fyi if peeps know local peeps that do good stuff and want to start spreading their wings, this is my goal for the next few years. well that and not starving. and finding a location that doesn't still have the patented mr. movies carpet that we inherited when we moved into the shithole where we currently reside (this is also in the works. i have said too much.)
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 20 September 2012 06:01 (eleven years ago) link
Those Subdecay pedals are really wild. Thing about things like that they look really fun to mess with but trying to get them into tunes and use them live isn't quite as easy to do.
It's definitely not a total unknown company but the pedal I am currently all geeked on is a Keeley Nova Wah I got used a few months back off the Bay. You can make some cool nasty guitar tones with that box.
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 September 2012 06:49 (eleven years ago) link
Really geeked out over this guy: http://skreddypedals.com/skreddy_pedals_lunar_module_mini_deluxe.htm
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 September 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
that skreddy dude is a really good upstanding guy too, he knows his stuff.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 21 September 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
also i just ordered every pedal that earthquaker makes why because i am insane
http://www.earthquakerdevices.com/
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 21 September 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
Earthquaker! Local Akron boys make good. I have their Ghost Echo reverb. thumbsup.gif
― hail dayton (brownie), Friday, 21 September 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Earthquaker Grand Orbiter will be my next purchase once paychecks start rolling in again
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 21 September 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
I'd really like to get my mitts on an Organizer. That is a crazy goddamn pedal.
― WHY THEY HIDE THEIR BOOBIES UNDER MY GARAGE? (how's life), Friday, 21 September 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Those Earthquaker pedals sound and look really cool.
I want the Hoof fuzz pedal and the Tone Job pedal looks like could be really handy. That guy gets a cool Tony Iommi tone with the two together in the one demo.
― earlnash, Saturday, 22 September 2012 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/542057_401474583251529_409196440_n.jpg
STEP ONE
i guess i wont be getting much done this morning.
― Therion - Beyond Santorum (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
guys, the organizer. holy shit.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
I've been wanting an Organizer so bad. I'm going to probably have to sock away money every week to do it. What do you like best about it? What are your impressions?
― how's life, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
that thing is crayzee
― arby's, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
the lag control is kind of where the magic happens, seems to delay the effected signal while passing the direct signal through untouched. also, they managed to pull off the magic POG thing where chords roll through it with no glitching whatsoever, but its a very different beast than the micropog. one thing to note is that even with the choir control all the way down, there is still some swirliness to the up and down octaves.
i might take another go at the rainbow machine here in a bit, the first time i tried one i was more baffled than anything, and i like weird stuff!
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
ha was going to ask about that one. it's called rainbow machine!
i saw a vid of it one time and my first thought with it was what it could to do non-guitar stuff
― arby's, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
i think i am a little closer to decoding it but man, that thing is crazy. non-guitar use might be kind of interesting actually, too bad i turn stupid the minute i touch anything w/o strings on it.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
haha wow, a crate of new pedals pretty much = me not getting a damn thing done at work apparently. feel pretty solid abt all of these now that ive had some time with them. speaker cranker is one of the best dirt boost/od one knobs ive heard in a long long time.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
and in a few days, we get to do the whole thing over again with a box full of noisemaker pedals.
also protip for other manufacturers: if you include a pound of your brands locally roasted coffee blend with your orders, you can probably have all of my money forever.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
like seriously "earthquaker blend coffee" stamped right on the damn bag. someone up there was from ohio, its from a coffee shop named bent tree i guess?
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
the coffee roaster is in Kent, Ohio. Never had it! Let me know how it is.
https://benttreecoffee.com/
― ticks up my sleeve (brownie), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
!!! http://walrusaudio.com/products-page/pedals/janus/
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 8 October 2012 05:46 (eleven years ago) link
earthquaker blend seemed like pretty decent coffee until my wife said "this is good but theres a weird taste of hot dogs to it" and now i cant untaste that idea.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
OH LOOK
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/431588_404472012951786_895742628_n.jpg
another thursday down the drain
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Thursday, 11 October 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
ok so right off the bat, the 3.14 is one of the best muff-style fuzzes i have ever heard, the noise invader is awesome, and the donner party is batshit fucking crazy.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Thursday, 11 October 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
ok arbiter is also killer
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Thursday, 11 October 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
and...i apparently cant stop myself, so I am working up an idiotbox order over the next week.
want them all
http://sinkholetexas.com/idiotbox-lo-fi-electronic-instruments-effects
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
/r/pedalshots
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
sold out of the rainbow machine and the disaster transport already, sold the chimera from noisemaker the day i got it in, perhaps i am not insane only time will tell
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
xpost is that cool person code i do not understand
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
um okay I want the Pac-Man one just because it has Pac-Man on it, I don't even know how to play well enough to even consider introducing pedals into my guitar universe
xp: it was a bad reddit joek
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
see this is my level of ignorance wrt reddit! which i am happy about. and yeah the pacman graphic is awesome, also dig all the star wars references and the fact that the guy is not wandering down the old bullshit path of pedal buzzwords.
The -D4 is a straight-up distortion pedal. Muthafucka say wha? That ain’t cool and booteek! It should be a non-coloring transparent overdrive or some other bullshit internet forum descriptor. Well, this is exactly what it says.
my kind of guy
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
look I only learned about subreddit designations in the wake of the outing of the dude who was moderating the ones where ppl were posting pics of random teen girls for others to put in their wank bank, I'm not very deep into this particular rabbit hole
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
just bought one of everything from idiotbox effects.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
i swear that after this i will be done
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 05:30 (eleven years ago) link
although these dudes: http://www.stationaudio.net/
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
goddamnit
new cbread echorec-in-a-box looks to be p sweet if u like hot delay action
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 October 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
hah once again, catalinbread has fallen by the wayside because those motherfuckers just dont ever respond to emails
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
wtf with those guys? seriously idgi mike is there like 24/7.
smdh
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
ha did we go through this the last time that i approached catalinbread like 6 years ago?
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
love their stuff, but between you and me, the graphic redesign they did is srsly nagl.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
we did. kills me.
the new graphics are definitely the most polarizing in pedaldom. some folks really seem to love them. some folks won't touch them now no matter how good they sound. tgp panties twisting on the regular. the designer is a phenomenally good guy who does great work in general so I'll go with some i like some less so.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
speaking of brilliant redesigns...
http://files.effectsdatabase.com/gear/pics/klon_ktr_001.jpg
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit thats great
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:12 (eleven years ago) link
wait hold on is that a klon centaur?!
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
worlds most butthurt motherfucker:
http://www.zacharyguitars.com/Klon.htm
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:16 (eleven years ago) link
ok holy shit, i think i need to devote a thread to this dude, he is amazing
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 October 2012 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's apparently the new "klon ktr" -- love the labels on the buffer switch
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 October 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit we just took in a gold box klon centaur 15 minutes ago from a dude
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
2 hours and 20 minutes, way too much screentime for JHS, but ultimately it's just too broad and shallow. offers nothing to headz, but tmi for noobs (with no narrative thread to keep interest).
nice to see some friends onscreen but zzzz
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 7 May 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
How did I not know Moog made a MF Tremolo? Fuck.... (goes off to sell more gear to get one)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 05:43 (two years ago) link
can anyone ID the effect on this swervedriver tune for me please? its the sound right at the start of the song that sounds like some sort of chorusy glassy thing, almost like a weird mellotron flute sound. it does appear elsewhere in the song, most clearly from 3:38 through to the fade. is it even a pedal or is it someone playing behind the bridge or is it just open string harmonics in a weird tuning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RWAREhKcC4
― building a hole (NickB), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
Autofilter or something like a Mu-Tron Bi-phase maybe?
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
thanks milo, never explored either of those before
― building a hole (NickB), Thursday, 10 June 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
I have a very basic pedal question: are OD pedals more impacted by the output of your guitar (i.e. your guitar volume and picking strength) than by the amp volume? I had always assumed that if an amp is closer to breakup to begin with, it should be easier for an OD pedal to push it "over the edge" so to speak, yet I've found it easier with my current OD pedal (Plumes) to set the amp at a lower volume and the guitar higher, which is the opposite of what I like doing for clean tone.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 11 June 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
trying to get my head around this… what pushes the amp is the OD’s output level, so we’d need to know how you’re setting the Plumes. also what amp.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 11 June 2021 12:57 (two years ago) link
also what volume you’re playing at. stage vs bedroom makes a difference here too.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 11 June 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
what's that youtube account that does pedal and synth demos with no narration and the visuals are all just stylized shots of the pedal and other objects - you never see the person doing the playing except maybe their hands? i used to watch them frequently but now i've forgotten what it's called
― na (NA), Monday, 15 November 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
knobs?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
yes thank u
― na (NA), Monday, 15 November 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
no worries. i got a bit obsessed with watching pedal demos over lockdown (and yes, buying pedals), these are two of my favourite under-the-radar channels atm:
Megan L: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videos - super-useful for seeing how each pedal works in yr chain, but also she has absolutely killer jangly shoegazery jams in all her videos with just the loveliest guitar tones imo
Andrew Brassell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videos - impeccably shot with also great vibey jams, i don't knopw whether i actually love this guy or am just incredibly jealous of him
anyone got any recommends?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
Can anyone recommend a good, basic reverb pedal? I'm looking for something for clean tone, tremolo style playing. Not trying to do any experimental stuff with it.
― Heez, Monday, 15 November 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
xp oh shit, those weren't supposed to be imbeds, just links to channels. let me find some samples.
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
okay different links... (sorry i'm making a mess of this)
megan l:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMuSNZLjNsk
andrew brassell:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIOwJaIaVQc
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:24 (two years ago) link
Can anyone recommend a good, basic reverb pedal?
i've had ye olde tc hall of fame recently which i liked and kept, and ehx oceans 11 which i hated and sold (the spring setting was okay though)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:26 (two years ago) link
also just got obne sunlight which is mega but probably not what youre after
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
I have one of those organizer pedals that I was hoping to trade for one. So should I be looking into the basic spring reverb pedals? Sorry don’t know shit about this other than that I’ve played with a few pricey ones that do way more than I need
― Heez, Monday, 15 November 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
what genres of music are you making?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Trying to do something vaguely jazzy americana
― Heez, Monday, 15 November 2021 23:24 (two years ago) link
you'll probably want something with spring, plate and hall reverbs then unless you want one particular sound. i do think the hall of fame 2 is good value. not tried any of the cheaper options though
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 23:56 (two years ago) link
when i needed to get a reverb pedal i ended up picking the hall of fame 2, it's not "basic" but on the other hand i don't see myself ever needing to buy another reverb pedal.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 01:24 (two years ago) link
i also really like the good old standbys for reverb. i have an mxr reverb and a boss rv-6 and that's realistically more than anyone needs. hall of fame does pretty much all of the same stuff, but honestly nobody can really tell the difference and they all sound pretty good. go with the cost effective option.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 03:59 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the input. Realistically that’s how I should go but I just stumbled on something called the TRex roommate.
― Heez, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 04:05 (two years ago) link
xp is the mxr or rv-6 cheaper than a hall of fame 2? especially a used one?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
I have an MXR reverb + somewhere. Good verb but it didn't play well with the rest of my board and developed a high-pitched whine in some combinations.
Honestly my absolute favorite is the Marshall Reflector. I use it for everything, and it's always on. Every setting on it just... works.
Looks like used ones are widely available for less than one hundred American quatloos.
― weregoats of boston (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:40 (two years ago) link
I really liked the reverb in Strymon's Flint and preferred the simplicity to something like a Blue Sky. Plus there's a tremolo!
I've had a Boss RV-3 for something like 15 years? Still on the board, still great.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 19 November 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
I have a BigSky and it is too complicated.
― DJI, Friday, 19 November 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
Boss RV-3
alltimer.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 21 November 2021 03:59 (two years ago) link
I used to have an alesis nanoverb, I loved that thing. Great hall sounds.
― brimstead, Sunday, 21 November 2021 06:13 (two years ago) link
I don't know if they're still cheap but the Digitech Polara sounds good, lots of options without getting too deep into the weeds on them.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 21 November 2021 07:35 (two years ago) link
I don’t know why I used past tense up there. I still have the Flint - it’s an awesome pedal that just happens to be on the opposite coast right now
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 21 November 2021 08:26 (two years ago) link
oh milo, that's a really good suggestion! too bad that whole line of digitech stuff went out of production (though a quick search on reverb and it's not gotten outrageously expensive for second hand ones). the polara had some really strong conventional sounds (especially the spring — really good!), but then it also had some more weird modes like the halo setting. super unique and versatile.
i keep wanting to play a flint, but that strymon stuff is just too expensive to be going out on whims for.
i think i've finally gotten tired of delay. never thought it would happen, but i knew it was over when i looked at my trusty old bicycle delay and found myself asking, "do i really need this one? like REALLY need it?" seems like new delays coming out anymore are just focusing on presets and weird glitchy processed repeats. that stuff is fine, but meh i don't really have any interest in making those kinds of sounds. i bought a boss dd-200 last year and that has been pretty much my go-to ever since. i'm boring now i guess.
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
Another Digitech reverb that gets a lot of praise is the Supernatural, especially for the spring reverb.
Source Audio is also really good.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
I have a Marshall Reflector too and like it. Have had it a long time and remember doing a lot of comparing with the EHX Holy Grail and maybe a Boss one when deciding what to buy. Clearly came out on top.
― hamicle, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbeaDwDcWg
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 9 December 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syruqlA0hpM
"Key Moments: 17:00 Kevin pleases himself. 19:20 J seems to nod approval. 23:32 J ‘Let me take over’. 26:23 Kevin imposes more knob twists."
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 9 September 2023 03:19 (eight months ago) link