Old Burn Unit questions

[LexLuthier]

New guy here. I have this old Burn Unit (4 knobber) that I bought 11 years ago. I pulled it out and started using again, and I'm digging it a lot. Now that I have been using it a lot, I'm not sure why I stopped using it in the first place???

Dumb question #1: I'm trying to remember what the internal pot was for, it's been so long since I fiddled with it that I forgot what it did. ?

Dumb question #2: I see the Burn Unit has changed considerably since I bought mine, is there a difference in tone with the new ones?

[hamerman]

I have one of the newest ones (six external knobs with loop jacks). I think the main differences are the internal trim knobs adjust bass and presence, and you get two volume-gain settings that can be switched. The red and green channels on mine are identical. You can just preset each for a given volume and gain. The tone and dynamics are shared between the two channels. The Small Fry is a single channel Burn Unit with an external switch for clipping adjustment, and three interior controls for bass, mids and presence. You might want to check yours to see if there is a B or P near the knob. On the Burn Unit I have, there was a letter etched into the PC board. I can't say if there was a change in the tone between the old one and the new one, having never heard an old one. Dave will have to comment on that. They do market the BU I have as the Burn Unit with EQ, so I suspect that it is due to the additional tone adjustments. My Burn Unit and Small Fry are pretty similar in sound, depending on the EQ settings and the toggle switch position. You can make the Small Fry sound like a Burn Unit, but the Small Fry has a lot more sounds in it.

[David Barber]

New guy here. I have this old Burn Unit (4 knobber) that I bought 11 years ago. I pulled it out and started using again, and I'm digging it a lot. Now that I have been using it a lot, I'm not sure why I stopped using it in the first place???

Dumb question #1: I'm trying to remember what the internal pot was for, it's been so long since I fiddled with it that I forgot what it did. ?

Dumb question #2: I see the Burn Unit has changed considerably since I bought mine, is there a difference in tone with the new ones?

The EQ model can achieve the sounds of the older Burn Unit and it can dial in new sounds too.