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  1. Once Eyes With Pride has been taken care of, I'd appreciate suggestions for good fuzz pedals. Though not a fuzz pedal, the EHX Big/Little Muff pedals seem excellent. Are they worth trying?
  2. Originally posted by AAV711:Once Eyes With Pride has been taken care of, I'd appreciate suggestions for good fuzz pedals. Though not a fuzz pedal, the EHX Big/Little Muff pedals seem excellent. Are they worth trying?


    I'll be honest- I don't own one- but from what I've read and from the ones I've tried- if you're buying a fuzz pedal, you want the EH Muff. There is literally no substitute, at all.

    Though it depends on what you want, exactly. A "fuzz" pedal, I would probably go with the Big Muff due to the fuzzier sound. But the Nano Muff is labeled as an overdrive pedal, and really doesn't do much more than a basic overdrive. Maybe to some, "fuzz" and "overdrive" are interchangable, but I've always thought Fuzz pedals provided a much...well...fuzzier sound than a basic overdrive pedal.

    If you're looking for overdrive specifically, I say dodge the Nano Muff and go for the Digitech Bad Monkey- picked one up recently and haven't stopped using it on my rig (playing a festival tomorrow afternoon in my town- it's clicked on for the entire first half of my set).

    If you've got a nice budget that suits it, and are truly looking for a "fuzzy" sound, get the Big Muff, and you'll never regret it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXcpqldmg_8
  3. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Anybody have a good recommendation for a compressor/sustainer pedal?

    (Something for a relatively tight budget, too- I probably wouldn't be interested in spending more than $120)

    I've looked into a few, and right now the two I'm most interested in are the MXR Super Comp, and the ElectroHarmonix Soul Preacher. The Soul Preacher stands out at me the most based on demos, but I would have to try that one out with my exact setup, because every review I've read has either been a 5-star, or a 2-star. People LOVE it with their rigs, or it totally destroys their sound.

    Any word?



    I have been using the Boss Cs-3 on my bass(it is a guitar pedal) and it does the job. I use it for heavy compression.


  4. That's the problem, though, I've watched demos and read reviews that for compression, it's great, but for the sustain, it creates a lot of noise, which I'm not really looking to put through my amp, obviously.

    Compression isn't a huge deal to me (though I've been told that every guitar player without a compressor says this, and then they GET one, and they don't know how they lived without it)- it's really the sustain that I need for a few songs; that little boost of sound, lack of decay on some quieter clean parts.
  5. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

    That's the problem, though, I've watched demos and read reviews that for compression, it's great, but for the sustain, it creates a lot of noise, which I'm not really looking to put through my amp, obviously.

    Compression isn't a huge deal to me (though I've been told that every guitar player without a compressor says this, and then they GET one, and they don't know how they lived without it)- it's really the sustain that I need for a few songs; that little boost of sound, lack of decay on some quieter clean parts.


    Yeah compressors are freakin' awesome, like you said, don't know how I lived without one. On my M13 that I use now, I have one active in every single preset. The one I used back when I had a pedal board was a Maxon CP101, and I really really loved the sound it gave my guitar, I brought it to every jam session I went to, just that pedal, because it literally MADE my guitar tone, I needed nothing else. It's supposed to sound like the vintage Dyna Comps which everyone raves about, that's generally what its compared to. I'd give that one a go if I was you, and I got no buzz at all from it.

    Alex
  6. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

    That's the problem, though, I've watched demos and read reviews that for compression, it's great, but for the sustain, it creates a lot of noise, which I'm not really looking to put through my amp, obviously.

    Compression isn't a huge deal to me (though I've been told that every guitar player without a compressor says this, and then they GET one, and they don't know how they lived without it)- it's really the sustain that I need for a few songs; that little boost of sound, lack of decay on some quieter clean parts.


    Very true. It sustains the noise better than the notes.


  7. So am I better off with the EH Soul Preacher then? Anybody used this box? I suppose the MXR Super Comp is more popular than it, anyone got any words on that one?

    Basically:

    -Must have both Compression and Sustain (I guess i really do need the comp, judging by what Alex said)
    -Sustain doesn't create massive amounts of noise/hiss/etc.
    -Not terribly expensive

  8. I wish I had money for pedals...



    I played my Les Paul for the first time in ages, plinking my way through a few Oasis numbers and also Hold Me Thrill Me (as a kind of personal heads-up to the guys) - surprisingly, it's holding tune when I bend the strings and it still sounds pretty sexy. However, said strings are a bit rough now...so I'm hoping when I get 'round to changing them, it still continues to hold tuning
  9. I bought the Digitech PG-50 and spent about 2 hours playing around with it..... Gosh, I love all those customized sounds
  10. Originally posted by WojBhoy:I wish I had money for pedals...



    I played my Les Paul for the first time in ages, plinking my way through a few Oasis numbers and also Hold Me Thrill Me (as a kind of personal heads-up to the guys) - surprisingly, it's holding tune when I bend the strings and it still sounds pretty sexy. However, said strings are a bit rough now...so I'm hoping when I get 'round to changing them, it still continues to hold tuning


    That's the great thing about almost dead strings! They hold their tune like nuts. I can do dive bombs and stuff on my strat, with a regular whammy bar no less and they still stay in tune.

    With fresh strings its a different story You gotta give them time to stretch out! They don't stay in tune as well, but they sound beautiful!
  11. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:That's the great thing about almost dead strings! They hold their tune like nuts. I can do dive bombs and stuff on my strat, with a regular whammy bar no less and they still stay in tune.

    With fresh strings its a different story You gotta give them time to stretch out! They don't stay in tune as well, but they sound beautiful!

    Haha, oh I know man, one of the little quirks of plinking on the strings lol - I don't change my strings very often, a) lack of money, b) it's a pain lol, but old worn in strings are beastly for sure, apart from when they're so worn they tend to rip your fingertips up if they haven't callused over
  12. Changing strings is even worse than listening to the Bee Gees for 2 hours!!
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