I happen to have a Rangemaster pedal that I built myself, it uses a single AC128 PNP Germanium transistor, and I get pretty good results out of it, the resistors, caps, diecast aluminium case and all the hardware and etc cost me less than Au$100.00.
I put mine together from old parts that I had lying around. Put the old PNP germanium circuit into a small A sized Al case, biased it and it rocks!! Total costs: less than 15 bucks :D
I've used the ac128 to build these. I like the sft352 the best. Gets rid of that cocked wah nasally sound. Also went with 25k pot. Added a little gain to it
Hi Johan, Excellent Video 👍👍👍. You really Captured the sound of the late 60's and 70's, Treble Boosters are coming back, I recently bought a Keeley Vintage Germanium Ecstasy Treble Booster which is Brilliant, also a Laney Black Country Customs TI Boost based on Tony Iommi's Dallas Rangemaster which is my Favourite! Thank you for the Excellent Demo. Happy Holidays ♥️👍. Melbourne, Australia.
It's a classic pedal: only worth $4000 to a collector, but you can find them cheaper if you aren't too worried about cosmetic condition. Technically it's a rather coloured, frequency-dependent boost, which means that it imparts its own sound to your signal rather than just boosting it, and that sound changes as you wind it up due to different frequencies and harmonics being emphasised. It's neither a clean boost, nor a full-range boost, nor an overdrive, nor a distortion. It was designed specifically to improve the treble response of dark-sounding British amps at the point of breakup - particularly with humbuckers - without muddying up the lower frequencies: and it does that, but also adds something of its own. It's worth remembering that these units were built with the standard components of the day, not special unobtanium components, and all of them will have deteriorated in various ways due to normal ageing (capacitors and germanium transistors become leaky, and resistors fall out of their tolerance bands). It's unlikely that any surviving example sounds exactly as it did when manufactured, and loose quality control meant that individual units varied. Manufacturers of clones all seem to agree that the transistor is crucial to the sound, but vintage transistors - even transistors that have never been used - will still have aged during fifty years on the shelf. You simply can't buy new OC44s any more. All modern versions will be a compromise to some degree.
according to internet lore (the only aspect of these things I have any expertise on) it's the 1960's germanium transistor that's "magical". there's some clones that use nos transistors based on that idea. I'm pretty skeptical that there's any difference between a modern transistor a vintage one but I can tell the difference between old British/US tubes and new Russian/Chinese ones.or at least I've convinced my self I can
well I'm guessing it's a lot like aging nice instruments you can recreate everything except time and natural attrition which does affect tone. Otherwise why the price tags, who knows fallacy or reality. I know in my reality I'd rather pay 5 months rent than have that pedal and live vicariously through Johan.
Actually, germanium transistors have some characteristics that silicon transistors don't have. Considerably higher leakage, lower gain, higher internal capacitance, and of course, less reliability. If you want get the sound of an original rangemaster, just get some nos germanium transistors and try them until you find a good one. If you wanna get the result you want from the rangemaster, which is to boost the treble and mids to overdrive the tubes with more clarity (if you're using a "dark sounding" amp, like a Vox) get a low gain silicon transistor, and change the value of the components a little bit. You'll get less hiss, more reliability and stability. Mine uses a BC 107 with its Hfe measuring about 120, and a 4n7 input capacitor. Works just great, and as it is npn, I can use the same power supply from the other pedals.
Jason Levey mojo is the core of today's music instruments industry. Tonewoods, nos ultra rare impossible to find components, pickups wound by monks in Nepal, "period correct" resistors, still work because people convince themselves that are paying for quality. In most cases they aren't.
Black Country Custom's TI Boost is an awesome recreation of the Dallas Rangemaster with a few of Tony Iommi's mods. Definitely worth getting if you're looking for a bit of Rangemaster grit and drive.
I made a clone using 2SB175 I pulled out of some old radio years ago. I have NOS AC128's here but I didnt even bother trying them. Loved what I heard first up. Im sure my pedal doesnt sound the same as the one in the video but I love it. If like me you don't have hundreds to spend on pedals, make your own. Its ridiculously easy, no more than 25 components in this build. That's including jacks, foot switch etc. I like germanium not because of wank factor but because it sounds smoother or spongier which suits the tones Im chasing. I have Si fuzz pedals I like too. Thanks to Johan for the upload. Sounds amazing, especially on single coils. Love seeing old gear, just cant afford it myself.
14 minutes passed away to fast! This is a really nice presentation of the amp. Killer sound and a lot of awesome riffs! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!! Zigfrid
Bought mine in late 80's for 20 quid. One of my first "pedals".No one wanted them at that time and seen as a bit old fashioned.Guitarists only seemed to want tube screamers..Love mine and would never sell..
Johan, you always amaze me with your videos. It's funny how a hand full of discrete components sound so good. 4000 for an original with a box. The inventor never would have thought the box would achieve legendary status. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you. Ed
This would cut straight through any mix. Made the LP come alive; would love to put it through a JTM45 & an SG! Thanks for letting us hear the real thing 🤘
The reissues sound so close to the original, its scary! And very handy to take out to gigs, instead of a "4k" original. There are just a few companies whose reissues sound the closest to the originals(BPC,Colorsound,etc..)
That does sound sweet. So glad you’re doing this so I don’t have to buy any of this gear! Haha. I liked the LP better with everything dimed. Seems to make things super crispy.
The design is like 5 resistors, 4 capacitors, a transistor (and a partridge in a pear tree). You can make it yourself or buy the parts and find a tech to put it together for you and it won't cost you 4 grand ;o;
I could never pay $4K for a pedal that's got $10 of parts in it. The germanium transistors do have certain qualities to them over silicons that make these pedals sound better. But you can also build it with other NOS germaniums if you can find one with the right gain range, or tweek the resistors to suit. Germaniums are getting harder and harder to find though - lucky I bought out Dick Smith's supply in the late 90's when they were clearing them out ;)
That's a statement that's made by someone with way more money than me.I still haven't found a drive peddle that I like better than amp overdrive. I've got a twin tub classic that's kind of cool. But mostly my paddleboard in a crybaby, and a scrip logal 90 and once a year I use the phase.
The statement is made in relation to the function it provides. I’d like to think that those calls can be made without involving bank statements. It’s out of my price range too
@@JohanSegeborn just thinking for 4k you can buy a nice r9 from the 90s and a good tube amp. That might sound good but I believe the prices on this stuff is ridiculous but whatever someone will pay I guess
The legend I heard was Tony Iommi used one because the Laneys he had were bass amps and he wanted a Marshall tone, but Laney was the only company to sponsor him. Could just be a legend 🤷♂️
I think they were amplifiers meant for guitar and bass, they have two channels like Plexis. He probabily wanted a bit more clarity when pushing hard the amp, and when he found out the result he never went back, just like May and Gallagher and others. If you think about it, Marshall's first amp was a Fender bass amp copy and was used for guitar. In those times the only thing that mattered was getting a way of making your instrument loud enough to be heared, and circuits and cabinets weren't as differentiated as today. You can find amps meant for guitar/bass/keyboards which by today's standards only sound good on guitar, and bass amps that sound better with guitar etc. Ampeg, Acoustic and Sunn were the first who pioneered a true bass-oriented amplifier and cabinet.
jeffrey lazzarini, sr, Hi, I have the Laney TI Black Country Customs Boost, It's an Amazing Pedal, I can get so many different Tones, as well as the Great Tony Iommi. I also bought a Keeley Germanium Ecstasy Treble Booster, I prefer the the TI Boost from Laney though. Take care, Happy Holidays 👍. Melbourne, Australia.
For any DIY heads out there wanting a piec e of the vintage overdrive action on a budget: www.seymourduncan.com/tonefiend/diy/meet-the-fiendmastera-new-tonefiend-diy-club-project/ There's a step by step guide too, so it's very beginner friendly. Well worth the time and the £20 you'll spend on components
@@kimhansen6384 - Brian May did use one. He got the ides from Rory Gallagher who was using one with his strat/Vox rig. Brian went to see him once in concert and asked him how he got his tone. Soon Brian went to a store and picked himself a used vox ac30 along with a Dallas Rangemaster , hooked up his Red Special and boom, he got his sound. Later he went on to use other treble boosters but from the late 60s til about 1978 , his sound was primarily the Dallas Rangemaster.
Reports on the BCC have Bern positive, but they use a Silicon transistor which is notably different from Germanium ones. Silicon ones are consistent, so you'll know what to expect, tonally, at least from one unit to another.
I used to own a 59 Deluxe and with this Range master It doesn't sound like a Deluxe it sounds weird to me. You should have run it through a 4X12 I would love to hear what that sounds like. The 5E3 is still my favorite amp and I'm planning to build one one of these days.
We’ve had the pleasure to play numerous vintage Tweeds here at the channel and this is by far the best 12” tweed I’ve played. It does indeed sound different from most other Tweeds and the Tweed Deluxe reissues built today.
Sounds like the situation I had when I plugged a cheap Chinese klon clone into my '58 deluxe, with a fender broadcaster, and jumped back cuz I was getting that Billy Squire "stroke me" tone.
Sounds a little bit like when you use a Wah Wah pedal as an Eq. I use a Fulltone Deluxe as "mid booster" so I avoid muddy sound when I play with a lot of distortion. All tough Im not a big fan of the muff sound, the Rangemaster do transform the sound dramatically.
Billy Gibbons? 🤔On witch album ? 🤔 The magic of the treble booster is the way they change the resonant peak when rolling the volume down. Old fuzzes do the same. Full on the guitar and you have a mid boost with à bass cut, roll down the sound gets clearer, almost like a single coil.
Have anyone tried the Hughes & Kettner Cream Machine from 1989? I use one myself in my rig, it is supposed to sound like a cranked Marshall. It is very small and only 1 watt with a preamp and masteramp, but you can choose to bypass the master if you want to. I use it as a preamp into my Ibanez amp and it does do a good job IMO of nailing the cranked Marshall.
@@simonkarlssonroxx7233 great. It really stands out in the demos every time. I like that it's chunky but also sweet and delicate. Paired with great amp/pedal sound. You Have to make a song out of this and let us know when ready. I'd buy it even without vocal just instrumental.
Hi Johan how about you and Josh swap guitars for a video just curious to the difference between the guitar's in different hand's good video as usual my friend
The divided by 13 is an exact replica of the Dallas with an extra notched tone knob. At the 1 setting it sounds like the original and with the knob on 5 it is a full range boost. The critical thing with this pedal is to plug it into the second normal channel of a Marshall or Laney. Or the darkest sounding channel of your amp. This way you get the added boost gain and brightness. I wouldn’t use it on a bright channel. ruclips.net/video/NmTAoo8hPCc/видео.html
A single emitter collector circuit with a germanium npn is barely worth $100. It adds gain and some germanium non-linearity for hotter signals, plus some poor input and output buffering that adds filtering effects. I could build something similar for $2 worth of electronics. This is only worth it for collectors.
I made one with phillips resistors Orange drop caps and sockets for the transistor.. I can put silicon or germanium npn...is a cool pedal...for less than 140$
@@sneifert1968 www.electrosmash.com/images/tech/rangemaster/dallas-rangemaster-schematic-parts.png I bet you can find a professional electrician who can build it for you in your area. I'm from Italy, shipping price would be much higher than 50 bucks.
Its like water. How? Think of distilled de ionised water. Its just perfect h20. It also tastes rank. The same can be said for modern components, very very close to perfection but no flavour. If you want to clone it you're gonna have to pick up some period equipment you can part out.
Oh' come now...the price of 4 DALLAS ARBITER SOUND CITY FULL STACKS?! Of course the Rangemaster is the golden shimmer elixir! But not for 4 G's! I can build you one in 15 minutes for $50. I just built one with a famous CK722 ! I found 46 CK722 transistors trash picking👍The 1st consumer transistor... great *CK722 Museum* site. Check it out.
@Keating Simons You will find the schematics on the internet, and it doesn't require that much skills to make it. Anyone who have some understanding of the basics of a transistor can solder it together.
@@BigTrouble324 Yes, but it is not that easy to measure the Germanium transistor. Their specs vary wildly, and a lot of them are unusable. I bought some ´handpicked´ OC75 from a known vendor that had so much leakage that I had to throw them out.
@@kimhansen6384 I used 2N-388 to get negative ground, and it's pretty stable. Those old Mullard OC transistors are known to be unstable, and pretty noisy too.
4000$ ! No way. I'm not a collector nor a museum curator. It's a very simple and well documented circuit. Many (+/-) verbatim clones on the market, some really good. And the amp top box format of the original is unpractical. I have an H.B.E. Germania, bought it used for less than 100 €..
Old stock transistor... There is nothing special here with this circuit... As electronics tech.. I've built many pedals over the years.. These are to easy to build.. And yet these type of range masters are sold for high price.. There's a amp builders place in Scotland that copy's fender amps and charges double money.. Again any good engineer can build a amp!
No, it's not worth it man, it's not worth 4k, and it surely doesn't sound unique. That's typical guitarists speculations, take a step back off what you read online yo!
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I happen to have a Rangemaster pedal that I built myself, it uses a single AC128 PNP Germanium transistor, and I get pretty good results out of it, the resistors, caps, diecast aluminium case and all the hardware and etc cost me less than Au$100.00.
I put mine together from old parts that I had lying around. Put the old PNP germanium circuit into a small A sized Al case, biased it and it rocks!! Total costs: less than 15 bucks :D
I've used the ac128 to build these. I like the sft352 the best. Gets rid of that cocked wah nasally sound. Also went with 25k pot. Added a little gain to it
I have one! I bought it in the U.K. in 1996... Holy crap, they’re worth a lot now...
I would still sell it off somewhere anyone's willing to pay $4,000.
Congrats! I only have a copy :-)
Me too. Bought mine in Amsterdam for €200
Goodness gracious, that is such a classic and timeless tone. Could listen to this for hours. Cheers Johan!
Cheers Sam!
Rarity & mythical status be damned, $4,000 for a Pedal is INSANE !!!
yeah, but it'll be $5000 next year, so fuck it! thats how i justify the spends to my girlfriend anyway!
The Gibson sounds great but the Rangemaster really makes the Strat sing and what an amp the wonderful Tweed Deluxe...sweet
Hi Johan, Excellent Video 👍👍👍.
You really Captured the sound of the late 60's and 70's, Treble Boosters are coming back, I recently bought a Keeley Vintage Germanium Ecstasy Treble Booster which is Brilliant, also a Laney Black Country Customs TI Boost based on Tony Iommi's Dallas Rangemaster which is my Favourite!
Thank you for the Excellent Demo.
Happy Holidays ♥️👍.
Melbourne, Australia.
Thanks John! Happy Holidays!
Johan Segeborn Your Welcome♥️👍.
Take care♥️🎁🎁🎁
It's a classic pedal: only worth $4000 to a collector, but you can find them cheaper if you aren't too worried about cosmetic condition. Technically it's a rather coloured, frequency-dependent boost, which means that it imparts its own sound to your signal rather than just boosting it, and that sound changes as you wind it up due to different frequencies and harmonics being emphasised. It's neither a clean boost, nor a full-range boost, nor an overdrive, nor a distortion. It was designed specifically to improve the treble response of dark-sounding British amps at the point of breakup - particularly with humbuckers - without muddying up the lower frequencies: and it does that, but also adds something of its own.
It's worth remembering that these units were built with the standard components of the day, not special unobtanium components, and all of them will have deteriorated in various ways due to normal ageing (capacitors and germanium transistors become leaky, and resistors fall out of their tolerance bands). It's unlikely that any surviving example sounds exactly as it did when manufactured, and loose quality control meant that individual units varied. Manufacturers of clones all seem to agree that the transistor is crucial to the sound, but vintage transistors - even transistors that have never been used - will still have aged during fifty years on the shelf. You simply can't buy new OC44s any more. All modern versions will be a compromise to some degree.
according to internet lore (the only aspect of these things I have any expertise on) it's the 1960's germanium transistor that's "magical". there's some clones that use nos transistors based on that idea. I'm pretty skeptical that there's any difference between a modern transistor a vintage one but I can tell the difference between old British/US tubes and new Russian/Chinese ones.or at least I've convinced my self I can
well I'm guessing it's a lot like aging nice instruments you can recreate everything except time and natural attrition which does affect tone. Otherwise why the price tags, who knows fallacy or reality. I know in my reality I'd rather pay 5 months rent than have that pedal and live vicariously through Johan.
Actually, germanium transistors have some characteristics that silicon transistors don't have. Considerably higher leakage, lower gain, higher internal capacitance, and of course, less reliability.
If you want get the sound of an original rangemaster, just get some nos germanium transistors and try them until you find a good one. If you wanna get the result you want from the rangemaster, which is to boost the treble and mids to overdrive the tubes with more clarity (if you're using a "dark sounding" amp, like a Vox) get a low gain silicon transistor, and change the value of the components a little bit. You'll get less hiss, more reliability and stability.
Mine uses a BC 107 with its Hfe measuring about 120, and a 4n7 input capacitor. Works just great, and as it is npn, I can use the same power supply from the other pedals.
Jason Levey mojo is the core of today's music instruments industry. Tonewoods, nos ultra rare impossible to find components, pickups wound by monks in Nepal, "period correct" resistors, still work because people convince themselves that are paying for quality. In most cases they aren't.
Black Country Custom's TI Boost is an awesome recreation of the Dallas Rangemaster with a few of Tony Iommi's mods. Definitely worth getting if you're looking for a bit of Rangemaster grit and drive.
I’m definitely gonna get that one. I am a huge Tony Iommi fan
I made a clone using 2SB175 I pulled out of some old radio years ago. I have NOS AC128's here but I didnt even bother trying them. Loved what I heard first up. Im sure my pedal doesnt sound the same as the one in the video but I love it.
If like me you don't have hundreds to spend on pedals, make your own. Its ridiculously easy, no more than 25 components in this build. That's including jacks, foot switch etc.
I like germanium not because of wank factor but because it sounds smoother or spongier which suits the tones Im chasing.
I have Si fuzz pedals I like too.
Thanks to Johan for the upload. Sounds amazing, especially on single coils. Love seeing old gear, just cant afford it myself.
Tone heaven today!! What great sounds, and so inspiring! Thanks for everything Johan!
Thanks Andy! :-)
I have a real one, and it’s 100% true. Most mojo you can ever imagine.
At around 3:56 I felt a early Stones-Jumping Jack Flash tone
Glad to hear it!
Simple peddle that shapes the tone so well. Especially when you push a valve amp. Great invention, cool demonstration.....thanks
Thanks John!
Absolutely awesome... what a tone, nice playing too!
Thanks! Glad to hear it
Finally someone to demo it with a tweed fender amp! Just what I needed to hear. Thanks Johan!
Just about everything on RUclips is demo'd on a tweed or some fendery sounding amp 🤷♂️
Thanks Simon and Johan!
Well done and thanks for sharing Brothers! Be Well!
Thanks Brother!
14 minutes passed away to fast! This is a really nice presentation of the amp. Killer sound and a lot of awesome riffs! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!
Zigfrid
You have a great one too!
Amazing tones dudes well done
Thanks James, great to hear that
Awesome video! One of my favorite channels
Thanks Jacob!
Bought mine in late 80's for 20 quid. One of my first "pedals".No one wanted them at that time and seen as a bit old fashioned.Guitarists only seemed to want tube screamers..Love mine and would never sell..
Johan, you always amaze me with your videos. It's funny how a hand full of discrete components sound so good. 4000 for an original with a box. The inventor never would have thought the box would achieve legendary status.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you.
Ed
Merry Christmas Ed! ;-)
Great sounds! Wow, what a pedal
Thanks!
Johan Segeborn Also, I will from now own always pronounce Jensen, Yenson!!
8:20... awesome tone. 9:25 too. Thanks Simon.
Les Paul sounds amazing. Killer guitar and playing.
The effect that changed it all. As distorted guitar tone became popular .the rangemaster was the first choice ...
The box that rocks
This would cut straight through any mix. Made the LP come alive; would love to put it through a JTM45 & an SG! Thanks for letting us hear the real thing 🤘
Thanks Toni!
Johan is caling.Here I am :-).Great video as always.Thank you!!!
Thanks! ;-) Cheers
That is what gave many english players killer tone back in the day. Recently found out Rory Gallagher used one too.
Cool licks lads!
Thanks, glad you like them!
It sounds amazing...
The reissues sound so close to the original, its scary! And very handy to take out to gigs, instead of a "4k" original. There are just a few companies whose reissues sound the closest to the originals(BPC,Colorsound,etc..)
God that Les Paul sounds good!!!
Thanks Joe!
All I can say is : wow!!!
Thanks Vincenzo!
Very nice sounding pedal, but from my ear its the players then their guitars followed by the amp that make the sounds shine.
Thanks Jake! :-)
That does sound sweet. So glad you’re doing this so I don’t have to buy any of this gear! Haha. I liked the LP better with everything dimed. Seems to make things super crispy.
Thanks Scott! :-)
The design is like 5 resistors, 4 capacitors, a transistor (and a partridge in a pear tree). You can make it yourself or buy the parts and find a tech to put it together for you and it won't cost you 4 grand ;o;
I could never pay $4K for a pedal that's got $10 of parts in it. The germanium transistors do have certain qualities to them over silicons that make these pedals sound better. But you can also build it with other NOS germaniums if you can find one with the right gain range, or tweek the resistors to suit. Germaniums are getting harder and harder to find though - lucky I bought out Dick Smith's supply in the late 90's when they were clearing them out ;)
That's a statement that's made by someone with way more money than me.I still haven't found a drive peddle that I like better than amp overdrive. I've got a twin tub classic that's kind of cool. But mostly my paddleboard in a crybaby, and a scrip logal 90 and once a year I use the phase.
The statement is made in relation to the function it provides. I’d like to think that those calls can be made without involving bank statements. It’s out of my price range too
@@JohanSegeborn just thinking for 4k you can buy a nice r9 from the 90s and a good tube amp. That might sound good but I believe the prices on this stuff is ridiculous but whatever someone will pay I guess
Great demo! My clone is the only pedal that is on all the time. It's like Tobasco sauce for your tone 🌶️
Thanks Carl!
The rangemaster is great but nothing like the fuzz face though. Just my opinion, can’t believe how it woke up the tone!
The legend I heard was Tony Iommi used one because the Laneys he had were bass amps and he wanted a Marshall tone, but Laney was the only company to sponsor him. Could just be a legend 🤷♂️
I think they were amplifiers meant for guitar and bass, they have two channels like Plexis. He probabily wanted a bit more clarity when pushing hard the amp, and when he found out the result he never went back, just like May and Gallagher and others. If you think about it, Marshall's first amp was a Fender bass amp copy and was used for guitar. In those times the only thing that mattered was getting a way of making your instrument loud enough to be heared, and circuits and cabinets weren't as differentiated as today. You can find amps meant for guitar/bass/keyboards which by today's standards only sound good on guitar, and bass amps that sound better with guitar etc. Ampeg, Acoustic and Sunn were the first who pioneered a true bass-oriented amplifier and cabinet.
Beautiful!!!
Thanks Tommy!
Have you tried the Laney Ti Boost Black Country Customs Tony Iommi ? Ps Thanks for all the vids and info!
jeffrey lazzarini, sr, Hi, I have the Laney TI Black Country Customs Boost, It's an Amazing Pedal, I can get so many different Tones, as well as the Great Tony Iommi.
I also bought a Keeley Germanium Ecstasy Treble Booster, I prefer the the TI Boost from Laney though.
Take care, Happy Holidays 👍.
Melbourne, Australia.
Thanks! No not yet but I’m a HUGE Tony Iommi fan!
Nice sounding amp
$4000?! That new fulltone ranger sounds like a pretty good deal now.
SHOULD be EPIC! \m/
Thanks man! 😀🤟
i find it weird that a circuit will cost more than a strat sometimes
How does this compare to the K&B Range II you played?
We’re gonna compare them soon. The K&B is the next best thing so far though for me
Where’d you find that copy?? Sounds great!
For any DIY heads out there wanting a piec e of the vintage overdrive action on a budget:
www.seymourduncan.com/tonefiend/diy/meet-the-fiendmastera-new-tonefiend-diy-club-project/
There's a step by step guide too, so it's very beginner friendly. Well worth the time and the £20 you'll spend on components
Supply and demand can be a funny thing.
This reminds me of Fruscante. Yeah I know he doesn't use one. Also Jimi, Jimmy, Tony, Brian etc. Just good rock and roll...
I don´t think Jimi Hendrix used one. And I am not sure about Brian May, normally he is mentioned with Silicon treble boosters, which also sounds good.
@@kimhansen6384 - Brian May did use one. He got the ides from Rory Gallagher who was using one with his strat/Vox rig. Brian went to see him once in concert and asked him how he got his tone. Soon Brian went to a store and picked himself a used vox ac30 along with a Dallas Rangemaster , hooked up his Red Special and boom, he got his sound. Later he went on to use other treble boosters but from the late 60s til about 1978 , his sound was primarily the Dallas Rangemaster.
That thing sounds incredible. Ranks with that 200w monster Marshall.
Thanks! 😊🤟
Awesome !!
What About the Laney Black Country Customs Tony Iommi Signature Boost?
Reports on the BCC have Bern positive, but they use a Silicon transistor which is notably different from Germanium ones. Silicon ones are consistent, so you'll know what to expect, tonally, at least from one unit to another.
I've got a byoc tri boost..... A clone. Imo it sounds great with a overdriven amp
The Byoc sounds great indeed
I’ll trade my 1965 rangemaster for a 50s deluxe. 🤠
I used to own a 59 Deluxe and with this Range master It doesn't sound like a Deluxe it sounds weird to me. You should have run it through a 4X12 I would love to hear what that sounds like. The 5E3 is still my favorite amp and I'm planning to build one one of these days.
We’ve had the pleasure to play numerous vintage Tweeds here at the channel and this is by far the best 12” tweed I’ve played. It does indeed sound different from most other Tweeds and the Tweed Deluxe reissues built today.
Sounds like the situation I had when I plugged a cheap Chinese klon clone into my '58 deluxe, with a fender broadcaster, and jumped back cuz I was getting that Billy Squire "stroke me" tone.
Sounds a little bit like when you use a Wah Wah pedal as an Eq. I use a Fulltone Deluxe as "mid booster" so I avoid muddy sound when I play with a lot of distortion. All tough Im not a big fan of the muff sound, the Rangemaster do transform the sound dramatically.
Billy Gibbons? 🤔On witch album ? 🤔
The magic of the treble booster is the way they change the resonant peak when rolling the volume down. Old fuzzes do the same. Full on the guitar and you have a mid boost with à bass cut, roll down the sound gets clearer, almost like a single coil.
I actually don’t know which album. Simon worked the guitar tone and volume knobs a lot in this video. I had them on full
Have anyone tried the Hughes & Kettner Cream Machine from 1989? I use one myself in my rig, it is supposed to sound like a cranked Marshall. It is very small and only 1 watt with a preamp and masteramp, but you can choose to bypass the master if you want to. I use it as a preamp into my Ibanez amp and it does do a good job IMO of nailing the cranked Marshall.
Cool, I’m gonna google that one right now
ruclips.net/video/xiay2J8fMkk/видео.html
@@JohanSegeborn They are quite cheap, not many people know about them. I do not know how many units were created of it.
Cream Machine h&k its great.
Change 12ax6 to 12au7 for less gain.
@@OwixTV Wow. I never thought of that. Thanks for the Idea. I will buy one this minute.
Great pedal. Ordered a clone last week. Oc44 are getting rare.
Love what Simon plays at 9:15. Please tell me what song it is.
Joe Farmer that’s one of my riffs. Thanx!
@@simonkarlssonroxx7233 great. It really stands out in the demos every time. I like that it's chunky but also sweet and delicate. Paired with great amp/pedal sound.
You Have to make a song out of this and let us know when ready. I'd buy it even without vocal just instrumental.
Unfortunately, vintage shops are limiting them to 2 per customer because of corona virus.
Not fussed at all with how it sounds with the Gibson, but that pedal rules with single coil fenders
They have created a faithful reissue that is pretty much EXACTLY the same.... it is made by the same company.
Hi Johan how about you and Josh swap guitars for a video just curious to the difference between the guitar's in different hand's good video as usual my friend
Thanks my friend! You mean Simon, right?
@@JohanSegeborn yes brain freeze
2:21: The circuir really seems to be made by an electronic amateur. However, it sounds like hell
I`ll take two !
Cheers ;-)
The divided by 13 is an exact replica of the Dallas with an extra notched tone knob. At the 1 setting it sounds like the original and with the knob on 5 it is a full range boost. The critical thing with this pedal is to plug it into the second normal channel of a Marshall or Laney. Or the darkest sounding channel of your amp. This way you get the added boost gain and brightness. I wouldn’t use it on a bright channel. ruclips.net/video/NmTAoo8hPCc/видео.html
When are you going to demo that OX cab/amp?
You do realize there are like less than 12 parts in that thing and it can be wired up in a few minutes right?
could you compare this to a jmi replica please
Cheers mate
Absolutrly, Cheers!
I’d love to see this compared to a Timmy pedal made by Paul Cochrane.
Cool, I’ll take a look at the Timmy
09:16 is this from any song or is he just noodling? It sounds so darn familiar :D
From this channel perhaps?
Plenty of VOX Amps, at least you could have tried to play some Brian May Riffs.
A single emitter collector circuit with a germanium npn is barely worth $100. It adds gain and some germanium non-linearity for hotter signals, plus some poor input and output buffering that adds filtering effects. I could build something similar for $2 worth of electronics.
This is only worth it for collectors.
Top!!!
Cheers Edgar
i built my own from balsa wood and a brillo pad for 27 cents.
I'll smoke to that
@@mikeanderson4770 Tweed or WEED??
JImmy Page tone right there
pretty sure a rangemaster off is in order thanks Johan
People are all "Oh my god $4000 is crazy". Funny thing is good luck finding one for $4000 at this point.
;-)
A $150 clone is much more worth it. $4000? Nope
You can build your own with less than 20 bucks worth of electronic components, even better if you spend a little more to find some vintage ones.
I made one with phillips resistors Orange drop caps and sockets for the transistor.. I can put silicon or germanium npn...is a cool pedal...for less than 140$
Yeah so screw $4k hey
@@LoosegripGR I pay ya $50 to build me one.
@@sneifert1968 www.electrosmash.com/images/tech/rangemaster/dallas-rangemaster-schematic-parts.png
I bet you can find a professional electrician who can build it for you in your area. I'm from Italy, shipping price would be much higher than 50 bucks.
Its like water.
How?
Think of distilled de ionised water. Its just perfect h20. It also tastes rank.
The same can be said for modern components, very very close to perfection but no flavour.
If you want to clone it you're gonna have to pick up some period equipment you can part out.
Oh' come now...the price of 4 DALLAS ARBITER SOUND CITY FULL STACKS?! Of course the Rangemaster is the golden shimmer elixir! But not for 4 G's! I can build you one in 15 minutes for $50. I just built one with a famous CK722 ! I found 46 CK722 transistors trash picking👍The 1st consumer transistor... great *CK722 Museum* site. Check it out.
I built my own from scrap. Cost: $10
@Keating Simons You will find the schematics on the internet, and it doesn't require that much skills to make it. Anyone who have some understanding of the basics of a transistor can solder it together.
@@BigTrouble324 Yes, but it is not that easy to measure the Germanium transistor. Their specs vary wildly, and a lot of them are unusable. I bought some ´handpicked´ OC75 from
a known vendor that had so much leakage that I had to throw them out.
Kim Hansen
You can find diy projects online which test for leakage.
@@kimhansen6384 I used 2N-388 to get negative ground, and it's pretty stable. Those old Mullard OC transistors are known to be unstable, and pretty noisy too.
Sorry but I am a Shadows fan and that distortion to me is just "horrible" NOISE. I like good clean Fender sound.
I don't think anybody would pay $4000 for the the unit pictured at 5:35 that has a non-original transistor (among other things).
Damn still 95mins left
Sorry ;-)
Just buy rorys Gallaghers flynn amp hawk its a copy of his dallas treble boost pedal
4000$ ! No way. I'm not a collector nor a museum curator.
It's a very simple and well documented circuit. Many (+/-) verbatim clones on the market, some really good. And the amp top box format of the original is unpractical.
I have an H.B.E. Germania, bought it used for less than 100 €..
Old stock transistor... There is nothing special here with this circuit... As electronics tech.. I've built many pedals over the years..
These are to easy to build.. And yet these type of range masters are sold for high price..
There's a amp builders place in Scotland that copy's fender amps and charges double money.. Again any good engineer can build a amp!
really
No, it's not worth it man, it's not worth 4k, and it surely doesn't sound unique. That's typical guitarists speculations, take a step back off what you read online yo!
Nothing special here.