Pedal geeks i need u (help jjjusten make decisions about awesome pedals for his store)

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New version of MWFX Judder out and in stock as of today. I bought a Glitch on the basis of the video of the Judder above and love it, it's a massively fucked-up beast.

I should also point out I did buy a Warped Vinyl from JJJ as discussed upthread and although I can't get it to work the way I want to (or how I thought I would get it to work) it really is a thing of beauty, Thanks JJJ?

the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Saturday, 2 May 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link

wtf, that last sentence isn't a question!

the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Saturday, 2 May 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link

Aldo, have you seen the Dwarfcraft Gears and ARF yet?

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Saturday, 2 May 2015 22:47 (nine years ago) link

Also did I mention how much I love the Knobs YouTube demos? Because good lord.

Caroline Wave Cannon MK II just showed up today and it is (without hyperbole) the best thing that admits to being a quote unquote distortion I have ever had in my store.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Saturday, 2 May 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link

Those dwarf craft pedals look right up my street, on want list.

the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Sunday, 3 May 2015 08:23 (nine years ago) link

I know. I swore I wasn't adding any lines this month. I lied. Just became a dealer for function fx, who only have one pedal out (right now) but it's awwwwwwwesome.

http://www.function-fx.com/products.html

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 05:46 (eight years ago) link

i had to fast forward through that demo because i really wanted to see what that "8 bit" knob did

Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link

two months pass...

Don't typically think of myself as a big "pedal guy" but I spent a while at the local super-fancy guitar store playing around with pedals yesterday and it was so much fun and now I'm like "I think I need a chorus pedal!??!!?". I'm going back after work to get a used Earthquaker Ghost Echo which seems very niche but a niche I think I fit into, also I want all the other Earthquaker pedals, so crazy-sounding and -looking.

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 27 July 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link

Oh you want a chorus pedal? I just bought this from jjj and it literally is the most glorious thing I have ever heard in my entire life:

http://digitech.com/en-US/products/luxe

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 27 July 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link

I have very mixed feelings about chorus, it is such a dated sound (I guess most effects are dated but chorus sounds like music/eras that I'm not as interested in replicating), but I'm looking for ways to play around with my non-distorted tone. I had fun messing around with a couple of chorus pedals yesterday.

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 27 July 2015 17:32 (eight years ago) link

The Luxe pedal sounds nice.

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 27 July 2015 17:32 (eight years ago) link

I like the Small Clone chorus that I have.

The Ghost Echo is awesome.

brownie, Monday, 27 July 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link

lol cure fetish

resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 27 July 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link

(luxe sounds great btw. fwiw i've been using a jacques meistersinger for years and never felt a need for another chorus after that)

resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 27 July 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link

My chorus go tos are the catalinbread Callisto, the Dr. Scientist Cosmichorus, the Mr. Black Doublechorus, and the Greenhouse Stonefish. The only reason the luxe isn't on that list is that it is technically not a chorus. More on that if people want to nerd out.

The big MXR analog chorus is also cool.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 27 July 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link

I've added so many lines. Sorry I've been absent. Black Cat lands next month.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link

Also if anyone has any questions about Stomp Under Foot, hit me up. Or the Supro amp reissues, because that's also about to happen.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link

i am vv curious about the Black Cat wah

resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link

I've been considering the Black Cat super fuzz lately. I'll have to see if I can come up with the scratch.

how's life, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 11:29 (eight years ago) link

Does next month mean August or September?

how's life, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:22 (eight years ago) link

August

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link

I have the Deluxe Mona Wah on the order, and I was still going back and forth on the Super Fuzz. I'll add it, and if you don't want it, someone will.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link

Cool! I've just got to clear the purchase with mrs. life. I'll hit you up.

how's life, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link

so many pedals

oh, i am a lonlely poster. i live in a box of posts. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link

The Black Cat Mona features a special custom tuned Black Cat inductor, as well as the newly engineered Black Cat wah pot, which is like nothing else on the market. These features allow the Black Cat Mona to be used as a sophisticated tone-sculpting tool instead of a mere novelty quack machine.

how's life, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link

but I WANT a mere novelty quack machine

I mean, a quacking guitar, who doesn't want that

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link

I've been without a wah since I made the mistake of loaning my old V848 to a friend for a gig lol.

covet the Mona. so spendy but so pretty...

resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link

jjj, sent you an email via your work address.

how's life, Thursday, 30 July 2015 12:43 (eight years ago) link

Got it! I'll get back to you with info.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Thursday, 30 July 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link

but I WANT a mere novelty quack machine

I mean, a quacking guitar, who doesn't want that

― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:38 PM (2 days ago)

the more novel, the better imo

sarahell, Friday, 31 July 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

not pedal related, but eclipse related, just got in our first DiPinto Galaxie 4 and omg

― Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:03 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've been curious about these forever but they don't have a dealer anywhere near me. So when I was in DC last week I made a special trip out to the suburbs to a weird small guitar store at 10 a.m. to play around with the Galaxie 4. I like the hollowbody deluxe model more than the solidbody but all of the hollowbody colors/finishes are way too flashy for me. So then I get back to Chicago and yesterday I wander into the local fancy guitar store and of course NOW they are carrying DiPinto guitars too. I think I like the natural mahogany finish the best, even though it's probably the most boring:

https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_progressive/c_thumb,g_south,h_296,w_296/xeempsbgb3aln1ejqmk9.jpg

Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link

I'm a boring guy, I can't have a sparkly guitar with a psychedelic headstock.

Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link

Even the black hollowbody Galaxie 4 is pretty flashy: https://reverb.com/item/513452-di-pinto-galaxie-4-deluxe-2015-black-white

Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link

I could mmmmmmaybe pull that one off.

Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link

I actually don't like the natural/normal ones, but I understand why they did it.

how's life, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link

three months pass...

Any recommendations for a tremolo pedal?

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link

Dead set on picking up a EHX Super Pulsar after my net paycheck

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 4 December 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link

That looks intense.

Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 4 December 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link

Straight up tremolo? Probably the Black Cat mini trem. If you want harmonic tremolo I love the Catalinbread Valcorder. If you want to go full on crazy, the Chase Bliss Gravitas.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 7 December 2015 06:48 (eight years ago) link

FYI Elvis, if you want that EHX I will hook you up, just give me time to order it.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 7 December 2015 06:50 (eight years ago) link

the super pulsar looks fantastic, definitely on my list of future pedal acquisitions

picked up a thorpyfx muffroom cloud over the weekend - holy shit, this thing is incredible, basically the platonic ideal of a big muff-style fuzz.

hand of jehuty and the blowfish (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 7 December 2015 09:26 (eight years ago) link

jjusten - sent you an email this morning...

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 December 2015 05:08 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

Follow-up, my wife got me the Earthquaker Hummingbird tremolo and I can't tell how I feel about it yet. It doesn't really have any subtlety or transparency at all, though I realized it's supposed to be that way. I tried the Valcoder at the guitar store too and wasn't crazy about it. The guitar store guy had me try the Moog MF Trem and that was better but I was confused by the relationship between the controls in the limited time I tried it.

I also tested out the Zvex Mastotron fuzz, which I've been curious about for a long time, and I LOVED it. Gnarly sounds but you can always still hear the notes. I've been using the Fender Blender for crazy fuzz leads for a while but you can't really use it on chords because it just turns into BLXLCHCLSHCLHLCHSKKSHKS. Is there anything else in the Mastotron vein I should be checking out before I buy that? I know there are 8 billion fuzz pedals out there.

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 11 January 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

Z.Vex $6000 candle-powered phaser/tremolo:

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-definition-of-gear-lust-is-this-6-000-candle-power-1760794913

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link

ha I was just coming here to post that

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link

It would be cool at gigs to hear "candle" rather than "9 volt," as in "aw crap...hey, do you have an extra candle I can borrow for my fuzz? I'll give it right back after the set."

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link

candle pedal almost as unreliable as a germanium transistor pedal

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 26 February 2016 04:53 (eight years ago) link

xp - can't these ppl just get one spots and stop wasting money on batteries

sarahell, Friday, 26 February 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link

There's a ZVex pedal (the Super Hard-On, I think) with a spare transistor taped inside the case. Maybe this has a spare candle taped in the case for when the main candle (*pun approaching please mind the gap*) burns out.

bored at work (snoball), Friday, 26 February 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link


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