Something to try from making a joke (Variac'd input)

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:36 am

The other day when JNEW and I were making me some pigtails for Variacing between head and cab, I put the 2 plug sides together, checked continuity and laughed that it looked like a freaky guitar chord. JNEW thought I was saying to use a variac between guitar and input to amp.

Damn.... You know I got to try that now.

guitar007 · Post by **guitar007** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:51 am

The competition is on to see how may Variacs one can have in a single rig.

echoplexi1974 · Post by **echoplexi1974** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:00 am

If you have an effects loop, put one in there too.

Strat78 · Post by **Strat78** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:18 am

Brilliant! I'm there! This should emulate those long cable runs. You have a variable length of cable all in one dial at your fingertips. I'm thinking a 1amp variac will do the trick.

mr.twistyneck · Post by **mr.twistyneck** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:15 pm

See, what i always wanted to try was replacing the little resistors bolted to a heat sink for C e r r e m's Mod with a variac. never did though. chicken.

jnew · Post by **jnew** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:38 pm

Strat78 wrote:Brilliant! I'm there! This should emulate those long cable runs. You have a variable length of cable all in one dial at your fingertips. I'm thinking a 1amp variac will do the trick.

Yep, I would agree with that. And probably between the last effect on the pedalboard and the head. Shielded guitar cable?

IDK. Stuff is getting nutty for sure but it is an AC signal just like amp to cab, wall to head, etc. Definitely very low risk experiment.

How crazy can we make this?

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:46 pm

Wow that would be wild Twisty. A variac with the C err rem Mod resister would help with power handling and make it an Adjustable RL circuit. I would be chicken to try that too. I need a cheap beater OT to try stuff like this with.

I was thinking thst a variac between amp and guitar might drop some of the voltage, but if you put it between the pedal board and amp where you have an EP3 circuit boosting the signal before going to the variac, this could get interesting.

Real interesting

jnew · Post by **jnew** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:06 pm

Shit man. I'm offshore for the next week and Phil's gonna beat me to it.

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:54 am

chrisom · Post by **chrisom** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:52 am

The competition is on to see how may Variacs one can have in a single rig...

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mr.twistyneck · Post by **mr.twistyneck** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:15 am

you forgot a variac between the players hands and the fretboard, and between the players feet and the ground, and also four variacs to sit the 4x12 on

Strat78 · Post by **Strat78** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:25 am

Yeah, you guys won't be laughing when I'm enjoying some tasty tones after dialing all this in.... Um, I'll have to get back to you, lots of dials here you know.

rgalpin · Post by **rgalpin** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:48 am

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jnew · Post by **jnew** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:29 pm

Oh boy, the fuse has been lit.

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:48 am

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