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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: cactuskeeb on December 29, 2009, 01:53:31 AM

Title: Help your old pal Cactus out by buying his Black Cat Vibe 2000...
Post by: cactuskeeb on December 29, 2009, 01:53:31 AM
Yes-yes, I know, I don't have a functioning amplifier in my possession but I tested this pedal, extensively, through a headphone amp...OK, fellas?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250555245173&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

The key to this one, as opposed to the rack-mount version, is the "current" adjustment pot on the exterior.  This used to be a trim pot mounted directly to the circuit board, inside (interior to) the chassis, and 'back in the day' Bob would adjust each unit, individually, before shipping to the buyer(s).  It's difficult to describe, perhaps, but I think Bob nailed it when he described his adjustment of the trim pot as "tuning" the pedal to work with the idiosyncrasies of it's photocell resistance level, which could vary drastically from one photocell to another, even though they have identical markings and are supposed to present the same resistance when "in-circuit."   
Title: Re: Help your old pal Cactus out by buying his Black Cat Vibe 2000...
Post by: Poster on December 29, 2009, 02:05:23 AM
that thing sucks

i want it. give it to me.
Title: IRe: Help your old pal Cactus out by buying his Black Cat Vibe 2000...
Post by: cactuskeeb on December 29, 2009, 08:48:22 AM
What did you say before you edited at 3am?   :D  

Sure I'll give you the best uni-vibe ever made, no prob.  What's your address, I'll send it right away!

edit: Seriously, though, I'll sell it to you...
And, then, it can be yours to cherish until one day, many years from now, you perish and are placed under ten feet of soil where, albeit unaware this is happening, you'll lie motionless until the earth supernova's eons later, vaporizing your carbon matter and rocketing your molecules through the blackness of space and time.
Title: Re: Help your old pal Cactus out by buying his Black Cat Vibe 2000...
Post by: Walker done done on December 29, 2009, 10:10:24 AM
^^^ Waahahahaaa....that is funny.   But he's giving it to me Rob.  Sorry dude!  But you are defintely king of the 3am edits, henceforth.
Title: Re: Help your old pal Cactus out by buying his Black Cat Vibe 2000...
Post by: Poster on December 29, 2009, 07:20:06 PM
All those knobs must do something neat. Probably not that much better than the fulltone ive already got though (insert cacti rebuttal here)