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A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:16 pm
by NickS
Seems like a solution looking for a problem... there'll be someone who swears by them.
Neutrik NP2RX-TIMBRE timbrePLUG
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
Neutrik wrote:The ultimatePLUG combines the functions of the silentPLUG and timbrePLUG in one product.
Available from Thomann at only £21.40 ea. (plus carriage)
Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:20 pm
by Bacchus
This is a joke, surely?
I assume it just adds capacitance to replicate long, cheap warm, vintage cables?
Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:47 pm
by Doog
Fuck me, the LENGTHS people will go to, to do anything other than sit and practise guitar
Also:
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Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:04 pm
by BearBoy
Bacchus wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:20 pmThis is a joke, surely?
Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:56 pm
by NickD
You get the same bullshit with fancy hi fi cabling.
Can’t hear the difference personally, but I might just have cloth ears.
Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:28 pm
by dots
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
Also:
butterscotch-stratocaster-tone-knob.jpeg
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?
Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:53 pm
by Bacchus
Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:00 pm
by dots
^hahaha
Re: A plug: Timbre!
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:47 pm
by paul_
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!
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:53 pm
by Mike
All that effort and a wah in the chain LOL