Author Topic: An Evening with the Bakemono DS1, the Mihiro Mod Strat and the Akane Strat (Read 27032 times)

dominant_chord2005 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 18, 2007, 01:00:51 AM »

It appears that we'll have a pre EB get-together this saturday. I'll drop by again and fix my geetars plus bring my amp for a mini jam with anton. hehehe. Guys, i'd really suggest you try it out for yourself. Its really up for you to decide if the scalarizer should be on your geetars. As an update...I'm currently introducing the scalarizer to non forumites in quest for tone heaven..and they appear to be very interested after trying out my MIhiro...

sound clips...wait it out..we'll sort things out with Anton and Jobet..antay lng tau mga peeps.

Machine_Head · « **Reply #26 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:28:52 AM »

Uy, what time are you guys gonna be there? I hope i can stay longer this time.

psychic_sushi · « **Reply #27 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:41:02 AM »

I live there, heheheheh...

drop by anytime after 10am, thats when I rise from the grave...

micr0chimp · « **Reply #28 on:** January 19, 2007, 12:33:28 PM »

my strat got the whole bamf tonelift!

nag-even out yung punchiness throughout the working harmonic range. basta madami pa ako napapansin habang ginagamit ng ginagamit! fafa anton, yung strat ko naka-wire na tone 2 pang bridge! ginawa ko din dati para ma-rolloff yung treble pero ngayon kahit wide open hindi na masakit sa tenga. nandun pa din yung bite pero mas pleasant na! sana nakapag-record ako ng before and after clips. gawa ako para sa isang strat bago ko palagyan din.

i'm amazed but not surprised.

dominant_chord2005 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 20, 2007, 12:37:39 AM »

Jason ( jazhombie), drop by ka na lng dun anytime after 10am. By that time gising na si anton.
I'll bring my geetars ( the Epi and MIhiro) dating ako dun mga 3pm cguro.tulog muna ako sandali. galing shift mamaya eh. bring ur friend if u want

chito_eoi · « **Reply #30 on:** January 20, 2007, 01:01:50 AM »

and bring some beer too...

ahehehe, habol ako kung kaya

dominant_chord2005 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 20, 2007, 08:25:22 AM »

Beer? Y not? But its best to ask Anton about it first. Dont want to overdo it..Respect na lng sa dominion ni Psychic Sushi.

Anyway, as an update, I'll place here a number series ala Hazy nights lineup. If you feel you have been Bamf'ed or sushified, place your name and join the growing club. I took the liberty of incvluding those who experienced being BAMF'ed or Sushified:

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5.dominant_chord2005

6. machine_head

7. Caren

8.

9.

vegetablejoe · « **Reply #32 on:** January 20, 2007, 09:33:42 AM »

dominant_chord2005,

it would be more interesting if you can specify what pedals or guitar and pickups have been bamfed/sushified...

Quote from: dominant_chord2005 on January 20, 2007, 08:25:22 AM

If you feel you have been Bamf'ed or sushified, place your name and join the growing club. I took the liberty of including those who experienced being BAMF'ed or Sushified:

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5.dominant_chord2005

6. machine_head

7. Caren

8. vegetablejoe
- SD-1: reduced noise/hum, added 2-step gain
- Arion Tubulator: added clarity, presence, and gain; added opamp chip socket and replaced JRC chip;
IMO sounds better than a TS-9
- Boston Delay: reduced noise and added "warmth" for a more analog sound
- Greco LP with Antiquity pickups: Scalarizer mod for added sparkle and presence

9.

10.

chito_eoi · « **Reply #33 on:** January 20, 2007, 10:44:25 AM »

Quote from: vegetablejoe on January 20, 2007, 09:33:42 AM

dominant_chord2005,

it would be more interesting if you can specify what pedals or guitar and pickups have been bamfed/sushified...

Quote from: dominant_chord2005 on January 20, 2007, 08:25:22 AM
If you feel you have been Bamf'ed or sushified, place your name and join the growing club. I took the liberty of including those who experienced being BAMF'ed or Sushified:

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5.dominant_chord2005

6. machine_head

7. Caren

8. vegetablejoe
- SD-1: reduced noise/hum, added 2-step gain
- Arion Tubulator: added clarity, presence, and gain; added opamp chip socket and replaced JRC chip;
IMO sounds better than a TS-9
- Boston Delay: reduced noise and added "warmth" for a more analog sound
- Greco LP with Antiquity pickups: Scalarizer mod for added sparkle and presence

9. chito_eoi
- DS2: turned to a monster pedal!, nawala yung talim... added kilabot charm-->>> more classic rock tone!,

10.

me also got BAMF'ed!

BAMF · « **Reply #34 on:** January 20, 2007, 11:35:56 AM »

Anton's Fender Tele is armed with EMG active pickups and was one of the first to be scalarized.

From "fat", it became "fat and sparkly". To my ears, but let sushi give you his personal assessment

.

For pedals, it's easier to install in some than in others. Like if your pedal were "boutique-like" like an EH Big Muff, it would be easy. If cheaply mass-produced like the Behringer plastic stomps, it will be harder (and much harder for other examples).

The goal is to just insert it in the signal path.

BAMF · « **Reply #35 on:** January 20, 2007, 11:56:02 AM »

Well, it seems that there will be a tone party cum jamming today at the BAMFx shop / PIMP studios. I'll be there by 6-ish tho but the guys may be there earlier. I also have a couple of pedals already scalarized and the results are amazing (okay I shouldn't be saying that...I'm partial). It takes all of 5 minutes to perform the operation.

For the most part, Boss pedals are easy to scalarize.

The BAMFx shop/PIMP studios are at 158 Sto. Domingo ave cor Calamba sts Sta Mesa Hts QC.

From the Sto Domingo Church, take a tricycle and say "calamba". Get down on the corner of Calamba and Sto. Domingo. The shop and studio is at the green gate, but the real gate opens along Calamba st.

Seeya there !

dominant_chord2005 · « **Reply #36 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:18:41 PM »

Quote from: vegetablejoe on January 20, 2007, 09:33:42 AM

dominant_chord2005,

it would be more interesting if you can specify what pedals or guitar and pickups have been bamfed/sushified...

Quote from: dominant_chord2005 on January 20, 2007, 08:25:22 AM
If you feel you have been Bamf'ed or sushified, place your name and join the growing club. I took the liberty of including those who experienced being BAMF'ed or Sushified:

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5. dominant_chord2005
- Fender 62 ri MIJ "Mihiro" installed with Scalarizer for added brilliance
- Genesis Series MIK "Miyabi" applied with BAMFx potting mixture

6. machine_head

7. Caren

8. vegetablejoe
- SD-1: reduced noise/hum, added 2-step gain
- Arion Tubulator: added clarity, presence, and gain; added opamp chip socket and replaced JRC chip;
IMO sounds better than a TS-9
- Boston Delay: reduced noise and added "warmth" for a more analog sound
- Greco LP with Antiquity pickups: Scalarizer mod for added sparkle and presence

9.

10.

Machine_Head · « **Reply #37 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:26:23 PM »

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5. dominant_chord2005
- Fender 62 ri MIJ "Mihiro" installed with Scalarizer for added brilliance
- Genesis Series MIK "Miyabi" applied with BAMFx potting mixture

6. machine_head
- Danelectro Fab Distortion - BAMFed up for fatter smoother distortion
- Boss SD2 - fatter, smoother hi frequency, add more gain
- Boss DD3 - analog mod, it now sounds more "echoey"
- GTX/Boston HM100 - took out the nasalness, more sensitive to volume control, smoother distortion
- DS1 - Bakemono DS1
- Boston OD100 - tighter yet bigger and more aggressive

7. Caren

8. vegetablejoe
- SD-1: reduced noise/hum, added 2-step gain
- Arion Tubulator: added clarity, presence, and gain; added opamp chip socket and replaced JRC chip;
IMO sounds better than a TS-9
- Boston Delay: reduced noise and added "warmth" for a more analog sound
- Greco LP with Antiquity pickups: Scalarizer mod for added sparkle and presence

9.

10.

ganjie · « **Reply #38 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:40:20 PM »

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5. dominant_chord2005
- Fender 62 ri MIJ "Mihiro" installed with Scalarizer for added brilliance
- Genesis Series MIK "Miyabi" applied with BAMFx potting mixture

6. machine_head
- Danelectro Fab Distortion - BAMFed up for fatter smoother distortion
- Boss SD2 - fatter, smoother hi frequency, add more gain
- Boss DD3 - analog mod, it now sounds more "echoey"
- GTX/Boston HM100 - took out the nasalness, more sensitive to volume control, smoother distortion
- DS1 - Bakemono DS1
- Boston OD100 - tighter yet bigger and more aggressive

7. Caren

8. vegetablejoe
- SD-1: reduced noise/hum, added 2-step gain
- Arion Tubulator: added clarity, presence, and gain; added opamp chip socket and replaced JRC chip;
IMO sounds better than a TS-9
- Boston Delay: reduced noise and added "warmth" for a more analog sound
- Greco LP with Antiquity pickups: Scalarizer mod for added sparkle and presence

9. ganjie
- ts-7: changed from a harsh icepick useless box to a phat crunch monster!

10.

chito_eoi · « **Reply #39 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:44:16 PM »

Quote from: chito_eoi on January 20, 2007, 10:44:25 AM

Quote from: vegetablejoe on January 20, 2007, 09:33:42 AM
dominant_chord2005,

it would be more interesting if you can specify what pedals or guitar and pickups have been bamfed/sushified...

Quote from: dominant_chord2005 on January 20, 2007, 08:25:22 AM
If you feel you have been Bamf'ed or sushified, place your name and join the growing club. I took the liberty of including those who experienced being BAMF'ed or Sushified:

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5.dominant_chord2005

6. machine_head

7. Caren

8. vegetablejoe
- SD-1: reduced noise/hum, added 2-step gain
- Arion Tubulator: added clarity, presence, and gain; added opamp chip socket and replaced JRC chip;
IMO sounds better than a TS-9
- Boston Delay: reduced noise and added "warmth" for a more analog sound
- Greco LP with Antiquity pickups: Scalarizer mod for added sparkle and presence

9. chito_eoi
- DS2: turned to a monster pedal!, nawala yung talim... added kilabot charm-->>> more classic rock tone!,

10.

me also got BAMF'ed!

bat nawala ako sa sirkuylasyon?

chito_eoi · « **Reply #40 on:** January 20, 2007, 02:47:46 PM »

1. BAMF

2. Kulas

3. microchimp

4. psychic_sushi

5. dominant_chord2005
- Fender 62 ri MIJ "Mihiro" installed with Scalarizer for added brilliance
- Genesis Series MIK "Miyabi" applied with BAMFx potting mixture

6. machine_head
- Danelectro Fab Distortion - BAMFed up for fatter smoother distortion
- Boss SD2 - fatter, smoother hi frequency, add more gain
- Boss DD3 - analog mod, it now sounds more "echoey"
- GTX/Boston HM100 - took out the nasalness, more sensitive to volume control, smoother distortion
- DS1 - Bakemono DS1
- Boston OD100 - tighter yet bigger and more aggressive

7. Caren

8. vegetablejoe
- SD-1: reduced noise/hum, added 2-step gain
- Arion Tubulator: added clarity, presence, and gain; added opamp chip socket and replaced JRC chip;
IMO sounds better than a TS-9
- Boston Delay: reduced noise and added "warmth" for a more analog sound
- Greco LP with Antiquity pickups: Scalarizer mod for added sparkle and presence

9. ganjie
- ts-7: changed from a harsh icepick useless box to a phat crunch monster!

10. chito_eoi
- DS2: turned to a monster pedal!, nawala yung talim... added kilabot charm-->>> more classic rock tone!,

mahavishnu · « **Reply #41 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:38:21 PM »

Quote from: BAMF on January 17, 2007, 12:57:38 PM

Sure ! Same price nga lang as the installation is just a "courtesy"and not really a service .

If you live in the South, there's a luthier there who's interested in carrying the item in his shop. Parang dealership ba. Details to follow na lang once it's ironed out.

Well...so there. We will try our best and try to eliminate all other possible variables, with regard to the sounclips.

where is this luthier from the south of heaven? anlayo kase namen dito.. hayy... i just wana buy that capacitor and experiment like crazy!

BAMF · « **Reply #42 on:** January 20, 2007, 05:51:11 PM »

It's not a capacitor

vegetablejoe · « **Reply #43 on:** January 20, 2007, 06:06:43 PM »

Quote from: mahavishnu on January 20, 2007, 05:38:21 PM

Quote from: BAMF on January 17, 2007, 12:57:38 PM
Sure ! Same price nga lang as the installation is just a "courtesy"and not really a service .

If you live in the South, there's a luthier there who's interested in carrying the item in his shop. Parang dealership ba. Details to follow na lang once it's ironed out.

Well...so there. We will try our best and try to eliminate all other possible variables, with regard to the sounclips.

where is this luthier from the south of heaven? anlayo kase namen dito.. hayy... i just wana buy that capacitor and experiment like crazy!

mahavishnu,

micsis' initial stock of the Scalarizer is with me. Up to him what day he can get them from me from the Ortigas area this coming week. ... or ... I usually visit my old folks in UPS 2 Sunday afternoons. perhaps he can get them from me there.

mahavishnu · « **Reply #44 on:** January 20, 2007, 07:52:16 PM »

i ll be in the area tonight, i can pick em up for sir mike

Quote from: BAMF on January 20, 2007, 05:51:11 PM

It's not a capacitor

hehe! i thought they're caps, looks same kase with the ones i saw in deeco. so what are they? they look like cylindrical mushrooms, are they magic mushrooms that fumes out psychedelic trippiness to the player? making him imagine the ethereal tones? hehe im excited to test em sir bamf

mabuhay ang pinoy!

micsis · « **Reply #45 on:** January 20, 2007, 10:55:31 PM »

Hi southerners,

If i get my scalarizer tomorow, i can install it in one of my guitars maybe within the week. I'll make with a switchable one (via toggle or push-pull switch if theyre on stock sa aphile) so that the with and without tone can be easily compared.

I cant wait.

mahavishnu · « **Reply #46 on:** January 21, 2007, 07:38:56 PM »

thats a good idea with the switch

lalo na sa mga may short term memory like me, cant remember the previous tone when distracted with assembly and installations

stompmoko · « **Reply #47 on:** January 21, 2007, 08:08:29 PM »

Quote from: micsis on January 20, 2007, 10:55:31 PM

Hi southerners,

If i get my scalarizer tomorow, i can install it in one of my guitars maybe within the week. I'll make with a switchable one (via toggle or push-pull switch if theyre on stock sa aphile) so that the with and without tone can be easily compared.

I cant wait.

malapit na ba to? may naka line na ba?

micr0chimp · « **Reply #48 on:** January 22, 2007, 01:14:46 AM »

playing around with my strat more.

my favorite thing about it is i only think about the mod the first minute or two of playing. then it just inspires you to go and lose yourself. iba talaga yung responsiveness na nadagdag. at parang naging mas friendly pa yung gitara sa pedals...nice.

psychic_sushi · « **Reply #49 on:** January 22, 2007, 06:54:52 AM »

Quote from: phoenix_rising on January 20, 2007, 10:59:15 AM

i'm curious, can the "scalarizer" work with emg active pickups? any kind of pedals too? say a tonebone? i think i'd like to give it a go. please pm me on how to get there. thanks!!

Howdy!

Sorry for the latency, i've had a vegetative weekend... with my sparkling greco strat

My tele is loaded with emg alnico T's, and the scalarizer gives its a woody, hollow quality. in fact, vegetablejoe remarked that it sounded almost acoustic. the airiness was very pleasant. I can imagine the benefits it would endow on emg humbuckers.

Actually, bamf and I are planning the use the metal scalarizer on the active set. i feel that this model may particularly jive better with actives (if you are not crazy about acoustic airiness, the tele is my jazz guitar!) as the metal scalarizer did wonders on caren's tone zone loaded ibanez. it may give the emg's more "squash" and punch. the tone zone gained forward propulsion, was still clear but frequency emphasis was on the lower mid range. nice indeed

after trying out both one after the other on carens guitar, the differences between the two scalarizers were audible. since caren's a rocker chick, she magnetically was drawn to the metal model.

since i'm a Jap AV fan, I remain with the sparkling detail of the crystal scalarizer as I envision porcelain skinned tsinita beauties with the color pink on all the right places

heheheheheh

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Author Topic: An Evening with the Bakemono DS1, the Mihiro Mod Strat and the Akane Strat (Read 27032 times)