Members tenoken Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 Just found out about this site: http://www.monteallums.com/Product_links.html (Long page, so scroll down and see all the stuff he offers...) I'm all about doing pedal mods right now, so I figured I'd give this company a shot. I mean, for like $20 you really can't go wrong! I ordered the MXR DynaComp mod kit today. Just wanted to hear some feedback from anyone else who's done a Monte mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members booher Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 H2O mod for the BD-2, and the Opto Mod for the CS-3. Love the results on both, I just don't use the BD-2 all that much. I'm much more of a RAT man than a BD-2 kinda guy. Maybe I wasn't using the right speakers either, but the BD-2 just lacked the OOMPH I wanted out of it. Other than that, it's got a great sound to it, and it's completely changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudscapes Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 I did the GE-7 mod. quite painless, good results. I used a pump instead of the included solder braid though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thebazaar Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 have a monte dyna comp. turns an average pedal into boutique killer. on par with the keeley and nicer than the analogman ross clones. dyna had a little more volume too. pretty sure it just replaces the cheaper parts mxr use compared to keeley and AM to make it, in essence, quite the same. not sure how true that is, but if you like ross comps, the monte dyna is gonna make you happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kelly Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 Did the GE-7 mod. Great improvement as far as noise was concerned. That sig freaked me out for a second there bazaar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shooto Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 awesome mods...turns stock into $200 boutique- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donnievaz Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 I just did his DS-1 Rectifier/Tri-Gain mod last night and turned an orange piece of {censored} into a pretty kickass pedal. I haven't spent enough time playing with it to say whether or not I love it and it's the greatest thing since sliced bread but I will say this, it totally beats the {censored} out of the stock pedal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ocnor Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 I mean, for like $20 you really can't go wrong! Wow! 2 bucks worth of capacitors and LEDs for only $20 what a bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Monte Allums Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 Wow! 2 bucks worth of capacitors and LEDs for only $20 what a bargain! Ooooch!! But, remember, Adobe Software, or fill in the blank, all come on disks that costs about 50 cents. But it still costs you hundreds of dollars. You are paying for what the code on the disks allow you to do, and for the salary of the programmers. Same way with mods. You're paying for our research and time developing them, AND the parts. I do sell the instructions for those that want to supply their own parts. Most people just see the ad on my site and the price. What they don't see are the hours upon hours I sit with a soldering iron changing out components on a pedal. Plus the hours of photography and coding for the html instructions. Not complaining, it's a passion with me. I love doing this, but it IS a lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donnievaz Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 Wow! 2 bucks worth of capacitors and LEDs for only $20 what a bargain! If you have no freakin' clue what to do with them it sure is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GrooveMerchant Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 Brian over at Indyguitarist does this too, but you can buy an entire book worth of mods, for like $30 or something. And you get updates when he updates the book online. Check out www.indyguitarist.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uma Floresta Posted June 30, 2007 Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 I've done three Monte Allums mods - the standard SD-1 mod, the TS7 mod, and just recently the Daddy-O mod. Out of the three the SD-1 is definitely my favorite. I sold the TS7 because even though it was an improvement, it still did that TS7 choked frequency sound. I just barely did the Daddy-O, and it was also an improvement, but I'm finding it sounds better if I just leave the diodes out altogether. Still, by far my favorite is the standard SD-1 mod (not the 808, not the GT) so far. It just sounds good, especially running into my OLC Professor Tweed. http://www.uncledig.com/clipgallery/Uma%20Floresta%20-%20SD1%20Proftweed%20SD1.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tenoken Posted June 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 30, 2007 Cool, thanks everyone. I look forward to doing the H20 mod after the DynaComp is finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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