Baby bloomer

Ron Epperson · Post by **Ron Epperson** » 20 Nov 2021 11:21 am

Hoe are you running the bloomervolume ped. Out to bloomer bloomer out to amp I keep getting overdrive out of amp

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 21 Nov 2021 6:02 am

I believe the Bloomer should be the last thing you amp sees.

Ron Epperson · Post by **Ron Epperson** » 21 Nov 2021 6:17 am

Thanks Rodger that's the way I have it but I still get the overdrive in my amp I use a power supply, also have fresh battery but thank you for input KEEP PIKKIN my friend

David Nugent · Post by **David Nugent** » 21 Nov 2021 6:35 am

Ron..Check how you have the indicator set, I find the unit will begin to overdrive the signal at settings above the 11:00 to 12:00 O'clock range.

Ron Epperson · Post by **Ron Epperson** » 21 Nov 2021 9:02 am

Thanks David

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 21 Nov 2021 12:27 pm

Ron, are you using an active volume pedal, ie, Hilton or Telonics?
These could also overdrive the input of the BB.

Ron Epperson · Post by **Ron Epperson** » 21 Nov 2021 12:30 pm

Yes Bill Telonics and I don't want to change pedals so guess sell the baby

George Redmon · Post by **George Redmon** » 2 Dec 2021 1:14 pm

Ron, don't feel alone, that's the same problem i had when i tried one out. I use a Hilton pedal, and the BB was so squirrelly with it. I found the BB didn't work well with my setup. Got a distorted thin signal, when the input section of the BB unit was pushed at all.

kevin ryan · Post by **kevin ryan** » 3 Dec 2021 2:11 pm

Sorry to hear a few folks having these issues with the baby bloomers. Ron, send me your pedal and I will refund your money. We have tested these with Hilton pedals and the fantastic Telonics pedals without issue. I use it with an active pedal along with other effects and I play hard and loud. It absolutely cleans up my tone and adds a desirable new character to my sound. It can add up to 3db of gain and so theoretically could cause impedence issues, white noise, gain hum. There are so many variables now days with amps and cords and multiple buffers etc. Trouble shooting sometimes is a bit of an art form. I wish I could come over and see the issues first hand but of course I can't.

Greg Tudor · Post by **Greg Tudor** » 9 Dec 2024 6:54 pm

I’m glad I found this post, for I believe that I’m running into the same issue.

My signal path: Mullen -> Sarno Black Box -> Hilton -> Baby Bloomer -> Quiltaire.

I have my Black Box cranked nearly all the down - about as far as I can before it starts to lose volume - and still have a problem with unintentional overdrive.

Can the Bloomer match with the Hilton?