ISP Decimator G-String II

[CommonCourtesy]

Possibly, I had it on 12 o'clock to start, then rolled it back down to 10. Still the same issue. Clicked it off and i had the annoying hiss/hum/durrrr sounds but no volume loss.

Hoping the ISP won't do that if i set it properly.

And no i had it in the T-rex fuel tank junior so no issue with power!

[Dave Sloven]

Could be an issue with the pedal.

When you get the ISP you should find that you can set it around 11.30 or noon.

[CommonCourtesy]

I suspect so cos when i clicked it off there was consistent volume levels.

I like how the ISP is just one knob, no nonsense!

It shouldn't interfere with any tone should it? I noticed some top end loss with the NS-2 hence why i don't like using it. Was just mucking about with my amp and guitars trying to figure out if i'm using stuff properly.

[Dave Sloven]

You'll find out soon enough when it arrives.

I haven't experienced anything with mine when it is set properly, although if you go to cleans you might notice it doesn't ring out quite as long as it would with it off.  If that bothers you just click it of when you go to cleans, as you won't need it then really anyway.  Personally I just leave it on

[CommonCourtesy]

I don't use cleans in this band, i have a crunchy clean sound which i expect to be less noisy but the new Aftermath pickup i installed has tons of sustain so i don't think i'd need to click it off, hope not cos i am already clicking off a tubescreamer, it'll be a mini-tap-dance haha.

[CommonCourtesy]

The Decimator arrived earlier today:



Built like a brick, quite heavy when i first opened the box!

Slots into my pedalboard set up nicely and i got all the connections right:



This pedal is AMAZING! No noise coming from the pre-amp, all the hum, hiss and derrr sounds are non-existent! Well worth the money spent and very impressed with how quick it arrived from America, i ordered it on the 8th.

Have tried playing with the ISP clicked on and off and there's no real difference to tone, no volume drops and stop start chugging riffs are nice and tight.

The dial is on about 11 o'clock as Agent Orange suggested i think, if i use more pre-amp gain i whack it up to 12 or 1 and it seems to kill noise nicely.

Very happy with this and the NS-2 can go f**k off haha.

[Dave Sloven]

See I told you it would kill the fizzies!  It's just a matter of connecting it right and having a constant source of 9V.  I pulled the rubber foot off of mine, cleaned it with some white spirit underneath to remove the glue and then stuck velcro to the metal plate.  Although I think it did come with some small pieces of velcro I lost those in the months between buying the pedal and setting up a board.

If you expand on your board at all just keep in mind the principle of time-based effects after the ISP.  You can put other effects in the loop before it.  For example, if you had an EQ and a delay you would put the EQ before the DEC IN and the delay after the DEC OUT.  It's all quite simple when you have it in your hands and can visualize everything in 3D

[CommonCourtesy]

Yeah mate! Well worth the money and the wait!
 
Why did you get rid of the rubber foot? Are you talking about the stomp area or the bit on the bottom of the pedal?

I might actually have to keep my NS-2 cos in band practice tonight i had lots of feedback from the newly installed pickups, the amp i use in there isn't actually that noisy, its coming from the guitar so i may just use the NS-2 in practices. Makes stop start chugging a bit cleaner.

[Dave Sloven]

The rubber underneath, just because when rubber warms up the velcro can peel off.  While your velcro is still sticking I wouldn't worry about it.  Like I said I lost those two pieces of velcro that came with it, so I used one long wide strip of velcro that came with my Pedaltrain.  Pedaltrain advice removing feet from the bottom of pedals before using velcro

I'm glad that it's worked out for you, and also that you have very sensibly placed the pedal where it can protect that cable going into the back of your Peavey footswitch.  If your vocalist is jumping around the place the worst that's going to happen is that he'll turn the ISP off.  Those things are built like a brick (although I'd probably be more worried about him stepping on the wireless!)

[CommonCourtesy]

Hmm didn't think of that, sometimes the pedal won't stick properly to the board which is rather annoying, but i have a tendency to move stuff around so i don't want it on there fully permanently.

Yeah the footswitch actually has a dodgy connector which is why you can see in the photo its a bit wonky, this happened to the guy who sold it to me, someone must've stepped on it and yanked it loose! He was covered by warranty though so I'm getting a new one sent to me, they don't look cheap to replace!

I don't think he'd be that manic to turn it off haha, depends on the size of the stage we play on, usually he stays fairly central and goes out into the audience. Someone did kick one of the antenna's on the wireless receiver however, so i had to get a replacement, its so fragile!!

And yes I do like how sturdy they are, not that will need to turn it on/off that much during the set.

[Dave Sloven]

That's why I have the hook velcro (the grabby one) on the board and the loop velcro (the softer one) on my pedals.  If I want to remove them it seems to be easier, and I can even sit them on the carpet and I don't notice the difference from having the foot.  Where you notice not having the foot is if you sit the pedal directly on a hard floor.  It will slide around whereas a foot will grip a smooth floor more.

The only real problems I've had have been when I've tried to stick velcro to rubber.  As I said before, when it warms up the velcro backing starts to loose its grip on rubber.  It sticks much better to metal or plastic

[CommonCourtesy]

Hmm i might consider that, i just want pedals that will live in the case for the band stuff and anything else i swap in and out not to permanent.

I guess it survived a tour with them being in place so I'm sure a few gigs a month it'll be alright for now!

[CommonCourtesy]

Right, so i had my first gig using this last night, it does cut out pre-amp noise very well, however i experienced a bit of feedback from my pickup, which made stop/start riffing a little bit squeaky, also if the dirty channel is kicked on and i move my hands off the strings or stand in a certain position it will squeal a bit. The threshold knob is on 12 o'clock and sometimes 1 o'clock but i find it cuts off the note sustain esp if doing pinch harmonics. Do i need another suppressor after my guitar to stop it, or is it just a case of controlling the feedback via the guitar?

[JimmyMoorby]

You need a noise gate and the isp decimator and isnt a noise gate its a noise reducer as ive said before its not worth the cash or its reputation hence why I sold mine.  The boss does both but supposedly the problem is it 'sucks tone' which is debatable and the isp is definitely as transparent as you can get

In all seriousness though I use 2 x NS2's.  One in the x pattern to get rid of all hum and pre amp noise and pedal noise and one set to maximum for high gain setting on my amp.  No noise at all at gigging, practising or recording volumes and I have a 5150 iii amp with the gain maxed and presence high AND a boss od-3 switched on sometimes.

Also if you havent considered it dont mix and match cable brands this is  recent discovery of mine which has eliminated noise (Although the ns2 would have sorted it but why do that to your singal anyway....).

Maybe you could use the isp to get rid of pre amp noise etc itll work great for that but use the boss for an actual noise gate.

[Dave Sloven]

There's not much between his guitar and amp though, just a wireless receiver, a tuner, and a screamer.  I have a great big 'spaceship' of a board with all kinds of bells and whistles and I don't have that issue.  Unless it's in the wireless (which I doubt) I'm guessing it's being generated in the guitar and needs to be tackled there.

I have a friend who plays an old 5150 II with NO pedals at all and he doesn't complain about uncontrollable feedback, although he can get a Hellhammer impression pretty easily if he wants to let it feed back.