Hotcake. Glad!

[benbenben]

Played in youth today with a somewhat small team, bassist, acoustic guitarist, myself and drummer.

I must admit, we nailed it today. It sounded great and we hit it in terms of our focus. I played my new pedal board for the first time and i was really blown away. I was running my MIA Tele with Ants through my board into my JTM30. My main star was the hotcake! It was amazing. I find that i was NEVER off, i really controlled everything with my volume, which i don't normally do, but it was great! That coupled with the Fulltone Trem and the DD20 was just perfect for me, i didnt even use my other like 6 pedals. Hahaha.

One glitch though, my tele volume knob loosened and i had to take it off. I was SO lost when that happened. It's a problem that's been reoccuring and i've posted on how to fix it. Should i glue it?

Anyway, hotcake.... my saviour... totally amazing.

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: Hotcake. Glad!

You're referring to the Crowther Hot Cake, yes? How'd you have the knobs set on that pedal? Were you using it as a boost or for drive?

- Keith

 

[jeremy]

Re: Hotcake. Glad!

does the knob have a screw or does it just press fit on

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: Hotcake. Glad!

does the knob have a screw or does it just press fit on

Good point. If it's the press-on kind, you can wrap a small piece of thread around the pot, and push the knob back on. It should stay tighter that way. Another option is to wedge a flathead screwdriver in the post's slot to widen it slightly. If you go this route, be very careful not to bend the post so much that it snaps.

- Keith

 

[benbenben]

Re: Hotcake. Glad!

You're referring to the Crowther Hot Cake, yes? How'd you have the knobs set on that pedal? Were you using it as a boost or for drive?

- Keith

Yeh that's the one, the crowther audio. Uhh. i had it as a drive. Ummm i have it all essentially 12 oclock but a bit of presence. When i had vol at 7-8 it just really added depth to my cleans when i was plucking. And when i added the trem, it was just a really nice warm slightly driven clean. It was perfect for that time and place. I was really really impressed with what was coming out the amp. The hotcake gets slightly fuzzy when you turn the drive up which is great and is what i was using my Tweak Fuzz for, combining with my FD2 to get that fuzz/drive. I can get it on the hotcake so i sold the tweak fuzz hahaha.

does the knob have a screw or does it just press fit on

Um it screws on, but it just keeps getting loose. Esp cause I'm riding my volume knob a lot, it loosens a lot faster. What can i do to make it stay? The tone knob has NEVER loosened. It's really tight.

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

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Yeh that's the one, the crowther audio. Uhh. i had it as a drive. Ummm i have it all essentially 12 oclock but a bit of presence. When i had vol at 7-8 it just really added depth to my cleans when i was plucking. And when i added the trem, it was just a really nice warm slightly driven clean. It was perfect for that time and place. I was really really impressed with what was coming out the amp. The hotcake gets slightly fuzzy when you turn the drive up which is great and is what i was using my Tweak Fuzz for, combining with my FD2 to get that fuzz/drive. I can get it on the hotcake so i sold the tweak fuzz hahaha.

That's a nice board you've got there. I have a Hot Cake also, and I tend to use it as an overdrive. Setting the drive past about 2:00 makes things get pretty hairy, which is great for the right situation. I'll have to try it out with the guitar volume down a bit.

Um it screws on, but it just keeps getting loose. Esp cause I'm riding my volume knob a lot, it loosens a lot faster. What can i do to make it stay? The tone knob has NEVER loosened. It's really tight.

It screws on? Meaning it has a tiny screw on the side, like a dome knob? Or do you mean it actually screws onto the pole of the potentiometer?

- Keith

 

[jeremy]

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im assuming he means the tiny screw. if thats the case a tiny drop of loctite will help. i use my volume and tone controls all the time and i seldom have any issues with them getting loose

 

[kjrocks]

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I try to align the set screw with the slot in the post so it creates a wedge when you tighten it. If not, you're just pushing the slot closed and it will loosen up.

 

[jeremy]

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I try to align the set screw with the slot in the post so it creates a wedge when you tighten it. If not, you're just pushing the slot closed and it will loosen up.

very true

 

[benbenben]

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:S Theres no slot in the post. :S
I use my vol and tone a fair bit as well, but only the volumes loosened up. Whats loctite. Is that superglue. :S

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

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