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favorite pedal
I'm wondering if any of you have a pedal that is kind of a secret weapon for you in the studio. I'm looking to pick up some "toys" to expand my arrangement possibilities. Right now I'm kind of stuck in the guitars and cheap keyboards world. I've been thinking some cheap delay or trem pedals might help not just on guitars, but on keys and vox.
Where am I going with this? I don't know. I just want some little tools to expand my sonic possibilities and fuck things up a little bit more. Does this make any sense? Any thoughts?
andy
Where am I going with this? I don't know. I just want some little tools to expand my sonic possibilities and fuck things up a little bit more. Does this make any sense? Any thoughts?
andy
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Re: favorite pedal
I'm pretty much done with effects pedals at the moment, pretty much have been for a few years now, but i've tried to insist in live situations that everyone has their own volume pedal wherever possible, really does make a difference, especially in larger groups, and they also help to learn your place in a piece at any given moment.
The only effect i still tinker with now and again is my boss delay/pitchshifter, turn the pitch shift all the way down on the reverse setting and create wierd backwards sub sounds, especially good through bass amps.
The only effect i still tinker with now and again is my boss delay/pitchshifter, turn the pitch shift all the way down on the reverse setting and create wierd backwards sub sounds, especially good through bass amps.
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I like SansAmps for a lot of things, and a SIB Fatdrive does wonders for acoustic guitars.
Any of the MoogerFooger pedals should keep you amused.
For weirdness: Boss Vibrato (not Tremelo).
Any of the MoogerFooger pedals should keep you amused.
For weirdness: Boss Vibrato (not Tremelo).
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I always like a rotovibe on guitar and keys. A digitech space station can be lots of fun, too.
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I use my voodoolab sparkledrive a lot.
The danelectro delay pedal is pretty good.
If I didn't have amp trem, I'd buy a fulltone trem pedal.
Mike
The danelectro delay pedal is pretty good.
If I didn't have amp trem, I'd buy a fulltone trem pedal.
Mike
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I bought an old broke mutron phasor II for 40 bucks. thought it was a bad lead on the pot, but couldnt get it to stay fixed. I took it to a tech and he ended up just replacing the pot for me. It was the rate pot that went bad and the replacement was a WAY different value. So, now when I turn it to 0 you can't even hear whats going on and when you turn it to 10, it just gets scary. He also added a pot on the back that hooked up to some trimpot on the inside. It seems to be for the banwidth of the filter sweep or some such. I don't really know.
I put a close mic'd snare drum through it to phase it just for fun one night. I eventually tried turning the rate all the way down, just to see how it would sound, and it was fantastic. I don't know why, but it just sounded good to my ears. here it is if you care:
http://www.torreycanyon.com/henry/
scroll down to "Under the Ground". it also has a super crappy old korg vocoder, a vox continental organ and group percussion.
I put a close mic'd snare drum through it to phase it just for fun one night. I eventually tried turning the rate all the way down, just to see how it would sound, and it was fantastic. I don't know why, but it just sounded good to my ears. here it is if you care:
http://www.torreycanyon.com/henry/
scroll down to "Under the Ground". it also has a super crappy old korg vocoder, a vox continental organ and group percussion.
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MY FAVORITES- BOSS CE-1 CHORUS
DALLAS ARBITER-FUZZ WAH FACE
MORLEY FLANGER/CHORUS (SILVER)
DUNLOP ROTOVIBE-USED WITH A DISTORTION/FUZZ FIRST
SANS-AMP-BASS
MAESTRO-PHASER (W/3 ROCKER SWITCHES)
ADA-FLANGER
DALLAS ARBITER-FUZZ WAH FACE
MORLEY FLANGER/CHORUS (SILVER)
DUNLOP ROTOVIBE-USED WITH A DISTORTION/FUZZ FIRST
SANS-AMP-BASS
MAESTRO-PHASER (W/3 ROCKER SWITCHES)
ADA-FLANGER
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i love my electro-harmonix bass microsynthesizer for pretty much any weird pedal fun.
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Re: favorite pedal
DOD Vibro Thang.
very cheap on the 'bay or even new at MF.
weirder than a standard trem.
very cheap on the 'bay or even new at MF.
weirder than a standard trem.
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Boss GT-3
sounds good, has nearly infinite effects permutations from wild to mild, built like a tank, good for guitar and other more general studio uses, and damn cheap on Ebay
sounds good, has nearly infinite effects permutations from wild to mild, built like a tank, good for guitar and other more general studio uses, and damn cheap on Ebay
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Re: favorite pedal
Something I use from time to time that's good for everything from vox to key's is an old Digitech RP-1 multi effects floor pedal.
Love that thing.
Love that thing.
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awesome reverb, I've even used it on an aux during mixing.
http://guitargeek.com/gearview/55/
What can I say it's a petal that emulates feedback.
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memory man... moogerfooger lowpass... z-vex wooly mammoth....
those are my jams.
john
those are my jams.
john
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my friend satoru used to have 2 of those and run them on split signal paths... unfortunately he had to sell them. i think one is still over at maindrag. those old morley pedals are awesome.
john
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