When dad's not looking (Part 3)

While dad's still away at work, I managed to lug around his TT Mayhem pedal- this thing must weigh a tonne! Anyway, I got tired after a while & fell asleep with it by my side. Of course, dad caught me in the act (in my sleep actually) but he said it's ok; it's still in one piece. I doubt it'll break any time soon, i'd say it's a tank in its previous life...

Tube overdose

Do you really acquire tone nirvana upon plugging tube laden effects into a tube amp? Not quite, I tried this set up today: Ibanez Tube King + Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem + Epiphone Valve Jr head.

The TT Mayhem doesn't really need a drive-type booster to bolster its performance, I just did it to convince myself that some pedals are better left alone. What I hear from this line-up is an excess of bottom end even when my EQ for both pedals had the lower frequencies reduced.

However, I subsequently replaced the TK with a TS7 & it really made quite a difference in terms of definition; we now understand why the tubeless Tubescreamers are effective in this application.

Also, the TK's in-built noise reduction (that VOID control) unit is very effective to such an extent that my BOSS volume pedal was unnecessary in this set-up.

Seymour Duncan: Twin Tube Mayhem

Seymour Duncan's Twin Tube Mayhem has finally arrived at my premises, I was too pooped to plug it in & hear its thunder; the guitars I am going to try it with, need a re-string anyway so I'd only hear it in action this weekend...

The pedal per se is rugged in make but it's one heavy pedal; the heaviest I've own. It would be as massive as some guitars- no joke.