the Fly Clone Project

Patzag wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:03 am

Kriss wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:48 am

mmmguitar wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:13 pm I'm afraid my impression remains "Clapton 'woman' tone." To my ears, it simply sounds like a medium-output neck humbucker with the tone control all the way down.

In that case what would be the smartest way to recreate this with some "tool" in my effect chain, without having to use the tone pot every time, especially when playing rhythm on the bridged pickups.
I also would like to say Big Thank You to you and everyone who helped with their opinions in this!!!

If you can make a clean recording of all strings played together with the tone knob wide open and another rolled off and send them to me, I'll make a block in the FM9 that duplicates that behavior and send it to you,

Patzag wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:03 am

Kriss wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:48 am

mmmguitar wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:13 pm I'm afraid my impression remains "Clapton 'woman' tone." To my ears, it simply sounds like a medium-output neck humbucker with the tone control all the way down.

In that case what would be the smartest way to recreate this with some "tool" in my effect chain, without having to use the tone pot every time, especially when playing rhythm on the bridged pickups.
I also would like to say Big Thank You to you and everyone who helped with their opinions in this!!!

If you can make a clean recording of all strings played together with the tone knob wide open and another rolled off and send them to me, I'll make a block in the FM9 that duplicates that behavior and send it to you,

mmmguitar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:01 pm Fly pickups have a thin cushion of material glued to the baseplate, and you’ll compress this material by pushing down on it. Unscrew the two mounting screws until the pickup is free to move, push the pickup down to compress the cushion, then retighten the screws while keeping the pickup pushed down to the desired height. Note that there is little actual room to lower the pickup.

If you want the pickup even lower, remove the strings from the guitar, then loosen the pickup mounting screws until the pickup can be lifted up out of the rout. Turn the pickup over and remove the cushion by either peeling or prying it off, then replace the pickup and screw it back into place.

If, by chance, you're wanting to raise the pickups, then loosen the two mounting hex screws/polepieces until the pickup baseplate is disconnected from its mounting holes in the rout, lift the pickup to the desired height with one hand, then use the 3/32 allen key in your other hand to turn the mounting screws clockwise until they thread into the inserts in the rout. At that point, you can continue to hold the pickup at the desired height and screw the hex polepieces in until their tops are level and/or flush with the rest of your polepieces and/or the the face of the pickup.

For what it’s worth, the lack of pickup height adjustment may be my least favorite Fly quirk.

mmmguitar wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 2:32 pm @Kriss, I agree that Fly pickup adjustment is awkward and non-intuitive enough to steepen the initial learning curve. You're in good company:

mmmguitar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:01 pm Fly pickups have a thin cushion of material glued to the baseplate, and you’ll compress this material by pushing down on it. Unscrew the two mounting screws until the pickup is free to move, push the pickup down to compress the cushion, then retighten the screws while keeping the pickup pushed down to the desired height. Note that there is little actual room to lower the pickup.

If you want the pickup even lower, remove the strings from the guitar, then loosen the pickup mounting screws until the pickup can be lifted up out of the rout. Turn the pickup over and remove the cushion by either peeling or prying it off, then replace the pickup and screw it back into place.

If, by chance, you're wanting to raise the pickups, then loosen the two mounting hex screws/polepieces until the pickup baseplate is disconnected from its mounting holes in the rout, lift the pickup to the desired height with one hand, then use the 3/32 allen key in your other hand to turn the mounting screws clockwise until they thread into the inserts in the rout. At that point, you can continue to hold the pickup at the desired height and screw the hex polepieces in until their tops are level and/or flush with the rest of your polepieces and/or the the face of the pickup.

For what it’s worth, the lack of pickup height adjustment may be my least favorite Fly quirk.

I'm unsure as to which topic hashtag VJ would feel is most applicable to Fly pickup adjustment, for future reference to these posts. I'll likely just move these posts to the thread I quoted, once enough time passes without replies.

Kriss wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:59 pm Here is a short wav file of a clean Ab chord ( I am tuned ½ step down). Hope it will serve the purpose . Thanks beforehand for taking the time to do it.

Patzag wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:28 pm Here you go. Try this filter block, right after the input block ...

Parker Tone EQ_20230227_142641.blk.zip

Patzag wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 3:57 pm No problem.
I could probably get closer with a longer sample with higher frequency content.
But this should get pretty close.
You can AB it yourself easily by bypassing and rolling off the tone, and adjust the filter parameters to taste.

Patzag wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:28 pm Here you go. Try this filter block, right after the input block ...

Parker Tone EQ_20230227_142641.blk.zip

Patzag wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 9:27 am No problem ... Pretty basic:

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