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problem with orange two stroke eq pedal
I just bought a used Orange Two Stroke pedal advertised as "mint" condition and it appears to have a problem. I think it sounds pretty good when the EQ is engaged but when you click the pedal off, bypass mode sounds awful when you pluck the heavy strings pretty hard. The note sounds really farty like there's a short in the cable or like the power source has been overwhelmed or something and it can't produce the note. I'm wondering if the pedal might be a lemon or if other people have encountered this with the orange two-stroke?
Note that I've tried the pedal with a fresh battery only, with a 9v power supply, and with a 12v power supply and the pedal sounds pretty much the same regardless. PLEASE ADVISE -- If I'm going to send this pedal back, it needs to be soon. |
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Re: problem with orange two stroke eq pedal
Might get a better response on a guitar centric forum.
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Re: problem with orange two stroke eq pedal
Make sure it's not a faulty cable that the effect is masking when engaged
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Re: problem with orange two stroke eq pedal
I've posted another forum as well. Looking for a quick answer so I thought I'd try here, too.
I've swapped out the cables with other cables, I've swapped out the pedal with other pedals, I've swapped out the power supplies with other power supplies. My question is whether this problem exists as a design flaw in all orange two-stroke pedals, or whether this particular pedal is just a lemon. |
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Re: problem with orange two stroke eq pedal
I don’t own the pedal, but IMHO it would be a pretty crap design if that was normal, so I’d be leaning towards a fault of some kind.
Hopefully you get a reply from someone who owns one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I've had both kinds of pedals and the buffered bypass ones sucked big time. Where I could I modified those pedals to be true bypass and in some it wasn't easy but then again I love electronics (retired EE) and still build some of my own ham radio gear. If it was me I'd take the pedal back. Orange has a history of building neat stuff that doesn't always work like it should. Take their amps when they first came out - reliability was not a known concept to them. Actually saw one catch fire at a concert. |
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Re: problem with orange two stroke eq pedal
There ya go. A good explanation of why it might sound the way it does.
Whilst I’ve used the odd pedal here and there on synths, I don’t play guitar so they’re not something I use a lot of the time. I (incorrectly) assumed a bypass would be a total bypass. In my mind, pedals are designed to be chained. If I click one off, there’d be a reason and I’d want it to be fully bypassed. You learn something new every day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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As to the EE business my day job for 15 years was designing satellite command and control systems (the ground stations not flight hardware). The company started as RCA Astro in East Windsor NJ then we changed to being owned by GE and then Martin Marietta and finally Lockheed Martin. Also go to debug/test the systems as well. And travel the world on the company's dime for installations. |
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Generally, I like a good, clean true bypass circuit on my pedals. On the other hand, a signal buffer sounds like a good idea in a pedal board or long-cord situation -- lest you get a lot of treble loss or noise creeping in. Based on your comment, it sounds like I'm unlikely to find a good pedal to buffer my signal? I'm surprised that it seems so difficult to wire up a good buffer circuit. It's also quite disappointing that my Orange pedal might ruin my potent transients if I were to use it in a pedalboard. So lame to have a pedal destroying your loudest notes when it's supposed to be off. Quote:
Any suggestions you might have about a mod to fix the pedal would be most welcome. If it's just a matter of replacing a resistor or capacitor or two, I might be up for it. |
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