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Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: marc on March 15, 2006, 01:40:38 AM

SF-2 wanted for Belgium

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: palembic on March 15, 2006, 04:28:03 AM

Veel geluk Markske ...het heeft mij een jaar gekost!
Some time ago we had a brother in Germany that was planning to sell his. The guy with sunglasses ...and the beautiful pictures ...and the MK signature ...o-o-o ...my memory ...

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: marc on May 04, 2006, 03:48:26 AM

It seems that nobody is selling those.
Where can I have a good price in the states for a new one?

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: drjenney on May 04, 2006, 03:54:26 AM

Try Bass Central (866) 802-2277  http://www.basscentral.com/alembicbass/preamps.shtml (http://www.basscentral.com/alembicbass/preamps.shtml)
 
Call or e-mail for price, usually about 30% off list.

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: harald_rost on May 04, 2006, 05:59:10 AM

The German distributor has them:  
 
http://www.station-music.de/ (http://www.station-music.de/)

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: palembic on May 05, 2006, 03:07:13 PM

Marc ...het IS zeldzaam!
Maar het wordt aangeboden hoor hier, ?cht waar!
Als je de US probeert: g??n probleem maar dan moet je wel een andere transfo aankopen! Zij vetrekken van 110V wij van 220V. G??n probleem ...die haal je gewoon bij een Gamma.
 
Paul TBO

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: David Houck on May 05, 2006, 05:13:55 PM

Paul's right; we be trekkin' at 110 volts.

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: mica on May 05, 2006, 08:35:34 PM

You can use any SF-2 with a locally obtained transformer (wall wart). Just make sure you follow the voltage requirements and the polarity printed on the back right next to the connector for the transformer.

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: marc on August 07, 2006, 03:31:20 AM

Topic can be closed.
My brand new sf-2 just arrived from germany :-)

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: palembic on August 07, 2006, 07:42:59 AM

Lang leeeeeeeve de Marc!
OK ...tweaking and fiddling can start now!
Don't worry ...we SF-2 owners ALL had that funny headache after a while!
It will pass ...after the fiddling ....the tweaking ...the turning ...the plunging ...
 
Paul TBO

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: lbpesq on August 07, 2006, 08:06:06 AM

Marc:
 
Congrats and enjoy.  I'll second Paul TBO - let the tweaking begin!  One piece of advice:  Tweak it one channel at a time.  For example, I use mine in the mono mode.  In this mode, think of the SF-2 as a 3 band mixer - one dry channel and two filtered channels.  I turn down the gain on the two filtered channels all the way so I'm hearing the dry channel only.  I then set my amp's tone controls to get the sound I like best.  Next I turn the dry channel gain back to 0 so there is no sound at all.  I then turn up the gain to one of the filtered channels and find a frequncy in the high end I want to accentuate that sounds good (using the filter set at either high pass or band pass, whichever gets me what I like with the particular guitar I'm playing).  The gain on this channel then goes back to 0 again and I do the same with the second filtered channel, setting it for a low frequency I like, (low pass or band pass filter setting).  I then bring in the dry channel and high end filtered channel and mix them all together to taste, adjusting only the gains.  If using the SF-2 in stereo mode, adjust accordingly.  This one-at-a-time method really helped me get a handle on what can easily be an amazing but overwhelming piece of equipment.  Have fun!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Wanted SF-2
Post by: palembic on August 07, 2006, 02:31:51 PM

And rrrrrrrufl for Bill the good guitar one ...
a GOOD lesson to remind and given by one of those -...huh ...tiny ...strings ..instruments ...huh ...a guitar they call it I think - player.
 
Paul TBO