Ken
PlayingWithDollsologist
Well I've had my Tech21 TriAC from jmcorey for about a week now. Played two pep-band shows (basketball games) with it and it's just rocking.
I've set it up as three flavors of distortion:
Channel 1 is a gritty Tweed setting
Channel 2 is a dirty Marshall settig
Channel 3 is a fluid, pick-melting Mesa set up.
I run the TriAC into my Tech21 CompTortion set for a clean boost for leads.
This is simply amazing. I've played with it through three amps (A Crate head, a Fender DSP Princeton Chorus, and a Kustom KGA65), and all I've had to do is adjust the clean channel to my liking and the adjust the level of each channel on the pedal to match the output levels (each successive channel is slightly louder). You're done. Simple.
First, this pedal is a SNAP to program! First choose which channel you wan the patch assigned to. Select the amp model you want, dial it in (controls include drive(gain) bass, mid, treble, and level) and double click the stomp switch. The lights flash to confirm and BAM! You're set. Set up the other three channels in a similar fashion. Already set one up and stomped the switches a few times and the knobs don't match your settings? Rotate the control you want to adjust. It will flash slowly and speed up as you approach the previous setting. When it stops flashing, you're where the recorded setting was stored at.
I can't say that I have extensive experience with each of the models, and from everything I've read on HC and whatnot, they certainly aren't exact. But they get you in the ball park.
Tweed: Definitely Fender territory. Use the bass control sparingly. Best drive settings come in the middle range of the knob's travel.
British: Marshall territory for sure. The emphasis is on the mids. In typical Joe Perry fashion, it sounds best with everything on 7. This is by far my favorite setting I have programmed and the one you'll most likely find me using. I felt like Jimmy Page when we'd play a quick rendition of "Rock and Roll"
California: Certainly Mesa, no surprise. Bass-heavy again, and that's not something I necessarily like (bass players have to be good for something). This is a very fluid distortion and I love it when the Brit channel isn't quite enough.
It is also worthy to note that both the Tweed and British channels are VERY responsive to the way you play. The California setting is slightly more compressed. Step on my clean boost and I'm ripping it up (well, as much as I can...)
All in all, this is a great sounding pedal that is worth it's weight in gold. Easy to use and sounds great. If you can get one, GET IT NOW!
I've set it up as three flavors of distortion:
Channel 1 is a gritty Tweed setting
Channel 2 is a dirty Marshall settig
Channel 3 is a fluid, pick-melting Mesa set up.
I run the TriAC into my Tech21 CompTortion set for a clean boost for leads.
This is simply amazing. I've played with it through three amps (A Crate head, a Fender DSP Princeton Chorus, and a Kustom KGA65), and all I've had to do is adjust the clean channel to my liking and the adjust the level of each channel on the pedal to match the output levels (each successive channel is slightly louder). You're done. Simple.
First, this pedal is a SNAP to program! First choose which channel you wan the patch assigned to. Select the amp model you want, dial it in (controls include drive(gain) bass, mid, treble, and level) and double click the stomp switch. The lights flash to confirm and BAM! You're set. Set up the other three channels in a similar fashion. Already set one up and stomped the switches a few times and the knobs don't match your settings? Rotate the control you want to adjust. It will flash slowly and speed up as you approach the previous setting. When it stops flashing, you're where the recorded setting was stored at.
I can't say that I have extensive experience with each of the models, and from everything I've read on HC and whatnot, they certainly aren't exact. But they get you in the ball park.
Tweed: Definitely Fender territory. Use the bass control sparingly. Best drive settings come in the middle range of the knob's travel.
British: Marshall territory for sure. The emphasis is on the mids. In typical Joe Perry fashion, it sounds best with everything on 7. This is by far my favorite setting I have programmed and the one you'll most likely find me using. I felt like Jimmy Page when we'd play a quick rendition of "Rock and Roll"
California: Certainly Mesa, no surprise. Bass-heavy again, and that's not something I necessarily like (bass players have to be good for something). This is a very fluid distortion and I love it when the Brit channel isn't quite enough.
It is also worthy to note that both the Tweed and British channels are VERY responsive to the way you play. The California setting is slightly more compressed. Step on my clean boost and I'm ripping it up (well, as much as I can...)
All in all, this is a great sounding pedal that is worth it's weight in gold. Easy to use and sounds great. If you can get one, GET IT NOW!
