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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Congrats.
I must get mine updated with a switch and jacks etc......
Sold it years ago, don't miss it. Sure miss the 2104 though!
I did get a 3PDT as I thought about making it true bypass but it was too large to fit in the chassis.
Does anyone have recommendations for drives that stack well with a guv'nor?
There is stuff around these days that sounds as good or better, but I'm not ashamed to say that I still prefer the mojo of the guv'nor :-)
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
These things are always down to personal taste of course, but I have to say I'm with you @clarkefan - I don't get all this love for the original Marshall Guv'nor either I'm afraid - I've played an original Guv'nor next to the Guv'nor2 and to my ears the Guv'nor 2 sounds bigger, and has more of that Marshall bottom end (I love its deep control), and is just more versatile...and it sounds more like a bigger Marshall amp. The Guv'nor was a little brighter (albeit thinner) sounding, but as I can easily kick in my EQ pedal to add a little more top-end if I need it with my Guv'nor2, that was no biggie.
The Guv'nor does have that interesting loop input, but it's not a compact pedal size, and with its semi-side mounted controls it can be more awkward to include in a pedal board. Admittedly, the shiny knobs of the Guv'nor2 aren't ideal for easy live tweaking, but some coloured matt tape solves that issue.
For those interested I found this comparison video:
There's another very useful trick with the Loop jack on the original, which is rarely mentioned - you can use it as an amp selector. If you connect the Loop (with a normal mono cable) to your dirty amp and the Output to your clean amp, the Guv'nor will switch the signal from the clean to the dirty amp at the same time as the pedal comes on.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Ie a Cornford RK on the output and a clean amp ob the loop?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Doubt I'll ever sell it - but haven't used it for years, agree with ICBM - sounds great into a Marshall (which was why I bought it back then to boost my Jubilee), into something more Fender - sounds much too thin.
There are much better pedals - my Wampler Plexidrive, Pinnacle or JHS AT sound much fuller and have more range
But well done and enjoy!
Have I got it wrong?
Mine's beaten to hell cosmetically but I think the patina looks cool and is a great juxtaposition to my other pedals.
It still works fine after all the obvious abuse it's taken over the years, but it will get some TLC soon - a new input jack, true bypass 3PDT switch and MOT are on the list for when it ends up on the bench of my local tech.
I haven't yet opened it up to see if it's made in the UK or a Korean build (as the battery cover/serial number is long gone of course) but I don't really care that much because it sounds just great as is.
The pedal size/format is a bollock admittedly - but I just had to make room on the board for it once I'd played it.
That loop is useful for channel switching the non switching Twin as well.