Topic: the Guitar Pedal Thread (Read 402716 times)

BaneAtvar · « **Reply #600 on:** 15 Apr 2009, 16:21 »

I'm selling it dirt cheap too. Oh well.

I might just keep it. INTENSIVE TESTING WILL BE MADE.

I just really freaking want a Proctavia instead of the lousy replica I seem to have got.

Gnurrhl.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #601 on:** 15 Apr 2009, 18:35 »

You can get some sweet vintage-type drive tones with the Fuzz Face just by backing off your guitar's volume, I think.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #602 on:** 15 Apr 2009, 19:37 »

Guys you don't need all these fancy pedals, all you need to knowi is how to make your guitar go BAH, DUH DUH DUH DAH, DUH DUH DUH DAH, WAK WAK WAK, WAK WAK WAK.

sean · « **Reply #603 on:** 15 Apr 2009, 20:00 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 14 Apr 2009, 12:16

I want a vibrato pedal or something to get me that awesome "underwater" type of sound. It just sounds so cool.

holy grail dogg. set it to the flerb setting and start feedbacking. it sounds like you are in an ocean.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #604 on:** 15 Apr 2009, 21:29 »

I've been thinking about getting a Holy Grail or other such reverb pedal for the huge hall sounds. I don't think it'd be the the fluttery warble I'm lookin' for, though.

Ballard · « **Reply #605 on:** 16 Apr 2009, 05:15 »

Holy Grails have numerous reverb settings.

Spring, hall, and "flerb" which is a smooth, thick, shoegazey sort of delay reverb thingamabob.

valley_parade · « **Reply #606 on:** 16 Apr 2009, 06:32 »

EHX just redid the Holy Grail, actually. Same electronics, but they switched it to the nano-sized enclosure.

sean · « **Reply #607 on:** 16 Apr 2009, 17:30 »

well you should just get a holy grail anyway. the things are wonderful.

and shit that tiny holy grail would be so much easier to carry around, even though it looks less cool.

sean · « **Reply #608 on:** 18 Apr 2009, 10:18 »

JESUS SHIT PEOPLE!

For the show I played last night I needed a delay pedal. One of my friends had this and let me use it.

I think I'm in love. I must get one.

valley_parade · « **Reply #609 on:** 18 Apr 2009, 16:18 »

http://www.fuzzhugger.com/pedal-ab-synth.html

y helo thar.

P-Frank · « **Reply #610 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 04:52 »

Been having fun with my Boss RC-2. I am still thinking of getting a Devi Ever Shoegazer. Is this a good idea? Has anyone used one? Sorry to repeat myself.

Also I got a new power supply and pedal board, managed to blow up my ProCo Vintage Rat, which they don't make anymore (unless you get the Deucetone version). Getting it re-wired and hope it comes back to life tomorrow.

Current board lay-out (I am a bassist, this is so wrong):

- Horrible Zoom Pedal that I use as a tuner
- Crowther Prunes & Custard
- Crowther Hotcake
- ProCo Vintage Rat (Dead)
- Boss RC-2

Ballard · « **Reply #611 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 08:05 »

Quote from: P-Frank on 22 Apr 2009, 04:52

I am a bassist

Quote from: P-Frank on 22 Apr 2009, 04:52

Devi Ever Shoegazer

Quote from: P-Frank on 22 Apr 2009, 04:52

(this is so right)

FYP.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #612 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 08:45 »

Seriously.

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #613 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 16:22 »

I hope you like mid-range tones!!!

billiumbean · « **Reply #614 on:** 30 Apr 2009, 01:21 »

Shoe Gazer, yes. You can't say "should I get" and "a Shoe Gazer" in the same sentence if you full-well know about the awesome stored in that pedal. Never thought of it being used on a bass, though. Would probably sound good on a balalaika, it doesn't matter.

For the bass distortion, I recommend this. It's an extensively modded Boss DS-1 that has a ton of low-end, and it sounds pretty good on a regular guitar, too. Not Boss' usual Happy Meal standards at all.

P-Frank · « **Reply #615 on:** 01 May 2009, 00:58 »

Quote from: billiumbean on 30 Apr 2009, 01:21

Shoe Gazer, yes. You can't say "should I get" and "a Shoe Gazer" in the same sentence if you full-well know about the awesome stored in that pedal. Never thought of it being used on a bass, though. Would probably sound good on a balalaika, it doesn't matter.

For the bass distortion, I recommend this. It's an extensively modded Boss DS-1 that has a ton of low-end, and it sounds pretty good on a regular guitar, too. Not Boss' usual Happy Meal standards at all.

Rad, everyone says to get Shoe Gazer. I will get Shoe Gazer. I'm going to use it for high octave kindof stuff combined with the loop pedal and get some rad layers of Kevin Shields over the whole song. The modded DS-1 sounds awesome, it reminds me of kindof a more full bodied version of what I get going with the Vintage Rat, if I turn down the rat in conjunction with high distortion on my prunes & custard it sounds a bit like that.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #616 on:** 01 May 2009, 11:08 »

So, I was at the guitar shop today messing with a Digitech display pedal board and particularly the Digiverb, the Multi-Voiced Chorus and the Digital Delay. I got some hella cool shoegazer sounds goin' on. I've made a note to buy a pedal of each kind now.

valley_parade · « **Reply #617 on:** 02 May 2009, 07:07 »

I haven't had a chance to try one out yet, but I've heard hell of good things about the Digiverb. I'm thinking about picking up some sort of reverb (probably that or a Holy Grail) if I end up getting one of those single-channel 5 watt tube amps.

Of course, Epiphone's got a new Valve Junior head on the way that HAS reverb..

sean · « **Reply #618 on:** 02 May 2009, 12:29 »

psh who cares if it has reverb get a holy grail anyway.

i mean you play done it won't hurt.

negative creep · « **Reply #619 on:** 06 May 2009, 11:25 »

OK GUYS I NEED ANSWERS

For the 24 hour album I plan on using all my pedal that I haven't used for a long while. What I need now is advice on how to align them in the effect chain, of whatever you call it.

I have:

- an Electro Harmonix double Muff
- an Electro Harmonix Holy Grail reverb pedal (that one is usually in the effect loop of my amp)
- a Wah-wah pedal
- a phaser
- a digital delay pedal

So how should I place them for maximum stoner rock action?

Ballard · « **Reply #620 on:** 06 May 2009, 12:14 »

Step 1: Forgo all pedals
Step 2:

Step 4: Ignore the fact that there is a pretty blonde girl inside the cloak (pretty blonde girls can rock the fuck out too)
Step 5:

Step 6: Rokk

glyphic · « **Reply #621 on:** 06 May 2009, 12:36 »

What is step 3?

Radical AC · « **Reply #622 on:** 06 May 2009, 12:37 »

Step three could take days to search for.

And mine goes up to 12.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #623 on:** 06 May 2009, 12:52 »

Quote from: negative creep on 06 May 2009, 11:25

OK GUYS I NEED ANSWERS

For the 24 hour album I plan on using all my pedal that I haven't used for a long while. What I need now is advice on how to align them in the effect chain, of whatever you call it.

http://www.masht.com/guitars/order_of_effects.htm

I usually put my distortions first, then modulation effects, and then my wah.

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #624 on:** 07 May 2009, 06:46 »

For me, it's Wah > Compressor > Distortion > Phaser > Reverb > Trem > Delay/Looping

I really need to get a volume pedal though.

negative creep · « **Reply #625 on:** 07 May 2009, 09:09 »

Well, thanks for your information! If all goes well you can all hear the results in two weeks.

Quote from: Ballard on 06 May 2009, 12:14

[Steps]

Usually I follow those steps, except that I use my Double Muff, because my amp only has one channel. For thios thing I want to use at least Wah, though. Probably more.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #626 on:** 07 May 2009, 09:17 »

The thing about wahs is it really depends on what kind of wah sound you're going for. Before your distortions will make a more dramatic effect and vice a versa. I think. I can't remember exactly.

negative creep · « **Reply #627 on:** 07 May 2009, 09:24 »

Yeah I think I have never even used it with this amp, and with my old amp, I never used a distortion pedal. I guess I'll have to try that out.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #628 on:** 14 May 2009, 11:49 »

I'm having a bastard of a time trying to figure out what the effect used on the second guitar on "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles is. I really love the watery sound. I've narrowed it down to some kind of chorus or a vibrato pedal.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #629 on:** 14 May 2009, 12:26 »

I think it was played through a leslie speaker, so I guess you could use a chorus pedal, although it's a bit different.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #630 on:** 15 May 2009, 06:20 »

Distorted bass guitars = the sex.

sean · « **Reply #631 on:** 15 May 2009, 15:45 »

I still need good bass distortion, especially since I'm gonna have to take some of the heavy rhythm parts in my 3 man post rock band. It's rather anoying that most bass distortions are actually just fuzz.

Fuck it Big Mufffffffffffffff

sean · « **Reply #632 on:** 15 May 2009, 19:01 »

this is a course of action i should probably take.

Patrick · « **Reply #633 on:** 17 May 2009, 13:53 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 14 May 2009, 11:49

I'm having a bastard of a time trying to figure out what the effect used on the second guitar on "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles is. I really love the watery sound. I've narrowed it down to some kind of chorus or a vibrato pedal.

Is it even a guitar? It sounds to me like synth.

billiumbean · « **Reply #634 on:** 18 May 2009, 06:40 »

Since I've grown accustomed to the pedals I own and what they can do, now I'm in that faze where I just want to make the pedals sound as far from their intended sound as possible.

The results are usually bad, I'll admit. And not the "whales screeching in an ocean made out of nebulae" kind of bad, but the "whales vomiting up bigger whales" kind of bad.

However, I have found out that a Big Muff run through a mediocre/beginner's amps drive channel sounds pretty cool. The fuzziness seems smoother, but the attack of the pick is really loud and crackly. It's bitchin' for solos, but strumming more than one string usually takes whatever sound you were trying to make and turns it into a crackly stampede of crackles.

Who else has a weird pedal arrangement technique?

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #635 on:** 18 May 2009, 10:22 »

Speaking of fuzzy bass, our bassist has taken to running through the Marshall half-stack lately and it sounds amazing.

valley_parade · « **Reply #636 on:** 18 May 2009, 11:03 »

Of course it does. Anything Lemmy does sounds awesome.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #637 on:** 18 May 2009, 11:07 »

I'm pretty sure Lou Barlow does that too, except he runs his bass into an Ampeg bass stack at the same time, too.

Patrick · « **Reply #638 on:** 19 May 2009, 03:30 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 18 May 2009, 11:03

Of course it does. Anything Lemmy does sounds awesome.

yeah 'cept play

ICE BURNNNNNNNNNN

Bearer · « **Reply #639 on:** 19 May 2009, 21:51 »

So, I saw a old Dunlop crybaby Wah pedal at my local pawnshop for $40. I am seriously considering picking that thing up.

Ballard · « **Reply #640 on:** 20 May 2009, 07:56 »

Do it.

Used pawnshop Crybabies just sound better, somehow. I love the shit out of my Crybaby 535Q but it just doesn't sound as good as the beat to shit original that I played at Main Drag once.

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #641 on:** 21 May 2009, 06:35 »

Yeah when I bought my crybaby it was a beat up piece of crap, but I still love it. It's still a beat up piece of crap and I still love it.

byebyepanda · « **Reply #642 on:** 24 May 2009, 12:47 »

haven't been on the pedal market for some years now and i was wondering whats a good cheap fuzz pedal (used is no problemo) to get some nice light overdrives and some harsh rhythm with a delay a la my bloody valentine and radio dept?

imapiratearg · « **Reply #643 on:** 24 May 2009, 23:23 »

Erm...A Fuzz Face?

billiumbean · « **Reply #644 on:** 25 May 2009, 14:52 »

Quote from: byebyepanda on 24 May 2009, 12:47

haven't been on the pedal market for some years now and i was wondering whats a good cheap fuzz pedal (used is no problemo) to get some nice light overdrives and some harsh rhythm with a delay a la my bloody valentine and radio dept?

Quote from: imapiratearg on 24 May 2009, 23:23

Erm...A Fuzz Face?

One of your best bets.

Also, the Little Big Muff is not half bad at all.

I have to say, though, you might not be able to do anything like My Bloody Valentine justice with those three pedals alone. Even with a good delay pedal, the signature My Bloody Valentine roar is a bit beyond your capabilities, I imagine. Look into chorus and octave pedals, compression pedals, and some powerful reverb pedals. Then mix up their order on your board and enjoy the geysers of noise created afterwards.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #645 on:** 26 May 2009, 03:24 »

This is Kevin Shield's pedalboard:

!!!!!!!!!!!!

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #646 on:** 26 May 2009, 16:03 »

Quote from: BlahBlah on 26 May 2009, 03:24

This is Kevin Shield's pedalboard:
(gloriousness)

!!!!!!!!!!!!

doombilly · « **Reply #647 on:** 02 Jun 2009, 13:13 »

Guys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhWT5faY1XU&feature=player_embedded

Babpacih · « **Reply #648 on:** 02 Jun 2009, 15:25 »

i think if i was onstage and i looked down and saw sheild's board id probably faint. i wouldnt even know where to start. i love that he labels some by song.
i saw them. SO LOUD.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #649 on:** 02 Jun 2009, 20:48 »

I want this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs3pyg019mw&NR=1

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