani's first album. (i.e. Memories)

Just wondering if this is safe, and will work properly?
Also, the eq specifies ("boss PSR supply only"). Would it be careless to use a different supply, with the same specs?


Thanks


-Erlend

 

[JamesPaul]

Yes it will work. That is just a rack mount GE-10.

The "Boss PSR supply only" is to differentiate between the various Boss power supplies available. Not to enforce a Boss brand only. So anything with the same specs as a Boss PSR will be fine.

 

[dave74]

Great score man! Those are killer in the loop.

 

[Erlend_G]

Great score man! Those are killer in the loop.

I was very lucky to get this, cheap also, from a local soundman/engineer.

My Blackstar HT-20mkII combo, got a real "hammock" or "smiley" kind of EQ to it, not at all midrangey/bitey like a Marshall. Even with the mids dimed, and bass/treble at 0, it just sounds "flat", and there is still a definitive lack of mids for my taste.

So, I will try to boost at 500 and 1khz, not so much, just a few dB. I'm also curious what cutting all energy under 125hz, can/will do for the headroom! Last time I heard it with powertube breakup, the distortion seemed to happen in the low end/bass area. And it wasn't loud at all. If I use the Boss and make, say, a bandpass setting around 1khz, I think it will be much easier to play i.e. 80's style heavy guitars.

Now, I just hope the signal from the FX loop doesn't overdrive the input of the unit. We'll try it all together, when I get my amp back,

- and I will post a review.

Hopefully I will also get my "Svive" broadcasting USB mic to function (christmas gift), so that I could do some simple recordings!

Rock on ♪

-E

 

[Artie]

Remember that we hear logarithmically. Each octave is a doubling of frequency. So the octaves we hear are 20 - 40, 40 - 80, 80 - 160, 160 - 320, etc. The highest frequency of a guitar, (not counting harmonics), is just slightly above 1 kHz. If you roll off before then, you'll kill most of your guitar sound.

Human "mid-range" is generally considered to be about 200 - 400 Hz. Just a thought.

http://recordingology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/guitar-piano.png

 

[dave74]

Shouldn't have any problems since your loop has a pad switch to drop -10db if needed, but that unit might be built for line level too (?).
Also I think your individual channel volumes will be a big part of the level that the loop is sending to the unit, so if needed you can keep those reasonable and get more volume from the amp's master output.

 

[Securb]

I saw George Lynch live and he was using an older model of the BOSS 10-band. Nice score!

 

[Erlend_G]

Thanks guys!

I am . refurbishing and "moving in again" in my apartment;

- a big deal of my personal life comfort and needs, is to have a cozy place- with the opiton to play, record and produce music at any time.

Right now, I'm picking trash up from the floor, into bags. After that, I'll sort my clothes and stuff, buy what is needed-
-and in the end, it will look much more like a rock musicians penthouse, than a "junkie flat". Keep in mind, I was on the meth needle for almost 10 years!


Problem #1 , except for the rent (lol)- is the screaming neighbor. He doesn't shut up, no matter what I do. Ruins meditation, after-dinner naps, sleep- and unfortunately jams/recording. But with the couch placed right by our shared wall, I can slam the wall and yell "shut up!!" much easier.

Problem #2; economics. I'm 31, and has never been in the situation where I was actually starving and broke, for more than a month. Instead, I spend my savings on booze and whatever keeps me trough the day. To get a proper home studio setup running; I need atleast a 4-channel mixer with +48v phantom, and a USB interface. In the meanwhile, I'll ponder with my amp setup, and see if the "SVIVE HYDRA" broadcasting USB mic will work.

...but with that done, I'm left with a 30% overpriced, state owned apartment; a couple of (sorry if they read it, immature) neighbors; -
-a car that picks me up every day if I want, to play pool and eat lunch with other un-employed friends;

and much more of a life. Than I ever had in my 20's.


...

You see, when I moved in here; I was transferred from rehab with only 1 weeks warning. So, being quite shocked of how I had to leave my previous home, I decided to not even pack out my things from moving. Everything I own still lies in a giant pile, in the end of the room. I want to make it "my casa", but I'm still kinda... lightly traumatized, and don't want to pull it all down, if I'm forced to move on a short warning. :/

(I do want to move anyways, this is... a house with six total apartments, where the goverment health care puts young people with various problems (mental, drugs, etc). to pay and stay.)

.

Waking up to a nice cup of coffee, preferably natural medication (utopian), - but a clean space; with my pictures on the walls;
- a ready set up amp and guitar, and stuff. Would make it easier for me to thrive here.


btw, my mental issues with "hearing voices" (actually picking up energies from various, extremely extrovert attackers), has lessened since new years. I did, however, call everyone I knew and screamed for help. I hope things will be going well- - and I will continue to fight my case for mental/non-material human rights.

So, rock on guys!! I will hopefully be finished before spring- my earliest deadline is when the sun rises above the horizon here. That is, in the end of January.


Thanks for all replies, you guys are my best friends

-E