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JObeast
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Link Posted on Apr 27 2022 08:08 PM

This device seems designed for trad surf sounds, and is built on the model of a Bigsby tailpiece… mounted on the floor.

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Link Posted on Apr 27 2022 08:40 PM

Good lookin' out Jobeast. I usually don't appreciate stuff like this, but this one looks pretty cool. The sound is there, and the design/functions offer a lot of cool possibilities, like quarter tones.

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Link Posted on Apr 27 2022 08:50 PM

Didn’t we talk about this already? Seems cool as a new tool but for me, not as a substitute for a trem. Strings detune themselves at different rates and that was always something I liked about using the trem bar - it made things (relatively) slightly out of tune. That pedal sounds weird to me with how completely perfectly pitch-shifted the chords are. As a new tool I can envision lots of cool new sounds though.

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Link Posted on Apr 27 2022 08:56 PM

Pretty sure it was mentioned already, but that demo vid just came out a week ago, so i hadn't seen it and wasn't aware of a lot of those features.

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Link Posted on Apr 28 2022 01:13 AM

DeathTide wrote:

Seems cool as a new tool but for me, not as a substitute for a trem. Strings detune themselves at different rates and that was always something I liked about using the trem bar - it made things (relatively) slightly out of tune.

This pedal seems to be able to get that sound too. Check out around 6:05 of the video.

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Link Posted on Apr 28 2022 09:03 AM

This pedal was discussed last summer here - https://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/33847/ - there was a video linked there.

As you can see, a couple of alternatives were suggested, and there are obviously other types of whammy pedals. I wound up finding a used Zoom G1Xon for less than $100 with shipping/tax at MF/GC that does this with an expression pedal if I want a vibrato-type effect with a Tele, Les Paul, or other non-trem guitar. Pretty useful multi-effect with a real small footprint. I won't say I never use a Tele for surf, but not that often. And I can usually just bend the neck forward a bit to get some dip.

Whammy pedals have been around for a while. I think they work OK but are not the same as a mechanical vibrato. I think they also require some work to not sound too extreme.

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Link Posted on May 05 2022 04:04 PM

DaveMudgett wrote:

This pedal was discussed last summer here - https://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/33847/ - there was a video linked there.

As you can see, a couple of alternatives were suggested, and there are obviously other types of whammy pedals. I wound up finding a used Zoom G1Xon for less than $100 with shipping/tax at MF/GC that does this with an expression pedal if I want a vibrato-type effect with a Tele, Les Paul, or other non-trem guitar. Pretty useful multi-effect with a real small footprint. I won't say I never use a Tele for surf, but not that often. And I can usually just bend the neck forward a bit to get some dip.

Whammy pedals have been around for a while. I think they work OK but are not the same as a mechanical vibrato. I think they also require some work to not sound too extreme.

Judging by the demo videos and mfr descriptions the device appears to be appropriate for subtle sounds associated with vintage styles, and it’s capable of making the guitar go out of tune as much as the player would likes. Seems capable of producing sounds exactly like a real Bigsby but also other sounds of its own.
Playing guitar is physically demanding; being able to employ the foot that normally just supports you to musical effect is a plus. I’d think this device would be particularly hardly for that bottom-string ‘down da down da diggy down da down da diggy’ thing that a lot of us can only do with the fretting hand taking over the whammy bar.

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