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the Guitar Pedal Thread
E. Spaceman:
A lot of what they do is e-bow based, not as pedal heavy as you'd expect
coldenginelogic:
--- Quote from: E. Spaceman on 26 Mar 2008, 22:44 ---A lot of what they do is e-bow based, not as pedal heavy as you'd expect
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Here is Mike (stroud) talking about ratatat's sound in an interview:
AL: Do you have a lot of effects on the guitars?
Evan: There is very little effects on the record. A lot of people think that there is. But it is mostly distortion and reversed parts. That .s it. There are a lot of layers.
AL: There are no keyboards?
Mike: There are keyboards too. A lot of it is ten guitar tracks layered down together.
A favorite of Mast and Stroud's methods is to employ a backward guitar effect: They'll write a chord progression or melody, play it backward on guitar (if the progression is, for example, ABCD, they'll play it as DCBA) and then reverse the recording for the final effect.
“It sounds normal when you're playing it — usually it just sounds kind of like a really bad part — but then once it's reversed, it's the right notes, and it's just a weird sound,” Mast says. “It's like these notes that start quiet and then get bigger as they go.”
“We use guitar for almost everything,” adds Stroud, who plays a '65 Epiphone Wilshire. “There are some organs, but lots of the weird stuff you hear that you'd think are keyboards are really backward guitars. We just try to get the most interesting sound. We'll use a keyboard part, and we always end up thinking, ‘This would probably sound cooler on a backward guitar.’”
So I assume that sound is attainable for anyone with even a lo-fi recording set up capable of laying tracks and reversing them....
carrotosaurus:
--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 26 Mar 2008, 18:21 ---There was a link to this website, Build Your Own Clown, somewhere in this thread. They have some sweet custom pedals. In fact, I plan on acquiring myself a Mighty Mouse, the free compressor that comes with any pedal kit you get, and possibly a delay. I just need to find out where to buy the components, get some of the greenboards from them, and have my dad show me how to solder and borrow his soldering gun. They might have something that could get you that kind of sound.
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I've ordered many pedal kits from them, they sound great - if you're looking for a place to order components, small bear electronics is a good place: http://www.smallbearelec.com/
The compressor is awesome, and so is the delay.
imapiratearg:
Yeah, I wanted a Mighty Mouse, but I decided I didn't really need the extra clipping modes, and all I really want is the RAT distortion sound. The ProCo TurboRAT is fifty bucks cheaper than if I were to buy a pre-assembled one, and cheaper than the kit itself. Although, would it be cheaper to purchase all the components and assemble it yourself? I suppose I could buy the delay and get the free compressor that comes with a purchase. It'd be cheaper than buying two separate pedals.
I bet there's got to be some sort of awesome satisfaction of knowing that you built your pedals yourself. Especially if no one in your area has the same tone or sound as you.
carrotosaurus:
It's pretty cool.
I do have the turbo rat, though. It is awesome.
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