ITO Tones rockstah posted

[Good Guest]

Looked at my 6 band last night. You have to desolder the slider to remove the current cap. A bit of surgery for sure.

Oh come on ....it aint brain surgery it's just 3 little solder pads and you get to clean up under there too yer slider will thank you for it. It's not like ALL the sliders have to be removed, just the one. But yeah if you want to do a proper job some desoldering braid would be the way to go on these boards less you lift pads and measle the thing all up.

[vanhalen5150]

Yeh I know.......

I have the cap for it as well.

[MrBeasty]

Huh ... what if he used the Boss GE-20 instead? ... it's way quieter and you can be way more precise with your frequency selection!

[Good Guest]

Huh ... what if he used the Boss GE-20 instead? ... it's way quieter and you can be way more precise with your frequency selection!

You mean Ge-10 ..the ge 10 does a 1Khz boost which is still 200hz away from the one we are seeing in ITO, but closer for sure and quieter..next frequency for the ge-10 is 2khz ..

What is really interesting tho is the percision of the ge -10 is so precise they actually have a resistor in paralell with another to get the odd ball value requiered for the 1Khz gyrator ..I wonder what frequencies would be boosted if one was clipped.....

[rockstah]

Looked at my 6 band last night. You have to desolder the slider to remove the current cap. A bit of surgery for sure.

Oh come on ....it aint brain surgery it's just 3 little solder pads and you get to clean up under there too yer slider will thank you for it. It's not like ALL the sliders have to be removed, just the one. But yeah if you want to do a proper job some desoldering braid would be the way to go on these boards less you lift pads and measle the thing all up.

butchered the song but here is the mod.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... D=10033875" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Mark

[vanhalen5150]

Sounds good.

[rockstah]

Sounds good.

Strat78 has it nailed but the mod sounds good.

[efraser68]

Sounds good Mark. Is this your *stock* or cascaded amp? What exactly has been done to the MXR 6 band?

[rockstah]

Sounds good Mark. Is this your *stock* or cascaded amp? What exactly has been done to the MXR 6 band?

thanks Eric! its my stock 78 metaface, superlead specs.
the mod: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... D=10034480 ( 6th post down)

Normally I wouldn’t entertain this but Rgalpin and Rockstash have exceptional hearing when it comes to EVH tones and a very unique ,descriptive ways of relaying the info. It's like that old wood gundy commercial where everyone freezes when he talks.

OK Some interesting things about the mxr 6 band ..before we start…The 800 Hz slider values equals a calculated value of 786.52 Hz which is allowable (within2%) for the targeted frequency of 800hz….and is why all mxr 6 bands from that era sound slightly different. The capacitors value can drift and even more so over time to 20% amounts and those small amounts can add up and cause drastic frequency changes.

What we are going to do is change 1 capacitor to a .047uf value and turn the 800hz slider into a 1.2 kHz slider. The calculated value from this change will be 1.25 kHz and is a respectable range.

You don’t need a vintage mxr to do this change any one will do…they are all carbon copy’s of the original anyways but parts are all different quality , hence mojo changes.

Besides you just want your mxr so it is boosting the right EVH frequency anyways..for the “ I’m the One” tune. The mod is so simple it would be very sad to see a company formed to soak people over such a simple change. So here it is. FREE

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[efraser68]

duh Man I really want to hear your amp more in the mix. Is that an easy fix?

[rockstah]

duh Man I really want to hear your amp more in the mix. Is that an easy fix?

i edited it. listen again. you can always turn the balance all the way to the left or turn the right side off.

[Good Guest]

Well I'll be ..if there isn't that EVH high end nailed and how sweet that tone....that riff at the 25 second mark talk about note seperation that's just sick.. Right of the bat you hear the sting...

[rockstah]

yes indeed. for shits and giggles i put the mxr back to stock after playing it all day.... this mod is a must i have to say.
Thanks!
Mark

[Good Guest]

Here is the sting spectrum from Rockstashs clip ..same spot I've been snipping ...and there she blows the 1.2khz spike...

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[leadguy]

That's interesting.

On the Ed ATBL clip these spikes don't seem to be there but I need to look at it again.

Try to do some other VH1 songs if you can, and see what the spikes are on them.