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the Guitar Pedal Thread
TheFuriousWombat:
Well I posed this in the guitar thread but I'll ask here too. I recently played around with a guitar on a Boss RC-20XL Looping pedal. I like making drone-y/ambient music a lot. I don't have a guitar but I'm looking into fixing that. Anyway, I liked the Boss pedal. Is it a smart buy, though? What are one or two good, not very expensive pedals for effects and such if my aim is to make drone-y sounding things?
billiumbean:
Delay pedals like that Boss DD-20 that Patrick hates are good, but I must emphasize the word "like" here, because he doesn't like it that much and he has the damn thing. I've got a DD-7, but I'm looking into trying out an MXR Carbon Copy.
I highly reccommend buying both the DD-7 and the Carbon Copy because of a few reasons. One, the analog delay on the CC has a different feel to the DD-7, and a lot of people prefer it because of that, but I don't think you'll care too much. The DD-7 has a couple different delay types like Reverse and Modulate (as well as an Analog channel, go figure), and can be delayed for about 14 seconds. It's got two inputs, two outputs, and an optional footpedal interface so you can fuck around with the delay speeds on the go, as demonstrated in one of the videos above.
Also, the DD-7 has a Loop mode, which is basically the pedal you'd tried out inside of a delay pedal. You can't use any delay if you're in Loop mode, though, so that's why you should get the Carbon Copy too.
Also, somebody is bound to recommend a Big Muff fuzz pedal, which is on Makuseru's board in the picture above.
Speaking of which, good God in heaven. One, you have a Digitech Whammy, so right there, fight you. Two, you also have a POG? What does that combination sound like?
Patrick:
If not for the fact that it is digital-bypass, I'd love the thing. Unless I've got the power supply plugged in, I'm sucking down 6 AA batteries in 4 hours. And it is a pain in the ass to have to unplug the cable from the input to turn the thing off every time I stop playing for more than 5 minutes.
I mean, as long as you don't mind that, and as long as you can work with that digital bypass sucking the soul out of your tone, I've got one I'm trying to rid myself of. PM me if you are interested. I just wouldn't recommend that specific pedal. You can dick around with it in nearly endless ways, but I just don't think it's worth the hassle.
Cadeonehalf:
So I'm looking for that Hendrix-style late 60's Fuzz sound in a pedal. There's a BOSS Fuzz at my local shop, but they want $120 for it, can anyone recommend one of their favorites that may be (a little) cheaper?
valley_parade:
Dunlop's got two Fuzz Faces that might interest you. One's supposedly a dead-on clone of what Hendrix played.
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