New Effects Pedal
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Topic: New Effects Pedal
Posted By: ViolinCyndee
Subject: New Effects Pedal
Date Posted: December 12 2006 at 00:21
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I am so psyched! I just got a Boss GT-6 to use with my VIPER!! WAY better/cooler than the
Zoom 606 I was using...
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: December 15 2006 at 05:54
The Boss range does seem superior to other makes including Zoom which sound rather digital - i have seen many semi-pro guitarists with boxfuls of Boss pedals - i use a CH-1 Chorus, AC-2 Acoustic simulator and MT-2 Metalzone all in a little case with a transformer - they sound fantastic! i also have a Boss SE-70 - an amazing little box of tricks!  -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: December 15 2006 at 08:48
| I've never got on with Boss pedals they always seem to breakdown about 1 month after the warranty ends, however my electro-harmonix pedal has never let me down |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: December 17 2006 at 19:39
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I'm a big fan of line 6 stuff. Their POD XT is quite versatile. Also, the roland midi pickups are really cool. Try playing one sometime. It's so much fun.
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Posted By: EssentialFaris
Date Posted: December 23 2006 at 11:10
I own a PODXT live, and I have played with many Line 6 amps, and I personally feel they are the worst both the worst Items I have ever touched. Though myself I play jazz, blues, and space/art rock, I can see it being good if you're going for a harder sound. |
SolariS wrote:Posted By: EssentialFaris
Date Posted: December 24 2006 at 22:10
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does anyone know any good distotion pedals to use with a tube amp to get a good early 70's sounding distortion?
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 13:27
Distortion along with a tube amp?!? Try up to eleven  |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 13:39
I would like to hear some of that... I'm curious, and my musician friends are really very narrow minded about devices... plus, I remember some samples I heard in your site. Very cool sound. ------------- ĦBeware of the Bee! |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 17:10
| Being narrow minded about effects is unwise as with effects your range of sounds increases dramatically |
Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 17:41
There are many, but the MXR Distortion+ is an excellent choice, and is probably the one responsible for the sounds on most 70's recordings. You'll find that most of the very expensive "boutique" distortions are not designed to provide all of the distortion on their own. They are typically designed to overdrive an already crunchy amp... ------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:19
Agreed. |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:38
Now thats a tough pedal. I bought an MXR unit in '88 and it was old then. The thing is still kicking around doing its thing. and I mean kicking, I used to unplug it and kick it over to the bassist across the garage floor. I swear you could throw that thing through a brick wall and it would come out just fine. A real pedal from an age where guitars were made of wood, and men of iron.  ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 13:54
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I'm fan of Line 6 Pod. I have a 2.0 and it's excellent. ------------- www.postmortemweb.com.ar |
Posted By: SpaceMonkey
Date Posted: February 03 2008 at 03:49
| How about the BOSS GT-8? Does anyone really have any experience with this toy? |
Posted By: mictester
Date Posted: February 05 2008 at 07:59
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The Boss GT-8 was a big disappointment. I've used Boss pedals for years. I've given up buying commercial stuff now, and just build my own. The closest I come to commercial effects is using three Morley pedal mechanisms on my effects board - one for volume, one for wah-wah or pedal phasing and the last for parameter control - for the speed of a phaser or the drive to the distortion circuits. Most of the commercial pedals are rubbish, and the "boutique" ones are just a rip off. ------------- I have deniable plausibility. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: February 06 2008 at 00:18
Well the bottom end of Zoom's multi effects are that good, and I can see how you like the GT-6 way more (although to be honest, I think even the GT-8 could have sounded better, which hopefully is rectified in the GT-10 coming soon), but I suspect you have not heard the Zoom G9.2tt. It just sounded noticeably more realistic than the GT-8, and the top of the line Digitech multi effects (the GNX4 I think the name is), still couldn't compete with the G9.2tt. Plus, the G9.2tt cost 200 AUD$ less than the GT-8. But if the hype surrounding the GT-10 is anything to go by, it should be very good  .------------- 
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Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 16:31
FUZZ, mannn... "Distortion" is such a solid-state '80s word!  Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Z Vex Fuzz Factory or Woolly Mammoth Arbiter Fuzz Face Ibanez Tube Screamer Of course, real men http://diystompboxes.com/pedals/schematics.html - build their own ! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 02:24
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anyone remember the Rat distortion box? but seriously, the MXR D+ is a great recommendation ..I also used to hear good things about the old Ibanez Tube Screamer frankly, I always ended up with a much better, richer and more diverse overdrive from adjusting a good amp till it sounds how you like it |
Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 15:54
How could I forget the Rat? The bass player in my last band used one of those in conjunction with an old Morley power wah. Great scary sound, kinda reminiscent of Wetton's Red-era work... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 20:52
| ^ yes, very dirty.. |