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2nd May 2006
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hollyweird
Posts: 7,373
Thread Starter |  Cool retro SECRET WEAPON! This may sound crazy... DBX 118! I know you can find them and if you get a good line leveler, they give you this cool retro compression '70's sound. Great on guitars, me on a Gibson 335 Vox AC30 DBX 118...ohhh la la. I even heard that Oasis used them on their lst album...just thought I'd pass along a good new secret weapon. -a DIRTY HALO www.dirtyhalo.com |
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5th April 2008
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 279
| Andrews - thanks! thumbsup I was looking around for comments on the 118 some weeks back. Have since scored one at a very good price (it was covered in filth and dust and took some loving care) and having spent a week with it now, I love it! It's hard to make it sound bad.  One thing - I thought they were meant to be noisy, hissy units, but this one is pretty quiet. Oh, and it's been modded for TRS jacks, a bit of a bonus! Cheers, b. |
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6th April 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London
Posts: 2,030
| If you can get the DBX 128 or the 119 |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 431
| Shhhhhh! Quiet over here. Lest the prices start to get bumped up  Killer unit. I personally like the 118 the best out of that series. Step 1: Insert on room mics. Step 2: Fall in love. |
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6th April 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2005
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| Same VCA as DBX160 isn't it ? |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Warsaw, Poland
Posts: 213
| I use 117. The same thing, but only 2:1 compression/expander ratio. Still killer, if you want to bring some '70ties taste. Expander is great if you have a dead drum loop!! |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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Step 4: Profit! I'm new to dBx, so this is all good info, keep it coming  | |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear maniac Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 279
| I was surprised, I have to say. The dbx stuff I've come across before (mainly the newer stuff) was definitely not to my taste. I didn't like the 163 compressor much, either. The 118 came with a 100 subharmonic boom box (in the same style, wooden panels etc), but the jury's out on that... don't know how useful it is yet. |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: canada
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 | lol bimmer, you a poker player? |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Nashville, TN
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Phase 1: Collect Underpants Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit | |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear addict  | Quote:
It's not a secret weapon if you tell everyone?  | |
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6th April 2008
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Waterkant
Posts: 315
| nothing new  You hi-enders have to take a look at the low budget forum from time to time... |
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7th April 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: silverlake
Posts: 1,181
| 164's are pretty cool too. stereo unit its got a slider with an arrow that says more. thats it. its definitely a sound |
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