Barber Electronics - B-Custom COOL

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 13 Jun 2009, 08:55

No schematic sorry guys.. not my pedal.. but here's some gutshots.
Not that great sounding anyway IMO.

soulsonic · Post by **soulsonic** » 13 Jun 2009, 09:07

What does the "Note Shape" trimmer do? That's a new one to me.

What do the pull switches do.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 13 Jun 2009, 09:34

I didn't play with the trimmers as it wasn't mine.. according to the website;

"The Note Shape control allows you to adjust your sound from tight and focused to a big round vintage tone."
Bass control ?

One of the push/pull pots switches EQ from flat to mids boost...
The other one switches clipping diodes I think.

Liquids · Post by **Liquids** » 07 Apr 2010, 13:57

"Note shape" and the way it was described always seemed confusing to me. But once I really tinkered with my Small Fry and put the manual description aside, it sounded as if to function akin to the 'voice' control in the Zendrive, if not a straight ahead pre-bass control--resistance in conjunction with an input cap or something. But that was just my impression.

If so that kind of thing can be useful especially since there is bass EQ post-overdrive (as there is in most barber pedals), as a way that you can control bass before clipping but also keep a 'big' sounding tone by the 'phono type preamp' EQ stage which favors/overcompensates and 'recovers' low frequencies.

Lawnchair · Post by **Lawnchair** » 11 Jun 2010, 03:51

I just got one. I love it. I can see in the original post all the trimmers are at minimum. Might not be the best settings.
This thing is super versitile, ampish and a bag of F'n chips. It can cop so many friggin' tones.

DLS, Honey Bee, Blues Breaker. I'm running them side by side and it exells past them all on thier own turf. Honey Bee has that honk that's hard to cop though.

Only complaint is the shit quality NSC box.

Damn nice.