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hey all - I was wondering what, if any, guitar pedals you all use?
james
I have found a couple that are indispensable for my sound
the danecho pedal, which is nice for some analog type repeats that decay
over time - I have found that these type of repeats don't muddle the sound
as much while your playing.
an old boss cs-1 compressor. there's some kind of a subtle attack envelope
on this that makes the boingy springs in my reverb tank sprittle and
ta-ta-tongggg when I strike the strings really hard.
sometimes I'll also use an old boss heavy metal pedal for some really fuzzy
riffs here and there. it's actually kind of funny, cuz I got the heavy
metal pedal for free a long time ago and hated it (never really been a big
metal fan, although I always though eddie van halen had nice hair). in
fact, I painted over where it said heavy metal and put the word blues on it
cuz I was kind of embarrassed to own and use something that said heavy
metal on it. it sat in an old box for the longest time and then just
recently I broke it out and discovered that it had the coolest fuzz tone on
it. it's not something I'd use all the time but at the right moment it's
really cool. I was thinking of repainting the whole pedal surf green or
something fun like that....
a while back I bought a bunch of 'food pedals' from dano. sometimes I'll
use those too. I especially like the surf and turf compressor, the tuna
melt tremolo and the pastrami overdrive. dano makes some cool stuff.
pedals on my wish list: a fulltone supratrem, an electroharmonix wiggler,
and maybe a....????
james wrote:
> a while back I bought a bunch of 'food pedals' from dano. sometimes
> I'll
> use those too. I especially like the surf and turf compressor, the
> tuna
> melt tremolo and the pastrami overdrive. dano makes some cool stuff.
>
> pedals on my wish list: a fulltone supratrem, an electroharmonix
> wiggler,
> and maybe a....????
I can say good things about the Dano "Grilled Cheese" pedal. It's got a
nice fuzztone to it, too. I seem to remember reading someplace that it
was a replication of a vintage name-brand fuzzpedal, but for the life of
me I can't remember which one, or even where I read that. So take it
with a grain of salt.
Their "Hash Browns" flange pedal is pretty sweet, too.
-c*
yeah, I've messed with the grilled cheese as well. it's a very wild pedal
in a lot of ways. all sorts of crazy harmonics and fuzzes going on.
it's really amazing how good these cheap little food pedals from dano are.
given their price and their construction you would think they would suck,
but they actually work pretty good. maybe it's sort of like with the
electroharmonix pedals. at one time these were considered cheapo pedals way
back when but now they're vintage and in some cases worth more than what
they cost in the 1970's.
I'm curious as to how you have used your flanger in surf tunes?
james
At 09:37 PM 2/28/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>james wrote:
>
> > a while back I bought a bunch of 'food pedals' from dano. sometimes
> > I'll
> > use those too. I especially like the surf and turf compressor, the
> > tuna
> > melt tremolo and the pastrami overdrive. dano makes some cool stuff.
> >
> > pedals on my wish list: a fulltone supratrem, an electroharmonix
> > wiggler,
> > and maybe a....????
>
>I can say good things about the Dano "Grilled Cheese" pedal. It's got a
>nice fuzztone to it, too. I seem to remember reading someplace that it
>was a replication of a vintage name-brand fuzzpedal, but for the life of
>me I can't remember which one, or even where I read that. So take it
>with a grain of salt.
>
>Their "Hash Browns" flange pedal is pretty sweet, too.
>
>-c*
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On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 01:14 AM, james wrote:
> sometimes I'll also use an old boss heavy metal pedal for some really
> fuzzy
> riffs here and there. it's actually kind of funny, cuz I got the heavy
> metal pedal for free a long time ago and hated it (never really been a
> big
> metal fan, although I always though eddie van halen had nice hair).
I like the heavy metal pedal as well. I bought one at a pawn shop, and
the guy started making fun of me.
I don't look much like a metal guy. Although Motorhead do rule.
Chris
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Let's see, I have a $20 Rogue wah pedal I bought partially as a joke
but really to be able to sound like Ron Asheton on "No Fun."
I have a DOD Grunge pedal, which has perfect scuzz-tone for those
Davie Allan/Mudhoney moments.
I think I'm in love with my Electro-Harmonix Holier Grail reverb
pedal. Messing around with that thing has resulted in some of the
best times I've had with a guitar in my hands.
And as someone else said quite accurately, Motorhead do indeed rule.
On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 07:29 PM, efrem_the_retarded_rabbit
<> wrote:
> And as someone else said quite accurately, Motorhead do indeed rule.
A friend of mine ran into Lemmy from Motorhead at a nightclub in
Melbourne after they played here. He said to Lemmy: That was a great
gig. And Lemmy said: Yeah, we really stuck it to ya.
How cool is that?
To me, Motorhead is the finest and most enduring embodiment of
rock'n'roll. Rock and roll was never meant to be intellectualised or
treated as an art form: it was dumb loud music that pissed off your
parents. That Lemmy is now in his mid-fifties and Motorhead has never
compromised it's boogie-based everything louder than everything else
vision makes them the true living inheritors of the rock and roll
spirit.
In the same way, to me Johnny Cash is the living embodiment of country
and western music, (Johnny Paycheck, RIP, was up there as well). I
couldn't name a living embodiment of reggae music (they are all dead,
typically as the result of violence), or classical music (Bartok,
Stravinsky, Ives, Varese, all dead, and nobody has really replaced
them). Ornette Coleman is all that jazz ever aspired to be: hearing his
latest recordings is like listening to a dozen records at once, all of
them amazing.
So who do you think epitomises surf music? Who would you vote for, to
be the king? I'd be conflicted between Hank Marvin and Link Wray.
Does this merit a group poll?
Chris
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james wrote:
>
> I'm curious as to how you have used your flanger in surf tunes?
I haven't, so far. But combining the flanger with the grilled cheese
adds a nice bit of funk to the sound. Not quite as much as a phaser
would. More subtle... I may try fitting that sound in someplace now that
I know I can generate it.
-c*
I think, best pedal for playing fuzz solo & riffs for surf, blues, etc - is
Ibanez Tube Screamer!
Kirill
>
> On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 01:14 AM, james wrote:
>
>> sometimes I'll also use an old boss heavy metal pedal for some really
>> fuzzy
>> riffs here and there. it's actually kind of funny, cuz I got the heavy
>> metal pedal for free a long time ago and hated it (never really been a
>> big
>> metal fan, although I always though eddie van halen had nice hair).
>
> I like the heavy metal pedal as well. I bought one at a pawn shop, and
> the guy started making fun of me.
>
> I don't look much like a metal guy. Although Motorhead do rule.
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Gregory
> email:
> AIM: stobiepole
> web:
>
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> I think I'm in love with my Electro-Harmonix Holier Grail reverb
> pedal. Messing around with that thing has resulted in some of the
> best times I've had with a guitar in my hands.
I was wondering what folks here thought of that. I wasn't way impressed
myself with the streams at the EH site.
The Dan Electro reverb box has a kick pad! Now THAT is too cool!
--
Malcolm <<-- not a signature
"They should know they're the Grateful Dead now." -- Phil
"It's never to late to be up-to-date" -- Dan Hicks
"My clock loses time like there's no tomorrow" -- Malcolm
> I'd be curious if you think the grail pedal 'replaces' your amp's
reverb or
> does the pedal have something 'extra' that's not found on a fender
amp?
> I'm pretty happy with my stock reverb on my reverb deluxe amp.
>
> j
Unfortunately, I'm not currently blessed in the amp department. I
have the same junky Crate GX-15R I bought shortly after I started
playing. (Which wasn't all that long ago, and I'd like to point out
that at the time, I was not all that into surf.)
The stock reverb on the amp was alright at first (and sounded great
when you kicked it), but over time regressed to the point where now,
setting it over 0.5-1 results in some high-end feedback. Hence, I
picked up the pedal.
I like it more for the additional features (flerb, gate, etc.) than
the actual reverb; 9 times out of 10, when I use the amp I'm playing
Pixies or Stooges or MC5 songs and have no need for reverb, but when
I'm just messing around the pedal gets plenty of use.
In short, the above paragraphs are why I'm saving up for a new amp.
-Warren
I've heard good things about the EH grail but I've also heard great things
about the Little Lanai pedal
it's a spring reverb tank/pedal that is supposed to rock, that is if your
reverb on your amp doesn't rock already.
I think you can kick the little lanai and it will rattle and ta-ta-tong as
well.
I'd be curious if you think the grail pedal 'replaces' your amp's reverb or
does the pedal have something 'extra' that's not found on a fender amp?
I'm pretty happy with my stock reverb on my reverb deluxe amp.
j
At 07:05 PM 3/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > I think I'm in love with my Electro-Harmonix Holier Grail reverb
> > pedal. Messing around with that thing has resulted in some of the
> > best times I've had with a guitar in my hands.
>
>I was wondering what folks here thought of that. I wasn't way impressed
>myself with the streams at the EH site.
>
>The Dan Electro reverb box has a kick pad! Now THAT is too cool!
>--
>Malcolm <<-- not a signature
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>"It's never to late to be up-to-date" -- Dan Hicks
>"My clock loses time like there's no tomorrow" -- Malcolm
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