Re: [Harp-L] Re: kinder harp maximizer and midbass cut - AFB+ Knobs

[Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>]

More and more America is a country "...separated by a common language."
Sorry, George.

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Garry <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ray Beltran wrote:
>
> > Not sure why this is such a mystery. It's all explained in the owner's
> manual.
>
> there's "explained", and then there's explained.
>
> > The left knob controls lower frequency feedback,
>
> manual: "UB - Clockwise rotation adjusts the level of odd order harmonics
> and reduces feedback."
>
> are you saying the same thing?  if so, i wish the manual would have said
> it. is "odd order harmonics" equivalent to "low frequency feedback"?  is
> this
> obvious to everyone but me?  what's "UB" mean, anyway?
>
> > the center knob is for calibration purposes,
>
> got that.
>
> > and the right knob controls high frequency feedback.
>
> manual: "AFB - Clockwise rotation adjusts the level of odd order harmonics
> and reduces feedback."
>
> see comments above.  i guess the problem i have is that with no coherent
> mental
> model of what the knobs do, i'm left with "tweak them until it sounds
> good".  combine
> that with the fact that turning the knobs too far loses most of my volume,
> and
> that it adds "crunch" that often combines in ugly ways with other parts of
> my rig, and
> "sounds good" can be hard to attain.
> there's also this helpful tip: "the AFB and UB controls on the AFB+ will
>  respond in
> a similar fashion as the controls on our HarpKing amplifier".
> if i had a HarpKing i  wouldn't have bought the AFB+.
>
>
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