Topic: Re: The Guitar Topic - B (Read 385681 times)

doombilly · « **Reply #3900 on:** 09 May 2012, 07:43 »

Melodic, that would be cool.
Well, my thoughts with the iStomp was, Yeah it IS a multi-fx pedal, but only if you take time out between songs to swap them. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? I love my X3Live but lugging it on the subway with 2 guitars, a drum machine, mixer, gig bag and sometimes the Tiny Terror... it is a bit much. Usually I don't carry 2 guitars for these shows but I f'd up my main axe right before the last Brooklyn show and had to play with just the bassist, drum machine and my honky baritone voice. And I am miles away from being able to play all the songs on 1 amp setting. So been thinking about 1 very small overdrive or distortion pedal with very few controls. What's that little yellow one? That would fit in the guitar case.
Kwaping, yes it is all discrete analogue circuitry. Point to point wired by virgin artisans that caress each solder with love and affection. Tiney 1/4" cassette players provide the analogue delay. Required 9 v batteries charged with faerie dust and unicorn farts are extra.

IDMG · « **Reply #3901 on:** 09 May 2012, 16:39 »

Quote from: doombilly on 09 May 2012, 07:43

So been thinking about 1 very small overdrive or distortion pedal with very few controls. What's that little yellow one? That would fit in the guitar case.

The MXR Distortion+?

Melodic · « **Reply #3902 on:** 09 May 2012, 23:23 »

The iconic one would be Boss' OD-1.

IDMG · « **Reply #3903 on:** 10 May 2012, 00:36 »

Yeah, but iron maiden used the Dist+ so that's what I care about.

doombilly · « **Reply #3904 on:** 10 May 2012, 04:23 »

Think I was thinking of the MXR. Small, w/ only two knobs. I'll name them both "Eric."

Radical AC · « **Reply #3905 on:** 10 May 2012, 06:40 »

You cant get much smaller or simpler than this.

doombilly · « **Reply #3906 on:** 10 May 2012, 08:25 »

Nice. Also only 1 knob!

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doombilly · « **Reply #3907 on:** 17 May 2012, 10:12 »

I'll take 10!

(Only $5k ea!)

doombilly · « **Reply #3908 on:** 17 May 2012, 13:12 »

I must say I like the simplicity of the controls, the finish, and the hardware choices. But not $4550 worth of like.
Also sold my last 2 extra amps last night. I'm down to just the TT/Avatar212 cab. Got kindof robbed I think. But I just did not need them and they were not moving on craigslist. Sold a Roland Cube 30 and a Fender Rumble 60 bass amp. Got $180 for the lot from GC. I think they'd done better if I went in with 1 at a time. But I'd already been down there last week selling the Princeton Chorus.

doombilly · « **Reply #3909 on:** 18 May 2012, 05:25 »

Yeah. That LED thing is idiotic. Well the wife has a Markbass 1x12 with an extension cab and god's ampeg rig. So the Rumble 60 was just no longer useful. I would have liked to keep the Cube as a backup. But I have too much stuff. And there are other things I'd rather hang onto rather than amps. Plus I has a pod so...
Some of you may know this guy from TDPRI, I "know" him from the Parker forums. Anyway, cool guitar he ripped out of a big Doug Fir beam from his house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOvXh5Mrn7E&feature=endscreen&NR=1 he got a lot of the back design from the Parker Nitefly. I think he did a great job.

Patrick · « **Reply #3910 on:** 18 May 2012, 13:48 »

So THAT'S what bass amp I've been using at the pizza place gigs. Idunno how you guys feel about how it sounds with a J-Bass or a P-Bass but my Höfner sounds like piss through it. I can't get anything good out of it whatsoever, and I'm really REALLY good at amps

Patrick · « **Reply #3911 on:** 21 May 2012, 20:15 »

Those are both solidbodies, and it looks like a single-coil in the Bronco, a P-Bass style 'bucker in the Washburn. The Hofner's hollow and has full size humbuckers. If anybody's ever played another kind of hollowbody bass through one of those Rumbles, lemme know how it sounded.

IDMG · « **Reply #3912 on:** 21 May 2012, 20:26 »

Well, I have yet to play a bass combo amp that didn't sound like ass, personally.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3913 on:** 22 May 2012, 17:29 »

Picked up a used Deluxe Reverb reissue off of Craigslist last weekend. I've been wanting one for a while and finally found a local one for the price I wanted. The cleans are glorious, really getting my surf on, but my favorite fuzz sounds pretty crappy through it. :/ My old Rebel 30 head is a good pedal platform, it turns out.

Patrick · « **Reply #3914 on:** 22 May 2012, 17:51 »

If it has an effects loop you should try running yr fuzz through that if you aren't already. That way it'll take your preamp signal and put that through the fuzz (then direct to the power section) instead of putting the fuzz through the preamp.

IDMG · « **Reply #3915 on:** 22 May 2012, 17:58 »

The thing about old-style Fender amps such as that is that they tend to have a very big midrange scoop that doesn't necessarily jive with various distortion or fuzz pedals (especially if you use something that doesn't have a lot of midrange to begin with).

My suggestion: Buy a Pro-Co Rat or better yet, a Fuzzrocious Rat Tail. Rats and Blackface Fenders go well together.

Melodic · « **Reply #3916 on:** 22 May 2012, 22:08 »

Patrick, the DRRI doesn't have an effects loop. Dorp!

Kwaping, if you aren't already try playing through the NORMAL channel. It might just be superstition, but I'm positive the Vibrato/Reverb circuit doesn't play as nicely with boost pedals. I know my Catalinbread Manx and Little Big Muff Pi both sound super-duper when I normalize the bass/treble knobs, not so much when I scoop one or the other.

Patrick · « **Reply #3917 on:** 23 May 2012, 12:38 »

Oh, well, my Twin does. Figured it was a safe guess.

By the way, my Twin's getting fixed, and I am super excited to play her again <3

doombilly · « **Reply #3918 on:** 23 May 2012, 12:46 »

My Twin did not. But it was kind of old.
Also lolbutts
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Zingoleb · « **Reply #3919 on:** 26 May 2012, 15:42 »

I actually used to make my first guitar picks out of credit cards. Then my tastes went for the super thin (.3 mm) picks, then finger-picking, and then they went to super thick (2 mm or so).

Patrick · « **Reply #3920 on:** 26 May 2012, 19:16 »

Dunlop green turtles, man. Just bought something like 3 dozen on Wednesday. There's nothing I hate more than using picks I'm not used to, so I buy bulk just to make damn sure.

Melodic · « **Reply #3921 on:** 27 May 2012, 02:38 »

I'm a Dunlop yellows guy, myself. Cat-tongue if I can find them.

IDMG · « **Reply #3922 on:** 27 May 2012, 02:48 »

Purple turtles for me.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3923 on:** 27 May 2012, 07:49 »

Quote from: Melodic on 27 May 2012, 02:38

I'm a Dunlop yellows guy, myself. Cat-tongue if I can find them.

Big triangle ones are my preference. But yeah, Tortex .73s are WHAT IS UP.

doombilly · « **Reply #3924 on:** 27 May 2012, 09:32 »

Black Dunlop Nylon 1mm for the Parkers (09 gauge strings)
Blue Dunlop Tortex for the .11 and .10 gauge stinged Yamaha and Fenders
I used to use the Blue Turtles for everything but kept breaking strings on the lighter gauged guitars.

Patrick · « **Reply #3925 on:** 27 May 2012, 11:07 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 27 May 2012, 07:49

Big triangle ones are my preference. But yeah, Tortex .73s are WHAT IS UP.

Oh fuck yeah, triangle picks rock. I have a triangle .88 that snuck in with the rest, and it is pretty handy.

Lummer · « **Reply #3926 on:** 28 May 2012, 04:38 »

During my Hexis days I switched over to using Dunlop's Max-Grip series, 1,5mm. I felt I got better attack from the tortexes, definitely, but they wore down too quick. Three or four songs in rehearsal would leave me with a pick with a completely flat tip, and a coating of plectrum-dust on the guitar. So, I tried a whole bunch of different picks before settling on the maxgrips, since they were nigh-on impossible to wear down (for a plastic/nylon pick). I even came across some picks that made my little area in the jam room smell like burnt plastic and wore down in the course of one song. Nowadays I kinda stick to the Maxgrips since I've gotten used to them, and they are undeniably great for trem picking, and sturdy enough to have some heft in the chuggier stuff.

doombilly · « **Reply #3927 on:** 28 May 2012, 13:38 »

Nylon J-Strat

valley_parade · « **Reply #3928 on:** 28 May 2012, 15:36 »

New Gibson "70s Tribute" models, adding onto the existing line of 50s and 60s SGs and Les Pauls. Yow.

SG Specials (mini humbuckers!)...and..Firebirds!

Patrick · « **Reply #3929 on:** 28 May 2012, 22:44 »

Oh hey Gibson you did something I'm not fucking pissed at you for, and you even priced it well. Thanks for FINALLY GETTING IT

valley_parade · « **Reply #3930 on:** 29 May 2012, 07:55 »

Those faded Studios are pretty damn sick. Jon Lewis was playing one when I saw the Dopamines and it sounded massive. I want to say they have Burstbuckers now?

Ugh, I wish I had a job. I'd get a black SG Special and Old Black the fuck out of it. Because uh, great mash-up.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3931 on:** 30 May 2012, 08:51 »

Hey, just got back from vacation...

Anyway, Melodic thanks for that great suggestion! I tried the fuzz through the Normal channel of my DRRI and it sounded MUCH better! You're a lifesaver.

In other news, I ordered some new toobz (TungSol 6v6 x2) and a bias probe. Woo! Don't you love how buying something makes you spend even more money?

valley_parade · « **Reply #3932 on:** 30 May 2012, 09:53 »

Haha yeah. When I got my Muff clone, I'd thought about rehousing it. Muffs belong in big boxes, goddammit.

So I just threw down $20 on a copper-finished 1590 and some new knobs.

Melodic · « **Reply #3933 on:** 30 May 2012, 11:40 »

What's the actual circuitry difference in a big-housing Big Muff? I can never spot the difference tonally.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3934 on:** 30 May 2012, 12:21 »

Are you talking about between a normal Big Muff and the current Little Big Muff?

Melodic · « **Reply #3935 on:** 30 May 2012, 20:57 »

Yeah, specifically the Big Muff Pi versus the Little Big Muff Pi. I saw Mogwai last night, and Stuart gets some fucking weird tones out of his Big Muff Pi that I can't really comprehend, but I've never noticed a difference before.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3936 on:** 30 May 2012, 22:34 »

This will explain everything way, WAY better than I ever could.

IDMG · « **Reply #3937 on:** 31 May 2012, 14:08 »

Quote from: Melodic on 30 May 2012, 20:57

Yeah, specifically the Big Muff Pi versus the Little Big Muff Pi. I saw Mogwai last night, and Stuart gets some fucking weird tones out of his Big Muff Pi that I can't really comprehend, but I've never noticed a difference before.

The thing is that the stock BMP and Little BMP are different circuits. The big box son of a bitch is much thicker and has a lot more bass to it, but I think it's also more mid-scooped. Stuart could also be stacking his shitty Dano Fab Tone with the Muff at times.

John Cummings recently switched to this, so he's a different beast entirely

Melodic · « **Reply #3938 on:** 31 May 2012, 22:55 »

I've actually really dug the sound of my LBMpi feeding into my Laughton Manx. All the crazy scooped sustain from the Muff creates this really great, clipped tube crunch. Thanks for the videos, IDMG. I got a chance to see those setups from the front of a very sweaty stage.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3939 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 07:37 »

J Mascis: Possibly insane. Proof:

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #3940 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 08:19 »

I recall him saying something along the lines of "When I play a guitar I want it to feel like I'm wrestling with it" in an interview

On an unrelated note: Epiphone Casino w/ Hard case for $400 on Craigslist. Should I or should I not?

doombilly · « **Reply #3941 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 09:09 »

If you are asking us about buying a guitar, you know it is always: "YES."
I broke the D and G strings simultaneously this morning.
Yes, I was being kind of rough. But both?

valley_parade · « **Reply #3942 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 11:20 »

That's a pretty decent price for a used Casino.

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #3943 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 11:34 »

I know, right? I'm gonna test it out on Monday and if I like what I see I will have some sweet P90 tones at my disposal.

Patrick · « **Reply #3944 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 12:05 »

Oh man if I had $400 I'd just buy it out from under you, ya lucky fucker. Here's hoping it's in good shape.

IDMG · « **Reply #3945 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 15:55 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 02 Jun 2012, 07:37

J Mascis: Possibly insane. Proof:

J also uses very light strings, I'm told, so it's probably not too horrible.

Also, I just got a Boss RC-2 Loop Station. Once I got a hang of the "single footswitch looper" thing it became a barrel of fun.

Srsly dudes, get a looper. Best song writing tool evar.

IDMG · « **Reply #3946 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 19:21 »

The DOD DFX9 is alright and really cheap.

Melodic · « **Reply #3947 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 19:55 »

I really hate my RC-2! Too bad literally all of my music hinges on it working properly!!

Basically, there are a number of things I think are wrong with the way the RC-2 works, mainly how you have to hold down the footswitch to delete a track, and double-tap to stop. This makes timing difficult and convoluted in a live environment. My ideal looper is actually the (horribly eccentric) Boomerang III but it's A) $500 and B) ugly as fukk.

IDMG · « **Reply #3948 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 20:36 »

I've found that stopping playback and deleting the recorded loops at the same time is the most effecient way to do thing, though I think the FS-5U footswitch might be a decent investment.

Oh, I got my RC-2 basically for free. Traded out a Musket fuzz for it (good sounding pedal but doesn't get along with modulation or delay that well).

Melodic · « **Reply #3949 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 23:17 »

Ugh, yeah, I could buy another clunky Boss footswitch to make the RC-2 worth it. Next problem? Need a bigger pedalboard. My PT-2 just filled up thanks to a PolyTune Mini and Malekko Trem.

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