A plug: Timbre!

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A plug: Timbre!

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Seems like a solution looking for a problem... there'll be someone who swears by them.

Neutrik NP2RX-TIMBRE timbrePLUG
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Neutrik wrote:The characteristic sound of a guitar is influenced to a certain extend (sic) by the used instrument cable. Particularly the natural electrical property of guitar cables cause the characteristic cable tone. Neutrik’s timbrePLUG provides the possibility to change the timbre of your guitar sound from neutral, clear sound to warm characteristics in 4 steps by turning a knob on the plug. A wide range of new sounds opens.
As brilliant as simple.
If that wasn't enough..
Neutrik NP2RX-ULTIMATE ultimatePLUG
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Neutrik wrote:The ultimatePLUG combines the functions of the silentPLUG and timbrePLUG in one product.
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Re: A plug: Timbre!

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This is a joke, surely?

I assume it just adds capacitance to replicate long, cheap warm, vintage cables?
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Re: A plug: Timbre!

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Fuck me, the LENGTHS people will go to, to do anything other than sit and practise guitar


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Bacchus wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:20 pmThis is a joke, surely?
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Re: A plug: Timbre!

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You get the same bullshit with fancy hi fi cabling.

Can’t hear the difference personally, but I might just have cloth ears.
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Doog wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:47 pm Fuck me, the LENGTHS people will go to, to do anything other than sit and practise guitar


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my first thought as well. unless this thing starts at 0 and can add and subtract, i see little value. even at that... eq pedal, anyone?
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^hahaha
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This is all Eric Johnson’s fault. Dude thought his Fuzz Face sounded better without the baseplate screws and that certain pedals have to be cocked at a 45-degree angle and elevated an inch above his board on a block of wood, etc... don’t know if he ever cited a specific benefit to this, just that it was important.
There’s no way he hasn’t had techs over the last 30 years who don’t occasionally think “god this guy‘s a dick sometimes...” while they’re setting up his stuff and worrying about botching his tonal feng shui.
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Re: A plug: Timbre!

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All that effort and a wah in the chain LOL