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KillerBananas
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RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
First of all: It works!
I ordered the device just before Christmas, it arrived during the holidays and I "attached" it to my Fender Blackmore Strat today to test it.
The RBTC is designed to give you a "fatter" and more "creamy" sound at lower volumes (and it sure does), and the effect decreases at higher volumes (just as it is supposed to do). It will get you a lot closer to the Blackmore sound if that's what you're looking for, but it's also very useful if you just want your single coils to get a more "fat/ creamy" sound.
One thing about the RBTC that I find very useful is that you can adjust the effectlevel to suit your own preferences. The device wont alter your sound completely, but you will clearly hear a big difference for the better.
The RBTC is easy to install (even a dumbass like me managed to do it...with a little help). Just follow the instructions that comes with the RBTC.
The RBTC comes with a one year warranty.
After I ordered the device, I stayed in contact with mijfenders "all the way". They have been very helpful, and have answered all my mails within one-two hours (even during the Christmas holidays).
I know that there are many people here that are supporters of Dawk, and think that the RBTC is a rip-off from Dawk's MTC. Maybe it is? I wouldn't know, and I really don't care. The important thing to me is that the RBTC works, and I will complement mijfenders for their outstanding service and the low price.
PS! I'm not BlackerThanNight, Niji or whatever trying to promote or sell MY product! I have absolutely nothing to do with mijfenders. I'm just one of their customers, so try to keep things constructive....
Last edited by KillerBananas, 30/12/2007, 14:34
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30/12/2007, 14:32
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
Hello,
I am just curious what do you call Blackmore's sound? A tone from The Book Of Talesin, or may be from Machine Head, from Burn, or from Down To Earth..... He changed it on almost every next album. I certainly prefer a tone from Mark 3 period. But this is depending from modified Major 200 and Aiwa as a rather subtle effect. He just played on stock guitars in 1974 as we can see from California Jam Video. I spent all of my life to handle his style of playing. And now when I tape my perform it is sometime hard to recognise the difference in tone of his live recordings (I have hundreds of bootlegs) and mine. But this is very similar to Rainbow. My dream is California Jam's Mistreated. This Lion's Roar of his Major is inside my brain and I can not sleep thinking how to get it. I understand that 80% of his tone is from his fingers. Check that: Ritchie's hands + Strat + Aiwa + Major (modified) = the best tone in the history of R'N'R of all time and the real headache to millions of fans to find that tone. I do not know how important this MTC stuff to the tone but I know there are somewhere real Majors and this only fact gives me a hope to get sometime the real tone.
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22/2/2008, 10:22
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KillerBananas
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
When you turn down the volume on a Fender Strat with standard pu's they become thin and "weedy". The RBTC circuit gives you a more creamy, fat sound at lower volumes. That alone will bring you even closer to the Blackmore sound. The RBTC is adjustable to suit your preferences. You can get it at www.mijfenders.com
I've never tried the MTC, but it is supposed to do the same thing as the RBTC. The MTC is not adjustable. It's made by Blackmore's former guitar tech John "Dawk" Stillwell, and you can buy it from his website.
As far as I know Blackmore used Vox AC30 during recording sessions. Live he used the Marshall Majors, but as you say they were modified (or did he use the Vox in his chain?). And, yes, the Aiwa played a big part in creating his sound.
The Engl Blackmore Signature amp was buildt to sound something like the Majors, but gives you more options. They really sound great!!! I have one of those Engl amps, a Fender Blackmore Signature with Seymour Duncan SSL4 pu's and the RBTC fitted in. Sounds very good. You can get the seventies tone, but you can also get his 90's tone that IMO was his best since the seventies.
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22/2/2008, 12:01
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There's a great two-part article on RB's gear in back issues of MBTP. It's certainly worth getting. The most interesting claim is that RB used the Vox with early Rainbow as the sole AMP in his stage set-up. The Marshall heads were there just for show. The author says this was possible because the PA systems were good enough at that point - one didn't need as powerful amps as before.
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22/2/2008, 16:30
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kashmir rock
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
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The MTC is not adjustable.
That's just not true! What do you think your tone pots are for and some people call it Master TONE Controll?
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24/2/2008, 10:57
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
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The RBTC comes with a one year warranty.
Just one year? Man...
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24/2/2008, 13:21
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mijfenders
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
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KillerBananas wrote:
The MTC is not adjustable.
That's just not true! What do you think your tone pots are for and some people call it Master TONE Controll?
Kashmir: Beleive me, you are confusing the "2 circuits" in the MTC for something they simply aren't. When you install the MTC you are told to remove the capacitor that is already in your guitar and replace it with two wires from the MTC. That part of the MTC contains a just capacitor which is connected to your tone controls just like the one you removed was. So YES of course the capacitor is adjustable but so what. The MTC can't be adjusted to match your pickups at all, so in that sense it is NOT at all adjustable. It may well explain why some people get a result with it and plenty don't, because of pickup differences. The RBTC gives everyone an AUDIBLE result, it was tested against most major single coil makers pickups to make sure it would work, there is no doubt about what it does, you can hear it. You can also switch it OFF and compare it to your natural guitar sound then switch it ON and hear the difference very clearly. THe MTC doesn't do any of these things, I should know I have an MTC.
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24/2/2008, 19:01
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kashmir rock
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
John:
I got the MTC myself, and funny but I never found it hard to hear the difference it makes to my sound. I've got two guitars and I regularly exchange the pickups and sometimes the complete scratchplates. I can guarantee you that there are worlds apart between the MTC and the non MTC sound.
Also my tone control doesn't work like a regular tone control, sure it kills some high end but it adds some kind of metallic sparkle you often hear from Ritchie. If someone doesn't believe me I can post sound samples, I don't have good recording gear - in fact just a cheap USB mic, but the difference can be heard.
btw. your RBTC soundclips remind me of my MTC guitar sound with turned down tone controls, that's what originally led me to my first post.
Hey and the MTC does all these things, I should know, I have an MTC 
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24/2/2008, 21:19
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
Fair enough Kashmir, enjoy your MTC that's why you bought it and if you think it's "worlds apart" with or wihout the MTC that's great. Of course perhaps my MTC was/is faulty and that's why I think only the capacitor works and the other "circuit" doesn't and I guess all the other people who wrote to me askng for help to get their MTC to work probably had faulty ones as well and I reckon my tech probably couldn't figure it out either.
Why don't you post some clips both played with the same guitar, same pickups, same amp setting, but disconect the MTC between clips, that will demonstrate what you are saying here perfectly.
I'll do the same on a guitar here, with and without the MTC and then perhaps also some comparisions between the MTC and the RBTC that would complete the circle.
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24/2/2008, 22:49
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Re: RBTC from Made In Japan Fenders
Thank you,
I have ENGL Signatured. It sounds good but close to Rainbow which never been a problem. Most of-today amps sound like Rainbow. But Mark III is a different story. Check California Jam DVD when Lord says: Ritchie's gonna play for you. and then tonnes of sustain. Or You Fool No One right after Lord's preamble Ritchie approaches to the edge of the stage and begins to play. It is like train rushes into the tunel. ENGL will never give anything like that. It is a cause of depression......
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