Re: volume frustration

["Jeff Duke" <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>]

Hey Michael,

The Verzilla is a mono box? Anyway not sure but you might try backing the 
headphone jack out a detent for mono. The best way would be to use a 
little 
mixer though.

peace,

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Peters" <mp@mpeters.de>
To: "Loopers Delight" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 3:00 PM
Subject: volume frustration


> This is probably a stupid question but at the moment I'm not sure where 
>to
> look.
>
> I have this Soloette classical guitar with headphones output. When I 
>plug 
> my
> headphones into the guitar, the sound is very bright and loud. But it is
> also completely dry. So I plugged it into my Verbzilla to add a bit of
> reverb. It works ok as a stompbox under regular circumstances but when I
> plug my (stereo) headphones into the (mono) output of the Verbzilla (or 
> the
> DL-4, this is true probably for other stompboxes too), the volume is only
> half of what it used to be.
>
> I'm not sure why this happens. Is it due to my dabbling with the 
> stereo/mono
> adapters that I use? What would be the optimal way to transfer the two
> separate 1/4" jack outputs from the Verbzilla to the one stereo headphone
> jack of the headphone? without any loose contact problems?
>
> Or <gasp> is it the stompbox itself that reduces the volume?
>
> -Michael
>
>