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>Anybody have a Lovetone Meatball? This is the "Cadillac" of all envelope >followers made in the UK. I use my QTron with my bass right now, but >somehow can't seem to get the right sound. I was going to experiment with >the Mutron III+ reissue, but thought it may just turn out to be like the >Qtron. New Lovetone Meatballs go for about $360 direct since the exchange >rate is terrible right now (they only sell direct!). I have one and really like it. The recent post was a good description. I would only add that, for me, the effect is something of a magic box...that is, each time I use it, I seem to get a new sound,for which I have trouble reproducing afterwards. In this way, it is fun and exciting to use. I use it occasionally for the funky guitar and bootsy bass sounds (also sounds great with a clav!). But another feature of this unit is that you can turn the trigger off, and just use it as a static filter. I use it this way , with a EH deluxe big muff on the Meatball's fx loop. This gives me a wonderful smooth fuzz sound that cuts right thru the mix and sustains forever. Another note on the meatball, is that i find that low-output guitars (like strats) don't have enough signal to fully trigger the filter sweep. So, I put a clean gain stage (currently using mxr micro-amp) before the meatball so I have a LOT of range. Thought it was worth the money. My experience with ALL of Lovetone's effects (although haven't yet heard the Big Cheese) is that they are high-quality, low noise, and don't drastically alter your original tone (unlike some of the EH stuff). - chris __________________________________________________ Chris Chovit avec@gomez.jpl.nasa.gov AVIRIS Experiment Coordinator pager #: (888) 415-4547