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the Guitar Pedal Thread
Beastmouth:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 26 Apr 2008, 09:59 ---Self-oscillate? What do you mean?
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He's asking if it's got an LFO, I think.
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: Beastmouth on 22 Apr 2008, 08:32 ---
--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 22 Apr 2008, 07:54 ---Sleater-Kinney manage to pull it off somehow. I watched a video of them perform "Entertain" on the Henry Rollins show, and they just use two guitars, instead of guitar and bass. My assumption was a phase/pitch shifter or sorts.
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They pull this off by, as mentioned above, tuning down, and also having higher voices than male singers tend to. The guitar actually is a baritone range instrument, and can cover the bottom end fine in standard tuning if the rest of the band is a piccolo and a fiddle or something.
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I think at one point they used to use Dano baritones, actually.
gardenhead_:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 26 Apr 2008, 09:59 ---Self-oscillate? What do you mean?
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Self oscillating delay. I don't really know how to describe it because I know nothing about pedals and such, but I think it was discussed earlier in the thread. From your description it seems like it can self oscillate. Like, you can change the pitch of the sound coming from the pedal by turning the delay time dial.
Patrick:
Oh. Yeah, it does. It's why I want a real tape delay so badly (see: Hiwatt CTE).
atimholt:
I bit the bullet and bought the H.O.G. I think its pretty awesome for someone who doesn't want to sound like anyone else and wants to dabble with bass while still owning only a squire strat (strange to think I've an effect more costly than my guitar. And the micro POG will let you dabble with bass too, of course, but doesn't have the extreme experimental versatility and you-now-sound-like-no-one-else-ness).
A couple tips. Its not really meant for someone who wants to think up harmonic combinations and then create them, expecting the perfect recreation of multiple, strangely ranged guitars. It's for those willing to experiment, and for those who are love just playing around with gadgets. It's got high warblies in the upper octaves (it goes up to 4 octaves above what you're playing), which is actually good for certain songs (Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds both sounds better and is easier to play, IMO. You don't have to play up above fret 12, cramming fingers, and the warblies are well suited to this particular song.)
After short, quick first time experimentation with it, one might think it is only capable of strange things. But subtlety is easy to tweak to my heart's content. You could get a unique tone perfectly suited to each song you play, or even to each riff within a song. I've found adding a little 3rd and 4th octave is a great way to strengthen the effect of the built in wah and filter (the low pass filter expression mode is like a sort of exagerated, stronger wah. I like it.) And I've found I get a really good "7 nation army" with the -1 octave, a 5th, the low pass filter frequency set between 1 and 2, and distortion. Plus, its a trip to be able to play power chords on a single string.
Ironically, my car broke down 2 days after I bought it and needs a new engine (theoretically, I could probably still return the H.O.G., but eh.) I had buyers guilt for the first couple days after I bought it because of the sheer cost. I've managed, mostly, to reassure myself that I am unique, and with a unique, versatile pedal, this early in my guitarings (I started playing only over a month ago), I'll stay that way. I just mustn't rely too heavily on it, for fear of not being able to play without it. It's good for experimentation, but can be distracting when I ought to be practicing technique.
So yeah. I'm a beginner, so I'm sure I haven't gotten out of it what I might. Overall, I think its pretty awesome. My car troubles haven't helped me alleviate my money anxieties.
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