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Stratpicker wrote:Hi Bill
I've used an RFX2000 EFTP with Charlies patches since 2005. A good unit for Shads work if you cant afford the more modern and more expensive units like Q2.
Charlie by his own admission will tell you that by his high later standards these fall short but only due to the lack of technology in the Zoom rather than duff patches. Whatever the case,they aint so bad and ALL my SFs are done with it .
The Achilles heel of the unit is the front Mic socket that you MUST use in order to get the best out of it. Ignore the Send-Recieve loop AND the inputs on the back. Mic socket has twice the impedance and gives a much better tone. HOWEVER it works loose over time and the cure is to open the box up and use a caulk to fix it firmly in place before repeated use cracks the circuit board to which it is fixed. It has an external PSU on 12v AC, yes AC which whilst removing a source of hum from the proximity of the unit does mean its another item you have to remember to carry around with you in your Grab Bag - or it wont work! LOL! Guess how I know this?!
Charlie used NOT to program other folks RFX2000's, you bought them from him ready programmed, but he may do these days as the unit is quite elderly and he may sell the patches nowadays.
cheer
Ian

Bill Bowley wrote:Scotty,

Are these a good unit, worth having? I'm looking at one on EBay at the moment. Does Charlie H have any patches for these?

scotocaster wrote:

Bill Bowley wrote:Scotty,

Are these a good unit, worth having? I'm looking at one on EBay at the moment. Does Charlie H have any patches for these?

On both models, you should really use an effects pedal (in the off position) to get a better impedence match and it also solves the problem of loose inputs by going through the effects pedal first.

Bill Bowley wrote:Thanks all for the informative replies!

Being a lifelong rhythm player (with occasional forays into a lead riff) I have only recently got into playing instrumental lead setting up a one man show with backing tracks etc. I have a mix of effects units (some steam powered from the '70's!), with the most recent being a V-AMP2 (didn't like it), a ZOOM G7.1uT (which knob or button do I turn now?) and recently an Alesis Quadraverb GT which I bought and installed the genuine EFTP patches from Charlie for. Current intention is to use the GT, as it is easy to use and set up, however I was interested when I saw the RFX2000 on EBay and also mentioned in ShadowMusic, hence the original questions.

I suppose the obvious question is, is the RFX2000 better than the Quadraverb GT for Shadows stuff?

Stratpicker wrote:

scotocaster wrote:

Bill Bowley wrote:Scotty,

Are these a good unit, worth having? I'm looking at one on EBay at the moment. Does Charlie H have any patches for these?

On both models, you should really use an effects pedal (in the off position) to get a better impedence match and it also solves the problem of loose inputs by going through the effects pedal first.

Y'know Scott, I've never really understood how this can work. I know lots of people do this. Surely if I have a spare pedal in the line but "Off" how can it do anything to condition the signal? And why. Even now I get the Input "peaking" with the volume knob on the 2000 at only half. All I'll do is make it worse! Amanda is probably reading this and groaning (like everyone else) at my lack of understanding of electronics - BUT -WHY does it work??
cheers
ian