Have you tried a 1/4" Y cable and safe but creative ground lifting?
Just curious.
We bought an STD for a long guitar run. Upstairs control room 150 ft. to downstairs iso room via xlr snake.
bogner and ac30 via std box outputs.
Perfect solution for me.
Didn't notice a significant loss of tone at all.
Vastly better than 150' of 1/4" cable.
Terry's box is on my list. a BIG bit more versatile.
But, I needed something in a hurry, and cheap as a solution for a long run.
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Originally Posted by markchatwin  I have posted before about wanting a high end guitar splitter. Trouble is the best ones are $800 - $2000 (Creation Audio MW1, Lucas Deceiver, Little Labs PCP, Custom Audio's Amp Selectors, Vrtacic Design, etc.). I plan on getting one when the finances rebound after tax season.
I have tried the Lehle P-Split but noticed high end loss. Burkhard Lehle explained that another of his products, Sunday Driver, combined with the P-Slit would remedy the situation. But I'd like one unit to do the job and idealistically I'd like it to be a useful item in the studio after I get one of the more expensive units in paragraph one.
One item that comes to mind is the Little Labs STD. It is meant to allow a long cable run in the studio but it does split the guitar in the box. This could be used down the road if I have a guitar player who plays in the control room with his amp in my live room. I have read a review that says this box adds a "hifi" effect to the tone. What that effect is I don't know but it sure sounds like this would be a "colored" splitter?
So how about a Smart Research unit that does what the STD does but is a bit more expensive?
The there's the Radial Tonebone Switcher. The concept is cool. It has a load correction control and a boost function. But again I've read reviews that it works on some guitars better than others (Good for Strat, Bad for Les Paul). Plus if I got something like that the more expensive ones would put it into the gear cemetary.
I need a simple splitter that won't result in much tone loss and get me through until I get a bigger unit - Thanks! |