MXR 6 band EQ!

[papersoul]

I want something simple in my loop to use as a solo boost. Has anyone played the older 6 band EQs and found they sound better than the new models???

I need the MXR becaus it is the only EQ I have found to offer line level.

I am curious your findings?

[datguytim]

I used to run the ol' blue 6band in a True Bypass loop - it RULED for boosting solos! Total secret weapon - screw the new ones (sound like poo): find an old one & do what I did. You will be amazed (especially if you have a Marshall-type amp).

[papersoul]

Originally Posted by datguytim

I used to run the ol' blue 6band in a True Bypass loop - it RULED for boosting solos! Total secret weapon - screw the new ones (sound like poo): find an old one & do what I did. You will be amazed (especially if you have a Marshall-type amp).

Thanks, how did you boost for solos? I thought they didn't have a switch on the old ones? I need the switch to click it on for solos. I use Marshall type modules in my Egnater Mod 50.

My loop is line level though. Do you know if the older MXRs were line level(+4db) as the new ones are.

[randall g]

I LOVE the old MXR Blue eq's - you can really work wonders with and old Marshall and that thing.

Didn't EVH do the same?

[datguytim]

Originally Posted by papersoul

Thanks, how did you boost for solos? I thought they didn't have a switch on the old ones? I need the switch to click it on for solos. I use Marshall type modules in my Egnater Mod 50.

My loop is line level though. Do you know if the older MXRs were line level(+4db) as the new ones are.

There is no switch on the classic MXR: BUT you put in the send/return of a Loop Bypass stomper (a box w/4 jacks - in, out, send, return - and a footswitch) and run it in FRONT of the amp. That was my solo boost & I'd consider it again now that I think about it.

[papersoul]

Originally Posted by datguytim

There is no switch on the classic MXR: BUT you put in the send/return of a Loop Bypass stomper (a box w/4 jacks - in, out, send, return - and a footswitch) and run it in FRONT of the amp. That was my solo boost & I'd consider it again now that I think about it.

I thought of doing that as well...but then you have a lot of extra cables and an extra box! I am doing just waht you say with a monte allums modded Boss GE7 and it works well...very transparent and quiet! I would like to compare tot he new MXRs though or another EQ. I thikn I would like this more than a Boost pedal or anything else. I like being able to bump the mids up.

[guirat]

Originally Posted by randall g

I LOVE the old MXR Blue eq's - you can really work wonders with and old Marshall and that thing.

Didn't EVH do the same?

They're good fun for playing around to see what types of tone you can get, even synthy-type sounds if used with distortion, and works good as a boost as well. As for whether they're any better than other GE's I wouldn't know.

EVH used to have one on his pedalboard but the pics you see on the internet show it isn't in the chain. I've read that it was a redundant pedal, maybe as a spare for some reason or just there for studio use. He actually used two Boss GE-10's on stage I think, but who really knows.

[drolling]

Hey - I snagged one of those at a garage sale a few years back. Probably my one & only *deal* on gear, it came with box, papers & foam rubber backing (unattached!) for 5 bucks.

But I haven't gotten much use out of it. Way noisy (hisssss) and a tone-sucker of a buffer if I ever heard one. Much worse than the BOSS GE-7 that I recently modded w/a Tone-Jam 'Sniper' kit.

BTW, I was blown away by the improvement - well worth doing. Are there any mods available for these old MXRs?

[Lolaviola]

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[papersoul]

Originally Posted by drolling

Hey - I snagged one of those at a garage sale a few years back. Probably my one & only *deal* on gear, it came with box, papers & foam rubber backing (unattached!) for 5 bucks.

But I haven't gotten much use out of it. Way noisy (hisssss) and a tone-sucker of a buffer if I ever heard one. Much worse than the BOSS GE-7 that I recently modded w/a Tone-Jam 'Sniper' kit.

BTW, I was blown away by the improvement - well worth doing. Are there any mods available for these old MXRs?

UNfortunately my amp, Egnater MOD 50 requires line level effects in the loop, so many effects end up aout front like my EQ and chorus.

[Cary Chilton]

Ed did record with GE-10's and tour with them, that is a common fact. I have 3 of them. Some recordings may have used the 6 band MXR.

[wildschwein]

EVH usually used eqs when he started using Floyd Rose systems, as he found his guitars to sound too thin and the eq was used to fix up the tone. There is photos of him playing during the 1st tour with his non-Floyd equipped Frankenstrat and MXR eqs on his "board" and the eqs appear not be plugged in. It's hard to tell with Ed though; he has a history of being deceptive about what gear he uses. Maybe today with all the endorsements he may have to be more honest.

[papersoul]

INteresting, I have used Kramers with Floyds and they don't sound thin. My PRS CE22 with with PRS trem does not sound thin. Sorry for changing the subject.

[ToneJamFX]

Originally Posted by drolling

Hey - I snagged one of those at a garage sale a few years back. Probably my one & only *deal* on gear, it came with box, papers & foam rubber backing (unattached!) for 5 bucks.

But I haven't gotten much use out of it. Way noisy (hisssss) and a tone-sucker of a buffer if I ever heard one. Much worse than the BOSS GE-7 that I recently modded w/a Tone-Jam 'Sniper' kit.

BTW, I was blown away by the improvement - well worth doing. Are there any mods available for these old MXRs?

I mod the new MXR's.

[wildschwein]

INteresting, I have used Kramers with Floyds and they don't sound thin. My PRS CE22 with with PRS trem does not sound thin. Sorry for changing the subject.

Yeah, (sorry too for the topic diversion - it is kind of related to eqs though) I personally don't have much experience with Floyds - but he did say that in a guitar magazine interview in the late 70s or early 80s when he first started using Floyd Roses. I guess it depends on what your comparing it to - Floyds don't provide a lot of contact between the strings and the wood - so maybe something to do with that. You can see a video about blocking a Floyd style system to improve a guitar's tone here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQps87LGK8Y