So a little more research revealed they are using photoflash type lamps 35mm long with xenon in them. The yellow model is simply a filter over the tube. They did that for Jack White, who wanted it yellow! Apparently they boost the guitar signal to 3500 volts, then arc the tube and use an antenna to pick up the signal and demodulate it back to usable audio, much like AM radio. Interesting!
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 9:55 AM Nick Andrews <nickjandr...@gmail.com> wrote: > So my neighbor plays bass in a couple of bands and showed me this 'plasma > pedal' the other night. They're not cheap and he mentioned maybe we could > build one. I told him I hadn't seen it before but would check it out. > Now, I see a couple of different ones, the common one being an argon > discharge tube and the other maybe neon as it has an orange crackle. Any > knowledge of these devices or ideas? Looks pretty cool to me. > > https://gamechangeraudio.com/plasma/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-i24RdQKAR3QhrfqNgwhwydsdpV0oG%3D4LrquTQx2q4OBA%40mail.gmail.com.
