NEW Indyguitarist Cranked AC

[Bergle]

Bump to see if anybody's gotten theirs. Very interested in this one...

[Realfi]

Mine's shipping apparently...course being in Oz that means it's probably still a week away.

[voojo]

Mine shipped late last week, might have it today or at least by the end of the week!

[Bucksears]

Got mine Saturday, but it's going back, probably tomorrow.
I could barely hear anything out of it, even with the volume maxed. I'll give IG the benefit of the doubt since it's probably the first run of this pedal and I know there was a huge response on this. I'll review the replacement when I get it.
Still, six weeks is a long time to wait and be shipped a non-working product.

[voojo]

Originally Posted by Bucksears

Got mine Saturday, but it's going back, probably tomorrow.
I could barely hear anything out of it, even with the volume maxed. I'll give IG the benefit of the doubt since it's probably the first run of this pedal and I know there was a huge response on this. I'll review the replacement when I get it.
Still, six weeks is a long time to wait and be shipped a non-working product.

Bummer, I had that happen with a pedal once (not one of Brians, different manufacturer.) It sucks but it happens. Maybe it got banged up in shipping.

[jamison162]

To give Brian the benefit of the doubt, this exact same problem occured with the Ecstacy Drive he sent me for the Tour Box. I think it is an issue with a bad batch of some component, etc. Still, a pedal should be "burnt-in" or at least tested before being shipped out.

[Bucksears]

Originally Posted by jamison162

To give Brian the benefit of the doubt, this exact same problem occured with the Ecstacy Drive he sent me for the Tour Box. I think it is an issue with a bad batch of some component, etc. Still, a pedal should be "burnt-in" or at least tested before being shipped out.

Well, it's not like it was an ebay deal gone bad or something; it just took a while to get the unit.
Could be a cold solder joint somewhere or something touching ground that shouldn't. No biggie - from what I could tell, it sounded good. (but that was with the volume maxed on the CAC and the volume on 6 on my Super reverb - glad it didn't start working suddenly )

[jpagey]

Originally Posted by jamison162

To give Brian the benefit of the doubt, this exact same problem occured with the Ecstacy Drive he sent me for the Tour Box. I think it is an issue with a bad batch of some component, etc. Still, a pedal should be "burnt-in" or at least tested before being shipped out.

How exactly is that "the benefit of the doubt"? It seems like a pattern.

[jamison162]

Originally Posted by jpagey

How exactly is that "the benefit of the doubt"?

That it is a component or some other explainable issue, nothing more. Thanks for asking.

[Realfi]

OK..I got my Cranked AC.

I definitely does the cranked Brian May very well. The thing is though I only use that sound occasionally so I was hoping with the gain backed off it might be able to do the Tom Petty sort of thing for those occasions when I can't play through my Vox. I haven't found it to excel for that sort of thing so methinks I'll probably sell this one.

[BrianWampler]

Originally Posted by jamison162

That it is a component or some other explainable issue, nothing more. Thanks for asking.

Yes, we had a bad batch of switches recently. Everything DID test fine. The problem isn't that they weren't checked, the problem is that the switch failed after a hundred clicks (for example) instead of 15000. I even had it happen to a couple of my prototypes - plugged it in one day and it was fine. The small amount of signal is bleed through which is fairly normal on a gain device when the switch is not grounded on the output (which it is, but it didn't connect).

It's a pain, I know, but anyone who has contacted me or contacts me about it will get their pedal worked on for free of course - the repair comes first before any builds.

Buck, I still haven't received your pedal - did you send it yet?

Thanks -
Brian

[Bergle]

Originally Posted by Realfi

OK..I got my Cranked AC.

I definitely does the cranked Brian May very well. The thing is though I only use that sound occasionally so I was hoping with the gain backed off it might be able to do the Tom Petty sort of thing for those occasions when I can't play through my Vox. I haven't found it to excel for that sort of thing so methinks I'll probably sell this one.

Do you mean 'backed off' as in the gain knob itself or backing off w/your guitar volume? On the video it sounds like it backs off pretty well...

[Realfi]

Originally Posted by Bergle

Do you mean 'backed off' as in the gain knob itself or backing off w/your guitar volume? On the video it sounds like it backs off pretty well...

Primarily on the gain knob but also for me how that interacts with my guitar's volume.

I didn't mean to imply the pedal doesn't clean up- it does that very well. But in my case I'd like to run the gain at less than 12 o'clock as there's a fair bit more gain & saturation on tap than I need and then back off to a mild crunch with the guitar volume. When I have the gain set at 10-11 o'clock I notice that the bottom end is a bit attenuated.

I think if you were heading for May tones with the gain up and backing off the volume to a "rock" crunch rather than a Petty-ish jangle/chime tone this wouldn't be an issue.

I'm certainly not bagging the Cranked AC it does what it's designed for very well. I ordered pretty early on without really knowing what the pedal was aiming for. I wasn't really expecting the AC30 plus treble booster sound.

[Bergle]

Originally Posted by Realfi

Primarily on the gain know.

I didn't mean to imply the pedal doesn't clean up- it does that very well. But in my case I'd like to run the gain at less than 12 o'clock as there's a fair bit more gain & saturation on tap than I need and then back off to a mild crunch with the guitar volume. When I have the gain set at 10-11 o'clock I notice that the bottom end is a bit attenuated.

I think if you were heading for May tones with the gain up and backing off the volume to a "rock" crunch rather than a Petty-ish jangle/chime tone this wouldn't be an issue.

I'm certainly not bagging the Cranked AC it does what it's designed for very well. I ordered pretty early on without really knowing what the pedal was aiming for. I wasn't really expecting the AC30 plus treble booster sound.

I don't think anybody could say you were bagging the pedal. You're just relating your experience in an even-handed, reasoned fashion that is completely inappropriate for the internet.

Actually, the May-ish crunch that I can back down on the guitar is exactly what I'm going for. Thanks for the info! :BEER

[Bucksears]

Originally Posted by indyguitarist

Buck, I still haven't received your pedal - did you send it yet?

It's going out today - I heard back from your tech support on Monday, but I've had to work through lunch all week and haven't had a chance to send it.

Thanks man,
Buck