Topic: the Guitar Pedal Thread (Read 402704 times)

glyphic · « **Reply #400 on:** 26 Dec 2008, 13:39 »

That Boss RE-20 looks badass, but I'm kind of digging on this TC Electronics box simply because you can play a phrase and let the pedal figure out the BPM.

Maybe that's just a frivolous excess, though.

*edit: removed nonsense.

Ballard · « **Reply #401 on:** 26 Dec 2008, 14:34 »

So guys I'm selling my EHX Memory Man w/ Hazarai, Holy Grail, and RAT 2 (the latter in favor of a Radial Tonebone Tri-mode somewhere down the line) to get my iPhone back.

I was excited about all of these when I bought them but honestly, I've grown tired of them and I hardly ever use them. None of the pedals I own are practical besides the stage tuner and the wah, both of which I'm keeping.

I do want a nice tube distortion as mentioned above, a simpler delay pedal (seriously the MM is just confusing no matter how much you get used to it), a nice tremolo, and I'll be golden.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #402 on:** 26 Dec 2008, 22:34 »

So guys, guess who is the new owner of a Dunlop Original Crybaby reissue!

Me! I am!

Ballard · « **Reply #403 on:** 26 Dec 2008, 22:46 »

Yeah, I've got a 535Q that I love. Wah is the funnest effect.

glyphic · « **Reply #404 on:** 29 Dec 2008, 09:12 »

Imapiratearg, I took your advice and got the RE-20. I spent around 2 hours yesterday just making loud noises and freaking out my girlfriend's cats. I can't wait until I get my next commission check so that I can buy an expression pedal and actively control the TWIST function.

Ballard · « **Reply #405 on:** 30 Dec 2008, 22:14 »

http://www.ehx.com/blog/mogwai-big-muff-pi

imapiratearg · « **Reply #406 on:** 31 Dec 2008, 09:04 »

That's brilliant.

glyphic · « **Reply #407 on:** 31 Dec 2008, 09:19 »

I think every pedal should have a "Rock" pot.

sean · « **Reply #408 on:** 31 Dec 2008, 11:22 »

Even better is that the pot right after that is called Action.

Ballard · « **Reply #409 on:** 31 Dec 2008, 14:37 »

For those keeping score at home..

sean · « **Reply #410 on:** 31 Dec 2008, 14:47 »

Or http://www.rock-action.co.uk/

Both count!

negative creep · « **Reply #411 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 18:03 »

Oh shit, I think I need that! But I already have a double muff, so it's rather low on my priority list at the moment.

Speaking of which, I kind of want to buy a loop pedal, so, do you have any suggestions?

Also, where do I put a loop pedal in my setup? Currently it is like this:

guitar -> double muff -> aweseome vintage orange amp (yeah, i have to say it that way) -> effects loop out -> Electro Harmonix Holy Grail reverb -> effects loop in -> speaker. Sometimes there is a delay somwhere in between, but I honestly can't remember where that was, it's been a year since I used it, since I only use it for weird noises when we play gigs.

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #412 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 19:22 »

A few posts back, someone was talking about the lo-fi fuzz on NMH albums - Robert describes what he did while recording that album in really great detail in the 33 1/3 book. There's also a couple posts kicking around the townhall he wrote about using the Radio Shack PZM mic for recording drums if I remember correctly... I've got a PZM and it does capture that over-gained maxxed out drum sound from The Glow, Pt. 2 (you know the one) but I honestly haven't recorded with it in a really long time. I think the PZM is no longer made.

sean · « **Reply #413 on:** 10 Jan 2009, 19:52 »

Okay so I need a volume pedal so I can do awesome low end bowed swells that are fucking awesome/actually have some control over my volume.

What do you guys recommend?

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #414 on:** 12 Jan 2009, 17:02 »

Yeah the ernie ball jr is awesome.

Caspian · « **Reply #415 on:** 12 Jan 2009, 17:51 »

got a digitech reverb pedal. It's not the most subtle or warm thing ever but it does the whole "playing in a really massive cathedral" thing rather well, and with my space echo added in the FX chain it's pretty much the best sounding thing ever.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #416 on:** 12 Jan 2009, 18:16 »

Dear Guitar Pedal Thread,

I give you the Phaseur Fleur by 4MS pedals. You may note the crazy space sounds and crazy tremolo-esque awesomeness at the end of the demo.

I guess the overall gist of this post is: OMGWANTWANTWANTWANT

Love,
Matt

atimholt · « **Reply #417 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 01:28 »

So back in March or April or so, I bought a EHX H.O.G., but then developed car problems and had to return it.

To think that if my engine hadn't spontaneously exploded (the mechanic told me he found piston bits in the underneath-pan-thingy), I'd still have it today. It was fun to mess around with.
In any case, last month I bought a Digitech RP-90 multi-effects pedal. Given that I've been playing for less than a year and know near nothing about guitar effects, this is probably best (experimentation and all that). For one thing, I've found that, as retarded as this may sound, I prefer the tone of a simulated acoustic to that of a real one. At least, I prefer my Squier Strat as a simulated acoustic to my Dad's particular Taylor acoustic. I dunno. It does seem likely I'm not getting all the subtlety I would with a real steel string, but I'm surprised at the subtlety I am getting.
Not that any of you guys care, or even should. This thread is rightly more about good guitar pedals. I guess what I'm saying is that, at my experience level, a multi-effects pedal is a good pedal. Or is this a more widely shared sentiment than I'm lead to believe?
Okay, two major downsides to the rp90: you can't change all the settings you'd be able to on a dedicated 'unipedal,' and none of the pitch shifting effects are polyphonic. Even if I like the tone I get, that's enough to motivate me to get better stuff.
I'm going to shut up now.

doombilly · « **Reply #418 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 09:50 »

I still have an RP100. My wife (bassist) uses it for the clickity-click built in drum thing to practice scales. When I first got it I found some cool tones for recording. But then I turned a knob and lost that forever. The tuner didn't work worth a f3ck after about the first week. The drum sounds speed up/slow down randomly. And when you find a bitchin' sound and then want to change to another patch you have about a second gap before the next patch sounds. That would be my biggest complaint. But if you are doing tracking sans amplifier it saves you some trouble with microphones, phasing etc...

sean · « **Reply #419 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 19:24 »

So I am now pretty much in love with this thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJPde-C28iU.

I played it at guitar center today. I must have it.

Christophe · « **Reply #420 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 19:28 »

I too has an RP100. Maybe I should actually use it for recording but I'm far too retarded/impatient with it to use it live.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #421 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 21:47 »

Has anyone had experience with a new Russian Big Muff? If so, what are your thoughts?

snakes · « **Reply #422 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 22:52 »

i'm thinking of getting a fuzz factory. any word on the sound? also i mostly play the bass, but i would like a pedal that would work with the guitar and bass so that i could use the same pedal for both. from what i've seen, the fuzz factor is a sick choice for guitar, but i would like to know a pedal that was good for both instruments.

atimholt · « **Reply #423 on:** 16 Jan 2009, 01:15 »

The rp90 is much much nicer than the rp100 (they're part of different series, I think). It's extremely easy to use--elementary and intuitive. You just have to keep the manual or, even better, a printout of all the available options around. I need to make that printout, it is a little frustrating to have to shuffle through pages and pages.
Or you can give the manual a read-through and go with the different options by their sounds.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #424 on:** 16 Jan 2009, 06:35 »

Quote from: snakes on 15 Jan 2009, 22:52

i'm thinking of getting a fuzz factory. any word on the sound? also i mostly play the bass, but i would like a pedal that would work with the guitar and bass so that i could use the same pedal for both. from what i've seen, the fuzz factor is a sick choice for guitar, but i would like to know a pedal that was good for both instruments.

As far as ZVex Pedals go, the Woolly Mammoth works for both guitar and bass and sounds pretty bad-ass, but they are not cheap.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #425 on:** 19 Jan 2009, 15:19 »

If anyone has experience in using distortion pedals with instruments other than guitars, I'd appreciate some recommendations.

Basically my set-up at the moment has a gameboy running nanoloop/LSDJ, trumpet, harmonium, vocals and dodgy synth keyboard going through a loop-station pedal into a mixer. I've then got an FX send from the mixer running through a mini kaoss pad. I'm thinking of getting a distortion pedal added into the FX loop. Can anyone recommend a pedal that'd work across a wide range of frequencies/timbres?

imapiratearg · « **Reply #426 on:** 19 Jan 2009, 19:52 »

I know that ProCo RATs will work on both keyboards and basses. I think Big Muffs do that kind of thing fairly well, too.

valley_parade · « **Reply #427 on:** 20 Jan 2009, 10:16 »

Quote from: Ben792x on 17 Jan 2009, 06:50

but also check out the death by audio fuzz war or a big muff, as mentioned above.

I've been digging huge on the Danelectro French Toast lately. As it goes, the prexy of Dano used to work for Foxx, and the French Toast is a dead-on clone of the Foxx Tone Machine, but at $40 instead of $200. Plus it's got an octave up switch to go along with the fuzz.

Bearer · « **Reply #428 on:** 20 Jan 2009, 11:06 »

So, I'm not sure if it's come up in this thread before, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever used or even heard of the Boss Hr-2 Harmonist pedal? I've been reading up on it and it seems like a pretty interesting effect, intelligent 2 voice pitch shifting. It's supposed to "harmonize" with your playing, so you have to set the key your in and everything.

http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/1995/HR-2.html

imapiratearg · « **Reply #429 on:** 20 Jan 2009, 11:23 »

I once heard Cher uses that on her vocals.

Or someone like Cher.

valley_parade · « **Reply #430 on:** 20 Jan 2009, 11:38 »

Quote from: Bearer on 20 Jan 2009, 11:06

So, I'm not sure if it's come up in this thread before, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever used or even heard of the Boss Hr-2 Harmonist pedal? I've been reading up on it and it seems like a pretty interesting effect, intelligent 2 voice pitch shifting. It's supposed to "harmonize" with your playing, so you have to set the key your in and everything.

http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/1995/HR-2.html

I think Takeshi from Boris uses it live for vocals on "Statement". Sounds too machine-like, ehhh.

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #431 on:** 20 Jan 2009, 13:40 »

I just discovered BYOC from lurking this forum at work a couple weeks ago, and I ordered the new Overdrive pedal with the confidence boost. The only thing I've ever soldered before is the battery wiring on my Parker. Am I in over my head here?

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #432 on:** 20 Jan 2009, 14:58 »

Nope - they're easy as long as you have patience.

snakes · « **Reply #433 on:** 20 Jan 2009, 21:08 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 16 Jan 2009, 06:35

As far as ZVex Pedals go, the Woolly Mammoth works for both guitar and bass and sounds pretty bad-ass, but they are not cheap.

Yeah that sounds great and seems to have the versatility that i'm looking for, but may be out of my price range for a bit. Thanks for the tip and maybe i'll be able to hook myself up with one in the future and leave a post on how it is.

doombilly · « **Reply #434 on:** 21 Jan 2009, 12:58 »

Quote from: boneykingofnowhere on 20 Jan 2009, 13:40

on my Parker.

No idea about your question. But what model Parker? (me = '06 Nitefly M. the M is for "Mmmmmm")

greenMonkey · « **Reply #435 on:** 21 Jan 2009, 19:05 »

I think I'm gonna spring for a Russian Big Muff as soon as I find out how expensive my bicycle is going to be. I'm very excited: my distortion needs are currently filled by the gain knob on my vintage (solid state) Traynor TS-50 (gorgeous clean tone, luscious spring reverb tank built in, but absolute shite gain), and possibly the most disgusting distortion pedal I have ever heard: the Danelectro "Black Licorice" Beyond Metal pedal. This pedal is ridiculous. There is no gain or drive knob; the level of distortion stays the same all the time, and it's really crazy. There is a level knob, a bass knob, and an octave down switch, which is most definitely not polyphonic, and tends to cut in and out depending on what note you are playing. No matter where you stand in relation to you amp the pedal creates copious amounts of feedback which screech at ear-raping volumes. The one good quality is that it sounds awesome palm muted.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #436 on:** 21 Jan 2009, 19:37 »

Does it at least clean up well when you roll off you guitar's volume?

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #437 on:** 21 Jan 2009, 20:03 »

Quote from: doombilly on 21 Jan 2009, 12:58

Quote from: boneykingofnowhere on 20 Jan 2009, 13:40
on my Parker.
No idea about your question. But what model Parker? (me = '06 Nitefly M. the M is for "Mmmmmm")

Dark red Fly Classic. Not sure what year it is, I'm the third member of my family to own it, so its pretty old. I love it for clean sounds but for most other things I like my new Tele with lace sensors.

doombilly · « **Reply #438 on:** 22 Jan 2009, 05:52 »

http://www.parkerguitars.com/forum !
Good place for all knowledge Parker-ish. I'm on there as doombilly.

valley_parade · « **Reply #439 on:** 22 Jan 2009, 07:22 »

Quote from: greenMonkey on 21 Jan 2009, 19:05

I think I'm gonna spring for a Russian Big Muff as soon as I find out how expensive my bicycle is going to be.

I played one of these over the weekend, they're right about it being smoother than the American made ones. It was a little too smooth for my tastes. I'm going with a Little Big Muff if I ever get a Muff.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #440 on:** 22 Jan 2009, 07:23 »

So, I've been thinking that RATs aren't exactly good for the psychedelic pop kind of stuff I write (think The Apples in Stereo and such), and I really want a Big Muff. But I can't decide if I want a Russian or a USA muff.

billiumbean · « **Reply #441 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 06:08 »

I can't imagine what the warm crunchiness of the Big Muff would do for an Apples in Stereo sound. You'd probably do best with a Sovtek, if it really is smoother.

Side note, I know that this forum is all for the Big Muff, but I haven't heard anyone talk about this yet. What do you guys make of it? I feel like I need it because it's the green equivalent of the Big Muff, but I'm not sure if that's just me yearning for the old Super Mario Bros. days or not.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #442 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 06:27 »

Link's broken, bro.

I did some research, and apparently, Robert Schneider uses a Big Muff and a Boss FZ-1 for boosts.

Tehz · « **Reply #443 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 10:22 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 25 Jan 2009, 06:27

Link's broken, bro.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfd8h3OVq3o

imapiratearg · « **Reply #444 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 14:19 »

Oh that. It's pretty nifty. It appears EHX pay attention to the DIY community.

billiumbean · « **Reply #445 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 17:20 »

Fixed the link on mine as well. That surprises me that he uses a Muff, but I still contend that you should get the Russian version.

Bearer · « **Reply #446 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 17:36 »

Woo! Just got a slightly used Boss Ce-5 on ebay for $40!

Firebird VII -> Compression Sustainer (Boss Cs-3) -> Chorus (Boss Ce-5) -> Fender Twin Reverb

Mmmmmm

greenMonkey · « **Reply #447 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 19:28 »

Ooofh. That sounds like a pretty setup.

Bearer · « **Reply #448 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 19:57 »

I don't know about pretty, the Chorus has this ink all over it. Looks like a pen exploded on it or something.

billiumbean · « **Reply #449 on:** 25 Jan 2009, 20:08 »

Well, there that went.

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