F1-X in UK

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Author Message mpisanek Intermediate Member Username: mpisanek Post Number: 169 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 10:14 am:    Spotted this on Evil bay today. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ALEMBIC-F1-X-PREAMP_W0QQitemZ150024232107QQihZ005QQcategoryZ58719QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 555 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 11:29 am:    Shame that wasn't on there about a week ago as I've just won one in the USA and got to wait far too many days for it to arrive. Jazzyvee jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 782 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2006 - 2:27 pm:    Mine!! Whoo hoo. gives me a really good backup if the Eden dies. £225 ;-) Graeme jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 560 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2006 - 4:26 pm:    Nice one. FYI I will be up in Scotland playing at the Knorraloch World Music festival over the 15th and 16th September with Apache Indian. It should be a good gig as we've done quite a lot of festivals in Europe and Canada this year. all the best with the F1-X Jazzyvee jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 561 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - 4:59 pm:    well I got my F-1X in the post today and plugged the output of it into my return channel on my Mesa boogie amp..... :-) Take a bit of getting used to but so far it sounds ok. I'll have another go with it at the weekend and maybe run my SF-2 through it as well. Jazzyvee jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 789 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2006 - 1:35 am:    Mine also arrived yesterday. 2 Days!! That was faster than any shop I've bought electronic goods from. Straight from the box with the recommended 'flat' settings 2-10-2 running the PLX in parallel mode from the full range socket, the tone was immediately full, deep and rich. I'm in a bit of a quandary now as the tone is superb but the amp lacks many of the features of the Eden that I've become used to - tuner output, mute switch, turbo boost, compression etc. Time to do some serious thinking. Graeme jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 562 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2006 - 10:29 am:    Could be expensive thinking too. I'm saving up for a one of the new PLX1804 amps which should give me more than enough power for my gigs plus a light weight to carry in a rack. Jazzyvee mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3540 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2006 - 12:03 pm:    Graeme - if you are not using the effects loop, you can use the send as a tuner output. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 792 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, September 01, 2006 - 12:47 am:    Thanks Mica. I did a bit of experimenting last night and found out exactly that ;-) I also found that using the mute switch on the Korg Tuner mutes the F1-X if I run a cable from it's output back to the pre-amp. All I need now is a decent compressor (I'm looking at the Aphex Bass exciter), probably a distortion pedal (again, I'm looking at the EBS multidrive and their Unichorus) - and a latching footswitch for the tuner mute and I can relegate the Eden to backup (or even put it on evil bay). Graeme