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The thing I really like about it is the way the edges of the two horns form a V, with the body being thicker in that part and the two "wings" being thinner. So something like this...

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Cool! Puts me in mind of these:

I once bought a pre-amp from Rob It did not cost me too many bob It was quickly despatched With packaging unmatched And it worked perfectly - just the job!

I use 5mm graph paper for tabs, as there's no need to even draw any lines. It's easy enough to find spiral-bound books of it.

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It instantly beats the Fender Mod Shop because it lets you have a headstock that matches the body 🤩

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Direct from Canada 🍁... -- https://www.broughtonaudio.com/product-page/resonant-filter-equalizer So the cool thing this does is let you have a boost in your EQ, immediately followed (or preceded) by a steep cutoff. This can be also be achieved using digital effect like the HX Stomp by combining multiple filters, but to the best of my knowledge the RFE is the only analogue, single-box solution on the market. I couldn't get a head-on photo without shadows or reflections, so here's a bit of the stock one so you can read the labels: Aaaaaaaand here come the graphs... First the high pass filter: Yellow: minimum resonance (-3dB) 7:00 on the dial Green: medium resonance (6dB ish) 12:00 Purple: maximum resonance (15dB) 5:00 Left trace: minimum frequency (25Hz): 11:00 on the dial Middle trace: medium frequency (80Hz): 6:00 Right trace: maximum frequency (190Hz): 1:00 The mid filter: Yellow: minimum resonance (-15dB) 7:00 on the dial Purple: maximum resonance (15dB) 5:00 Left trace: minimum frequency (200Hz): 11:00 on the dial Middle trace: medium frequency (750Hz): 6:00 Right trace: maximum frequency (2kHz): 1:00 And the low pass filter: Yellow: minimum resonance (-3dB) 7:00 on the dial Green: medium resonance (6dB ish) 12:00 Purple: maximum resonance (15dB) 5:00 Left trace: minimum frequency (330Hz): 11:00 on the dial Middle trace: medium frequency (1.5kHz): 6:00 Right trace: maximum frequency (20kHz): 1:00 But what does it sound like? Bypassed: A1 bypassed.mp3 All controls at "default" (12:00 resonance, 6:00 frequency): A2 default.mp3 So what you're hearing is a small bump around 80Hz, with lows beneath that rolled off. And small bump around 1.5kHz, with highs above that rolled off. The mid filter's not doing anything here. And after some twiddling until it sounded nice: A3 adjusted.mp3 High pass at 1:00 resonance (7dB), 7:30 frequency (60Hz) (all values approximate) Mid at 10:30 (-5dB), 5:00 (800Hz) Low pass at 1:00 (7dB), 5:00 (2.5kHz) Bypassed with a plectrum: B1 bypassed.mp3 I forgot to write down the settings here, but it's an example of the odd, characterful sounds you can create: B2 adjusted.mp3 Bypassed with flats, a foam mute, and a Poundland Jamerson impression: C1 bypassed.mp3 The RFE can be used to mimic the way old-school speaker cabinets often had a frequency peak right before they started rolling off the lows and highs: C2 adjusted.mp3 High pass at 3:00 resonance, 7:30 frequency Mid at 1:00, 9:30 Low pass at 12:00, 5:30 Which gives an EQ curve like this: It's pretty cool! As I mentioned, this kind of thing is easy enough to achieve in the digital realm, but there's something very direct and satisfying about having all the physical controls there to be fiddled with. It also works great with guitars, and can be powered with higher voltages in order to take line-level signals - there's probably fun to be had combining this with synths.

A strap doesn't necessarily have to match, but it should co-ordinate 🧐 (Folks who need mega-wide padded straps for health reasons are exempt)

A handy tool: https://www.oolimo.com/en/guitar-chords/analyze