Advance look at the gamechanger website

[RocketRalf]

The vertical lines seem to be just connection points. If you connect two dots or more dots to the same line, they are connected between them. There are seven lines because that is the number you need to put 6 coils in series with each other. There is no "mixing" like someone suggested.

 

[TheAntMan]

I just hope the webapp is Ubuntu/Firefox friendly. I would hope so, given that MM is pro-Linux

I feel you my brother! I am also running Linux as my main OS!

This GC System has us so excited. My wife and I are amazed by it. We are currently in financial hell but we talk about it for when we get back on our feet. We both agree there will be a EBMM GC Bass in TheAntMan house one day!

--Ant

 

[TheAntMan]

What I found interesting was the concept that you can have wiring that has coils 1+2 or coils 2+1 and that they sound different!!!

I want to learn more about that!

--Ant

 

[RocketRalf]

And apparently, the same components, all phase inverted, sound different too! Check in the videos: Steve Morse has some sounds with all coils shown as blue on the graphic thing. If they were not different, why not have them all green? Steve specifically stated they were all out of phase, why bother if it were the same? I could be wrong though.

 

[TheAntMan]

Just reviewing the GC Control Function Diagram and noticed that the default settings for presets 1 - 4 on Bank-Z have single coils selected. Does anyone know if this means that the Humbuckers are a set of stacked Humbuckers (phantom) to cancel out hum on single coil selections?

--Ant

 

[RocketRalf]

I have no evidence but I believe they are the usual (Axis) pickups.

It would be nice if the GC had the silent circuit integrated and knew when to turn it on based on the coil selections.

 

[midopa]

will this give you the ability to completely rewire the guitar? meaning, not just coils but also pots, components (resistors, capacitors, maybe even inductors), output jacks?

examples sorted by escalating complexity and diminishing applicability:
- remove volume or tone pot from signal chain
- reroute a resistor to the tone pot to create a high-shelf tone pot instead of the typical low pass filters on most guitars
- reroute output of coil "groups" (a group being a wiring combination of some coils) to separate output jacks
- reroute a coil group to a tone pot and another to a volume pot
- abstract the concept reconfiguring coil combinations to groups of coils. eg. ((1s2)p3)s4) or 3s(1p4)s2
- reroute leads of a pan pot such that it can pan across 2 coil groups and then add another coil group on top of that (series or parallel)

 

[Jimmyb]

Based solely on what I've seen and bearing in mind the fact that I'm stupid, I would say not as it stands at the moment.

However, I do not think that implementing it in the future will be impossible. It may not be practical though.

 

[projectapollo]

Dual Output Jacks

Reading over the control diagram, I am intrigued by the dual output jacks, but confused with some terminology. The diagram speaks to "buffered active" signal and "unbuffered passive" signal.

1. What is buffered and unbuffered?
2. What is the utility of presenting these two signals separately at the outputs? Two amps? Foot-switch control of active/passive using an A/B stomp box? Maybe one for DI, the other for an amp? Something else?
3. Lastly, not clear how the push/pull Bank A/B Active/Passive operates with these jacks? The push/pull just determine if active or passive tone goes to the mono jack 1 like a normal MM? So, if using both active and passive outputs, the push/pull switch has no function?

Its the engineer in me that asks these questions. Thank you for your patience!

 

[Big Poppa]

the 2 input is for piezo out just like the JP

 

[Jimmyb]

Reading over the control diagram, I am intrigued by the dual output jacks, but confused with some terminology. The diagram speaks to "buffered active" signal and "unbuffered passive" signal.

1. What is buffered and unbuffered?
2. What is the utility of presenting these two signals separately at the outputs? Two amps? Foot-switch control of active/passive using an A/B stomp box? Maybe one for DI, the other for an amp? Something else?
3. Lastly, not clear how the push/pull Bank A/B Active/Passive operates with these jacks? The push/pull just determine if active or passive tone goes to the mono jack 1 like a normal MM? So, if using both active and passive outputs, the push/pull switch has no function?

Its the engineer in me that asks these questions. Thank you for your patience!

From my reading of the schematic, it's as follows:

1. The buffered signal relates to the piezo output option. If you haven't got the piezo, it's all passive. The piezo signal is buffered in order to provide an increased signal level (it needs an onboard pre-amp). If you are using jack no1 with just a mono cable, there's a blend between the piezo and magnetic signal, meaning that for that instance, both signals are buffered (although the magnetic signal will just be at unity gain).

2. If you use a stereo jack (Tip Ring Sleeve) use it in Jack 2; the Tip will carry the magnetic, the Ring will carry the buffered piezo. You can either use a long length TRS to 2 mono cable (often called 'insert leads') or you can run a TRS to TRS cable through to a splitter box. EBMM sell (I think) splitter boxes. It's also possible to make your own.
Usually, you'd take these to separate amps, the tip to your regular amp and the ring either DI'd into a PA, or into an acoustic guitar amplifier.

3. The Push/Pull on the tone control has no effect on the output jacks. These are related to features within the GC, so when it's pushed in, Bank A presets are selected and when it's out, Bank B presets are selected.

 

[projectapollo]

From my reading of the schematic, it's as follows:

1. The buffered signal relates to the piezo output option. If you haven't got the piezo, it's all passive.

3. The Push/Pull on the tone control has no effect on the output jacks. These are related to features within the GC, so when it's pushed in, Bank A presets are selected and when it's out, Bank B presets are selected.

Now I'm more confused. The control diagram makes no mention of piezo. And it says that the push/pull knob is for Bank A-Passive or Bank B-Active (same pickup configs for each bank according to the little table). Without the piezo, its all passive?

 

[Jimmyb]

Ah, apologies, I was looking at the schematic for the guitar.

Start again then.

1. The buffered signal relates to the Active preamp, with the presets stored in Bank A, the unbuffered signal is from the passive preamp on Bank B.

2. You could feed the two signals to two amps, using mono cables from outputs 1 & 2, if you found that one of your amps suited the passive sounds more. You could also use the TRS cable as mentioned above into a splitter, or even the stereo volume pedal, that would use output 2 with the TRS. Otherwise, you could use output 1, which gives both active and passive presets.

 

[Ixyka]

Ah, so this is the gamechanger? It looks really interesting. Is there an FAQ thread about it, because I have lots of questions and I don't want to catch flak for asking something that already has an answer somewhere. [such as: what happens to the settings if the batteries run out in the middle of playing? or what's up with the 4 buttons being replaced by a switch?]

Argh. My disposal income isn't all that much (young and poor, lol), so it's a tough choice whether to continue saving and wait for the GC, or to just get a non-GC.


Anyhow, thanks in advance for any help in finding an FAQ. =)

 

[projectapollo]

Is the ordering window open now for the Reflex GameChanger? Estimated delivery times? 4-string, 5-string? Colors? Other models? Curious....

 

[DBtoys]

 

[LarryElwood]

Is the ordering window open now for the Reflex GameChanger? Estimated delivery times? 4-string, 5-string? Colors? Other models? Curious....

Yes, other models. Love the idea of the GC but not too thrilled with the look of the reflex. However, Love the look of my fretless stingray - one of the coolest bass designs of all time. Would love to see GC technology available in a standard H stingray or an HS.

I know this sounds silly and superficial, but people totally relate to the look and shape of their instrument. While i love EB as a company, their build quality and company philosophy etc... I wouldn't even consider a reflex - even with the GC technology. I just don't like the look of it. Just not "me". I really hope GC technology becomes an option in any of their instruments.

 

[oli@bass]

Would love to see GC technology available in a standard H stingray or an HS.

Which would not make sense at all with the single H, and only partially for the HS. The magic is the number of pickup coils you have at disposal. The more the better. So at least you need a HH (4 coils), out of which you can get the single H sound and two different flavors of the already known HS combo. Plus a couple of hundreds of thousands of other sounds.

 

[Big Poppa]

Guys there is a thread where you can ask Drew your technical questions

 

[nurnay]

This is amazing, can't wait to see more of it!