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Monday, 7 January 2013
Ibanez BN5 - Black Noise
Lethal, rough-edged industrial distortion at its most extreme-the sound of a small amp overdriven way past the limits. Our heaviest, most intense, and just plain loudest distortion pedal.
Lol! I have one of these lying around at home. Always thought it sounded like shit and never gave it a chance. I played around with it a couple of days ago, though, and have started to revise my opinion a bit. With my LP:s dirty neck pickup it produces some fun, farty sounds like a broken speaker cabinet.
Ok setting us firmly on the road to 500 - verified! A very bass heavy distortion, high gain, like Tac Dibar said kind of farty broken speaker-ish but in a good way. I think I still prefer the Mockman from yesterday though.
Thanks, is it just me or are these just exactly the same circuit with a grand total of 6 cap/res changes? Lazy, lazy Ibanez. They should go into the boutique pedal business ;)
I've just tried it with the MPSA14's you suggested and it really fuzzes up in a nice way. I think for guitar you'd need to lower the input cap back to the 68n of the Slam Punk as it's way too heavy even on a Telecaster, it's perfect for Bass as is though. Thanks again dude.
NICE!!! Thrilled this one got done :)
ReplyDeleteLol! I have one of these lying around at home. Always thought it sounded like shit and never gave it a chance. I played around with it a couple of days ago, though, and have started to revise my opinion a bit. With my LP:s dirty neck pickup it produces some fun, farty sounds like a broken speaker cabinet.
ReplyDeleteOk setting us firmly on the road to 500 - verified! A very bass heavy distortion, high gain, like Tac Dibar said kind of farty broken speaker-ish but in a good way. I think I still prefer the Mockman from yesterday though.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Thank you!
DeleteI'll tag it right away.
Check the slam punk comments for a few mod ideas :)
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Thanks, is it just me or are these just exactly the same circuit with a grand total of 6 cap/res changes? Lazy, lazy Ibanez. They should go into the boutique pedal business ;)
DeleteI've just tried it with the MPSA14's you suggested and it really fuzzes up in a nice way. I think for guitar you'd need to lower the input cap back to the 68n of the Slam Punk as it's way too heavy even on a Telecaster, it's perfect for Bass as is though. Thanks again dude.
DeleteNo it's not just you - that's why i promised it would work straight away :)
DeleteThese both are very nice for modding.. I'm really loving all the soundtanks.
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Yeah, they may not be too fashionable but they've got it going on under the hood.
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