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Topic: Anyone use T C Electronics?
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Frank Parish
Member From: Nashville,Tn. USA
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posted 20 April 2003 03:29 PM
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I know that these units are made a lot better than most of the stuff out there but does anyone use any of the rack stuff for pedal steel? What's your opinion compared to say the Peavey Pro-Fex or Transtubefex? I'm looking at the M-One. It appears to have just about everything you need and the chorus on these things is much better than any other I've heard.[This message was edited by Frank Parish on 22 April 2003 at 05:23 PM.] |
chas smith
Member From: Encino, CA, USA
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posted 20 April 2003 09:14 PM
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I've never used the Profex or the Trans tube so I can't compare. I have two racks, small (4-space) and medium, the small plays out and does simple studio work, the medium is studio only. I have a TC G-Force in the small with an Evans preamp and a MosValve amp. Between the Evans pre and all that is available on the G-Force, I can dial-up a lot of "variations" in tone and there are reverbs, delays, eq, compression, overdrive and a tolerable pitch shifter that can be arranged in any order. I've also used it to play live in a metal/noise band, so it covers both ends of the spectrum.In the medium rack I have a TC M-5000 and I use a Gold Channel to get in and out of it, plus a lot of other stuff. This is a very expensive set up, but it's all top shelf stuff and it sounds like it. I've had really good experiences with the TC line of equipment. |
Jim Palenscar
Member From: Oceanside, Calif, USA
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posted 20 April 2003 10:50 PM
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I just picked up a TC Electronics Voice Works and it is terrific. It is a vocal processor that includes typical delay, reverb, etc. as well has having pitch correcting and harmony functions. It is a gas to work with, easily programmed, and in general is high quality~ not on par with the Eventide but for the $700 street price it is a very usable piece of equipment. |
Henning Kock
Member From: Odder, DK-8300, Denmark, Europe
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posted 21 April 2003 04:58 AM
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April, 21, 2003
Hello Frank, from my
favorite city Nashville:
TC Electronics is actually only 20 minutes by car from where i live. In Aarhus, the 2nd biggest city after Copenhagen here in Denmark. Their products have a very high quality and reputation.
Here are the links:
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Main site: www.tcelectronic.com
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Your local TC Electronic dealer: Corner Music Address: 2705 12th Ave S City: Nashville Phone: +16152979559 EARS Address: 809 18th Avenue South City: Nashville Phone: +16153270805 Guitar Heaven Address: 14911 Old Hickory Blvd City: Nashville Phone: +16158338483 Primal Gear Address: 23 Music Square East City: Nashville Phone: +16152480007 Redwood Marketing Address: City: Nashville Phone: +16158710094 Sam Ash Address: 1647 Gallatin Pike North City: Nashville Phone: +16158607475 Spectrum Sound Address: 1040C Acorn Drive City: Nashville Phone: +16153913700 Techstar Services Address: 750 Cowan StreetSuite #9 City: Nashville Phone: +16152422925 Underground Sound Address: 428 Sixth Avenue South City: Nashville Phone: +16152422442
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Kind regards,
Henning
Henning Kock
(pedal steel guitar, piano, keyboards, vibraphone)
Henning K. Music
111 Aarhusvej
DK-8300 Odder
Denmark,
Europe
phone +45 8654 2959
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e-mail address: henningkmusic@hotmail.com
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webpages:
pedal steel guitar: www.geocities.com/Nashville/1520 www.steelguitardanmark.subnet.dk (information)
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piano & keyboard: www.sitecenter.dk/henning-kock www.danskmusik.com/dmfbook/selskab/html/henning_kock.html
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and for musical instrument products wholesale (to dealers): www.henningkmusic.subnet.dk
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Jerry Erickson
Member From: Atlanta,IL 61723
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posted 22 April 2003 03:58 PM
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I've also been using a G Force for about
6 months and I love it. The G Major is a
scaled down version of the G Force, but still
a very powerful and good sounding processor. It's even got a built-in tuner. A nice feature for steel players who keep their rack by their steel is the ability to turn effects on and off in a patch without having to change patches. The TC chorus is also wonderful sounding.
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David Langdon
Member From: West Bridgford, Nottingham Notts, United Kingdom
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posted 23 April 2003 02:52 AM
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I have been using a G major for a while now. I love the sounds. One of the TC features is their dynamic delay, which came from the 2290 series. It damps down the repeats whilst you're playing and then comes to life when you stop. I use it in conjuction with a valve preamp first on a stereo send return circuit. I also have modified a Yamaha midi foot control. I have push buttons on it, so to get another patch quickly, I can touch the preset buttons. You also have the facility to control your volume through the external control/midi. I've made a new volume pedal for this with the right value pot etc, but I haven't got around to setting up the modifier. The new G major also has 3 band parametric eq which you can also modify the db per octave. It's just got so much stuff on board, AND it's TC quality.Go and try one, the pitch shift is really quick and precise on tracking, you can play bass without a delay! I've got some really good 4ths and 5ths set up on it, and there are 2 seperate pitch shifters. I'd recommend one anyway. Dave. |
Len Amaral
Member From: Rehoboth,MA 02769
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posted 23 April 2003 06:44 PM
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I have an M-300 in my studio that I use with the steel guitar and another in my PA system. Thses units sell for less than $200.00 and sound very good. They are also duel engine with one for reverb and the other has the delay/chorus, etc. This unit does not have a wall wart power supply. |
Ron Randall
Member From: Dallas, Texas, USA
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posted 02 May 2003 07:10 AM
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FrankI will soon know. I have a G-Force coming. I have used the transtube fx and am using the Peavey S2000 now. Ron |
Larry Robbins
Member From: Fort Edward, New York, USA
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posted 02 May 2003 03:25 PM
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I also have been using a M-300 lately for
steel and am very pleased.Theese units are very well put together and they sound great,
easy to use!
Larry  ------------------
Larry Robbins
GFI-s 10
Morrell lap steel,Reagl 75 dobro and Marshall half stack(I know,I know) |
Ron Randall
Member From: Dallas, Texas, USA
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posted 08 May 2003 07:26 PM
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Frank,Well, I have been using the G-Force a couple of days now, with a tube preamp on the front end. The sound quality and the ease of editing make it better than the TubeFX, Profex, TranstubeFX, and the S2000(which is really a transtubeFX and a N1000 rolled into one). I have used all these Peavey products and they are very good, durable, flexible. IS it worth the difference in price? I dunno. There is a difference in sound quality, but that could also be the tube preamp (you need some kind of preamp in front of the G-Force). Rough guess is $1400 for the G-Force plus $500 for a preamp put this combination about $1500 more than the Peavey stuff. The G-Force is much easier to program/edit. It is definitely a GEETAR efx processor. Makes my Strat sound great. So far I have found very few presets I like for steel. 225 total. About the same number as Peavey stuff. I am beginning to value Jeff Newman's presets more and more. Takes the work out of it. Also in my search, I tried a Lexicon MPX G2 Guitar processor. Way too complex! The English version of the manual was 176 pages.
I never could find a good preset for steel. I took it back to the Guitar Center after 2 days and a bottle of aspirin. I have a Lexicon PCM 81 in my home studio rack. Man, nothing beats Lexicon Reverb. Granted, this is a $2,000 recording studio rascal, and it sounds like it. I don't play out with it. I play a Strat and Steel. The Strat needs different presets. I am trying to find one efx processor for both. Hope this helps. (I am ready to go back to my Fender amp and spring reverb) Ron
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