Jemini Pedal - Page 10

TheMusicBucket · #**136** 10-11-2008, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ShredNotDead

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=MOV00116.flv

Judge for yourselves.

Stock settings on low end line6 products sound better than this thing based on that video.

But check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2tm...eature=related

No idea what he's saying, but the clips in this vid sound worlds apart.

I think your rig just hates the pedal dude

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chris101 · #**137** 10-11-2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GLG421

So Chris, you can take a look inside a pedal and tell it's tonal characteristics by looking at the circuit board?

That's pretty impressive.

Ibanez has done everything in their power to tell users it's a ds-1 and ts9 without actually coming out and saying it.

Let's back off calling dudes morons because they had the audacity to read a review from the manufacturer and take it at face value.

If you've played one and don't like it, good for you. Share your experience, but I think we should be above calling each other morons.

hey it wasnt me that started with the insults, (quote: "not the sharpest tool in the shed"), so why dont you guys think again and back off. My ears tell me the tone. My eyes the circuit. The Ibanez advert tells me "dual distortion", nothing about TS-9 or a BOSS pedal.

barbarelaxe · #**138** 10-12-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mathias_

Stock settings on low end line6 products sound better than this thing based on that video.

But check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2tm...eature=related

No idea what he's saying, but the clips in this vid sound worlds apart.

I think your rig just hates the pedal dude

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I'm getting the same sound quality as this frech guy when I'm using the Jemini I just got from ROB with my BFP. When I'm swithching to my custom strat(alder body) that also has a paf pro it seems to lose a little bit of "presence" but not significantly.

Lefty Robb · #**139** 10-12-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by barbarelaxe

I'm getting the same sound quality as this frech guy when I'm using the Jemini I just got from ROB with my BFP.

is that a good thing or a bad thing?

TheMusicBucket · #**140** 10-12-2008, 08:08 PM

I think youtube muffles the sound quality a little bit. But even so I think it sounded pretty good. I'm really interested in trying one, but I don't see how it could sound better than my Jekl and Hyde.

One thing I really like about the J&H is that both sides of the pedal can be used at the same time. It really changes how the pedal sounds with both activated, but not in a bad way as the blended sounds really compliment each other I think.

barbarelaxe · #**141** 10-13-2008, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Yeah that's a goood thing. I like it alot. The distortion is very clear. You can turn the drive all the way up and you can still here every string resonating when you strum a chord. I found that steve settings from the manual are almost spot on. I just had to turn the tune down a little to make less "razor-sharp" and add a bit more drive. I'm also using a diamond booster to add some mid for soloing. It actually replaced my jekyl&Hyde V2.
True, you could produce some excellent soloing tones when you combined the OD with the Dist channels on the J&H but it always had so much low end that you could not get rid off. Kind of makes you wish they put a bass knob on it since increasing trebele only made it buzzy.
And let's not ignore the most importent factor which is they the jemini looks on the pedalboard. Like the french guy from the utube clip said, tre joly. I don't speak french but I do believe it means very beautiful

uglyfuzzface · #**142** 10-14-2008, 01:48 PM

I think its a great pedal , i would not dream of using it on its own i would always use it on an overdriven amp . i have a bogner 101b extc and i tried it on the blue channel and found the jemini to be very transparent infact its much better than my keeley ds1 ultra and also my old jap ds1 ......pleased i got it

Lefty Robb · #**143** 10-15-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by barbarelaxe

Yeah that's a goood thing. I like it alot. The distortion is very clear. You can turn the drive all the way up and you can still here every string resonating when you strum a chord. I found that steve settings from the manual are almost spot on. I just had to turn the tune down a little to make less "razor-sharp" and add a bit more drive. I'm also using a diamond booster to add some mid for soloing. It actually replaced my jekyl&Hyde V2.
True, you could produce some excellent soloing tones when you combined the OD with the Dist channels on the J&H but it always had so much low end that you could not get rid off. Kind of makes you wish they put a bass knob on it since increasing trebele only made it buzzy.
And let's not ignore the most importent factor which is they the jemini looks on the pedalboard. Like the french guy from the utube clip said, tre joly. I don't speak french but I do believe it means very beautiful

Awe man I'm stoked you like it, I was worried you wouldn't.

nosi0 · #**144** 10-16-2008, 04:53 AM

just one word: Satchurator

Valhalla · #**145** 10-16-2008, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by nosi0

just one word: Satchurator

just one word: boring

barbarelaxe · #**146** 10-16-2008, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

Awe man I'm stoked you like it, I was worried you wouldn't.

even if I didn't like it it would not be a big deal. I went through so many pedals in my time so it would have been just one more.
I think people that don't like it expect it to be a metal oriented type of distortion and they forget that steve is not a metal player. for example, shrednodead basic sound from his digitech is a metal sound and even though he played just a couple of notes on the jemini I thought it sounded preety good but not metal oriented.

bucket_bot · #**147** 10-21-2008, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Tank

Or simply buy for the same price a Damage Control Solid Metal which holds 8 Presets and has real tubes that will blow away the jemini in sound quality....

You say the damage control holds 8 presets??
I can't see any reference to that on the info on the manufacturers website?

bucket_bot · #**148** 11-29-2008, 06:35 AM

Well.....I got a Jemini.....& I have to say that I like it!

Really like the Red side played thru the clean channels of both my Legacy & X100B.

The Green channel I actually prefer used on the Clean channel also rather than as a boost for the Legacy Lead Channel which is what I guess it was intended for.

After experimentation I found that the Boost function on my Switchbone set to give a +10db Mid boost works much better on the Legacy Lead Channel than the JEMINI does.

I am also using the Green side on the Clean Channel of my X100B with a moderate drive setting on the pedal, when used like this it really produces some sweet overdriven sounds!!

postofficebuddy · #**149** 11-30-2008, 11:26 PM

i hate the pedal, i sold it for £50, biggest waste of money ever, just sounded like ****, and the mini delay on the red channel was terrible, makes everything sound like ****, to think i almost gigged with it

hippietim · #**150** 12-01-2008, 12:28 AM

It's no surprise to me that it isn't working for some of you to well. The Jemini is designed for Steve's rig. That means a pretty high output guitar that's a bit on the thin side into a very dark tube amp.

I experimented with mine a good bit. Not surprisingly it sounded pretty bad with a Strat or a Tele into a Dr. Z EL84 based amp. But it sounded pretty damn good with my JEM and several other high output super Strats running into my Straub Cantus.

Not all pedal/guitar/amp combinations are going to work well together guys.

To ShredNotDead, thanks for posting the video but there is no way any overdrive/distortion is going to sound good bypassing your preamp and going straight to the power amp. They simply are not designed to be substitutes for a preamp. Your attempt with a clean patch on the Digitech was a better choice but that was a pretty bright and thin sound to begin with so adding a bright distortion isn't going to get you the sweet spot. Go dial up a mild Marshall patch with no effects - in particular, lose the reverb until you've got the tone locked in.