MF has the Tubulator back down to $15.
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Stratovarious
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jesus thats ridiculously cheap!
jesus thats ridiculously cheap!
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SeraphimTN
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Payed 12$ for mine.
Payed 12$ for mine.
ParaGuitarMedic
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is this thing for real?
is this thing for real?
sufferinrewind
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What's with this thing? Is it really that good?
What's with this thing? Is it really that good?
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SeraphimTN
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+1 It's on anytime my amp is on as a push. You'd havge to be stupid not to at least get one to try!
+1 It's on anytime my amp is on as a push. You'd havge to be stupid not to at least get one to try!
Gearjoneser
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Has anyone figured out if you could transfer the circuit board to a metal box, and use new switch and jacks? It seems like a cheap way to make a fun pedal project. As for plastic Arion enclosures......whaddya want for $15!!
I'm fully expecting Seraphim to make a velvet covered OD!! LOL
Has anyone figured out if you could transfer the circuit board to a metal box, and use new switch and jacks? It seems like a cheap way to make a fun pedal project. As for plastic Arion enclosures......whaddya want for $15!!
I'm fully expecting Seraphim to make a velvet covered OD!! LOL
nebucanazza
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I have the worst luck..I ordered it as soon it hit $15, along with a couple of other things....but somehow it never reached my friend who was on a short US visit.Now I have to wait for ages to buy it again and get it to India.
I am sorry..I just had to crib:yell:
I have the worst luck..I ordered it as soon it hit $15, along with a couple of other things....but somehow it never reached my friend who was on a short US visit.Now I have to wait for ages to buy it again and get it to India.
I am sorry..I just had to crib:yell:
Guitarist
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http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Arion-MTE1-Tubulator-Distortion-Pedal?sku=150509
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Arion-MTE1-Tubulator-Distortion-Pedal?sku=150509
kmcguitars
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I did this with a Dano BLT echo unit. Cost just as much for the parts as the pedal. Due to the very poor PCB design of this particular unit. The jumper wires I ran from the pots to the board started to lift the traces.:yell: It still works... But it's very fragile. A good thrashing and I'm sure the jumper wires would lift the traces right off the board. Totally defeats the purpose of being in a metal enclosure.:smack: I'd have to take a look inside the Arion to determine if it's worth it?
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Gearjoneser
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Yeah, I'm assuming you could do it, if you know how to solder, but I didn't anticipate that the tracers are like aluminum foil. You learn as you go.
Yeah, I'm assuming you could do it, if you know how to solder, but I didn't anticipate that the tracers are like aluminum foil. You learn as you go.
frankfalbo
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I thought about that when they were $13, so I bought three of them. At $15 I might get a couple more. It would be fun to put two in a rack chassis, along with perhaps a clean boost, A/B/C switch, and whatever else you wanted. Then you could run a special cable out to an extension pedal and just have little footswitches on the floor. Or I might have on/off jacks to relays, so I can turn them on and off with the midi octopus. Or with the jack, I could bring one or two on/off pedals and just decide which components in the rack box I wanted to use that day, and plug only those in.
I also thought about just putting two in one larger pedal chassis, both with true bypass. But I have to stress to you all that the stock "pedal off" sound is extremely clean and unaltered. I chained all three of them together for fun, and when they were all off but in the signal, it was still like I was going straight to the amp.
The circuit traces seem every bit as hefty as any other factory pedal. They might delaminate during soldering, but they probably wouldn't tear. I don't know what I'll do with these, but I'm sure it'll be something. Oooh maybe with two in the same box, have an option to run them in parallel, with an active splitter before it. That way you could set the tones and gains differently, but have them both summed, kind of like jumping the bright and normal inputs on a plexi.
I thought about that when they were $13, so I bought three of them. At $15 I might get a couple more. It would be fun to put two in a rack chassis, along with perhaps a clean boost, A/B/C switch, and whatever else you wanted. Then you could run a special cable out to an extension pedal and just have little footswitches on the floor. Or I might have on/off jacks to relays, so I can turn them on and off with the midi octopus. Or with the jack, I could bring one or two on/off pedals and just decide which components in the rack box I wanted to use that day, and plug only those in.
I also thought about just putting two in one larger pedal chassis, both with true bypass. But I have to stress to you all that the stock "pedal off" sound is extremely clean and unaltered. I chained all three of them together for fun, and when they were all off but in the signal, it was still like I was going straight to the amp.
The circuit traces seem every bit as hefty as any other factory pedal. They might delaminate during soldering, but they probably wouldn't tear. I don't know what I'll do with these, but I'm sure it'll be something. Oooh maybe with two in the same box, have an option to run them in parallel, with an active splitter before it. That way you could set the tones and gains differently, but have them both summed, kind of like jumping the bright and normal inputs on a plexi.
Artie
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I'm thinking along the same lines as you Frank - but with a "twist". I always thought that the PAiA Quadrafuzz was an interesting idea, but not implemented well. How about if you take a small IC op amp crossover on the input, send the signal to two Tubulators, and then blend them back together with an IC op amp mixer. Could make for an interesting effect to have the level of fuzz dependent on the frequency range.
That project is somewhere on my "to do" list.
I'm thinking along the same lines as you Frank - but with a "twist". I always thought that the PAiA Quadrafuzz was an interesting idea, but not implemented well. How about if you take a small IC op amp crossover on the input, send the signal to two Tubulators, and then blend them back together with an IC op amp mixer. Could make for an interesting effect to have the level of fuzz dependent on the frequency range.
That project is somewhere on my "to do" list.
frankfalbo
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I do that in my rack all the time. Like use a Mesa tone for the highs and lows, and a Marshall for the mids. Or a Mesa for lows and mids, with solid state Rocktron for the sizzly highs. It's great fun. It's best if the crossover frequencies overlap and slope. So I use high/low/band pass filters with longer slopes.
You don't need a crossover really either. You could put a regular guitar style tone knob on one of them for a high cut, and use a bass cut similar to G&L's on the other, or simply crank the tone knob on one and zero out the other.
Oh yeah you probably don't want the crossover before the overdrive. Think about how lousy each individual OD would sound if only being fed half the signal. It wouldn't even drive the pedal in the same way. The crossover should be after the overdrive.
I do that in my rack all the time. Like use a Mesa tone for the highs and lows, and a Marshall for the mids. Or a Mesa for lows and mids, with solid state Rocktron for the sizzly highs. It's great fun. It's best if the crossover frequencies overlap and slope. So I use high/low/band pass filters with longer slopes.
You don't need a crossover really either. You could put a regular guitar style tone knob on one of them for a high cut, and use a bass cut similar to G&L's on the other, or simply crank the tone knob on one and zero out the other.
Oh yeah you probably don't want the crossover before the overdrive. Think about how lousy each individual OD would sound if only being fed half the signal. It wouldn't even drive the pedal in the same way. The crossover should be after the overdrive.
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nebucanazza
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These guys have gone crazy..its down to $9.99:laugh2:
These guys have gone crazy..its down to $9.99:laugh2:
ElUnoAstuto
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Heck, for $15 shipped I just ordered one.
Anyone know any good mods for these pedals? Or how well they are for clean boosts? Doesn't that Seraphim guy use one?
-Jordan
Heck, for $15 shipped I just ordered one.
Anyone know any good mods for these pedals? Or how well they are for clean boosts? Doesn't that Seraphim guy use one?-Jordan
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SeraphimTN
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That Seraphim guy does. It took my H and K distortion from roaring to roaring while taking ur nuts clean off. I'm not overexagerrating either. GET THIS PEDAL! P.S. I will hafta try a velvet cover now you know Gearjonser!
Heck, for $15 shipped I just ordered one.
-Jordan
That Seraphim guy does. It took my H and K distortion from roaring to roaring while taking ur nuts clean off. I'm not overexagerrating either. GET THIS PEDAL! P.S. I will hafta try a velvet cover now you know Gearjonser!
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