Stick Enterprises The R-Block Operation Manual

The R-Block™
dual Villex stereo/mono
Railboard®
pickup module
Operation
Manual
subjects:
CONTROLS
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MODE
CONTROLS
Each pickup has three control knobs, one for volume and two for tone, includ-
ing (1) a pot to gradually cut the lower mids, and (2) a 4-position rotary switch
for three vowel-like resonant midrange peaks (as in "cat, cot, caught") plus a by-
pass position for Villex's laser pure, full-frequency sound. Volume (3) is strong
with a high signal-to-noise ratio, and tone is not affected by volume control roll-
off, as it would be with a conventional bass or guitar passive volume control.
On the Stick cable, the bass output is marked with red and the melody is marked with
blue (see next page for amplifier and input suggestions).
STEREO MODE
In stereo mode each pickup is controlled in-
dependently. Turn each side's volume pot
clockwise to increase the volume. Turning
the volume knob all the way counterclock-
wise mutes the pickup's output completely.
To hear the full signal of each pickup rotate
its midrange cut pot to the full clockwise po-
sition and "bypass" the resonant filter by turn-
ing the mid frequency rotary switch to the
most counterclockwise position. In this posi-
tion, turning the midrange cut control sub-
tracts a broad midrange band like the mid-
range band on a conventional three band eq.
To select one of the three resonant midrange
frequencies, turn the mid frequency rotary
switch counter-clockwise. Each successive
position is a lower frequency, and peaks the
tone in a distinctive way.
1
2
stereo mode
CONTROLS
(1) bass side
midrange cut pot
(2) bass side
mid frequency
rotary switch
(3) volume pot
for bass strings
STEREO OUTPUT
TRS-jack
MIDRANGE FREQUENCY ROTARY SWITCH
3 1. bypass
2. "a" as in cat
4
3. "o" as in cot
4. "augh" as in caught
MONO
STEREO
STEREO/MONO
selector switch
(1) melody side
midrange cut pot
(2) melody side
mid frequency
rotary switch
(3) volume pot
for melody strings
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