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  1. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3Just sniped a Little Big Muff fuzz pedal on eBay!

    Wish we had a "fuck yeah" emoticon


    That's cool!

    Hmm, I'm still thinking about that effects thing... digital or analog. Maybe I could just start collecting pedals and buy something like Pod Farm for my computer. That'd give me all of Line 6's stuff.
  2. Playing the type of shows I play and recording the way I record, I haven't found digital vs. analog to honestly be that big of a deal. I'm 20 years old, my "fanbase" isn't going to care about my guitar signal. I could be playing out of a chain of plastic $20 Danelectro boxes and they wouldn't know the difference.
  3. Also Drew, knowing how big of an Aerosmith fan you are- I learned Sweet Emotion in its entirety the other day and have a potential talk-box on the way so I can do the intro- hoping to make it a set-staple over the summer.

    Start it out mid-show, to bring us out of a slow section, and eventually move it to the end of the set until we're closing with it.
  4. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3Playing the type of shows I play and recording the way I record, I haven't found digital vs. analog to honestly be that big of a deal. I'm 20 years old, my "fanbase" isn't going to care about my guitar signal. I could be playing out of a chain of plastic $20 Danelectro boxes and they wouldn't know the difference.


    But for your own enjoyment, you prefer pedals?
  5. Absolutely. I like engaging the sound myself, not relying on computerized effects to take control of my tone. I can tweak a pedal to my exact liking and combine whatever I choose with whatever I choose. I can line them up differently and experiment with different lineages/tones. I can use the expression of my wah pedal after my fuzz, or put the delay first in the chain and fuck up some signal things and just go nuts.

    I find the digital effect/rack based/multi pedals to be way too much sounding like what a synthesizer might think a guitar should sound like. Lose too much of the body of tone.
  6. And that's what I'm thinking as well. For example, with music I started out buying it on iTunes... I've of course turned into a bit of a lossless purist now. I think the same would happen with guitar effects.

    Although PodFarm sounds pretty nice, you can experiment with lineages and that stuff quite a bit.
  7. I'm also sort of addicted to the way a board full of lights and things to step on and play with feels, being right at my feet while I play. It looks a lot more interesting and involved than a single switch kicking back and forth to change your sound. You have to know what the fuck you're doing with a pedalboard.
  8. Ahhh the talkbox on SE - one of rock's finest moments over that bass line. If you get it, you'll get a hell of a reaction.

    Half the fun of making music, using synths, effects, pedals etc - whatever you go for - is experimenting. For me - it depends on what I'm doing. Digital usually for me, but then analog adds another whole dimension.
  9. I need to get some pedals. Probably not going to get an FX pedal - will get separate ones instead. I'm looking for a nice heavy tone - like Sabbath, Guns N' Roses; that kind of tone. Any suggestions?
  10. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3I'm also sort of addicted to the way a board full of lights and things to step on and play with feels, being right at my feet while I play. It looks a lot more interesting and involved than a single switch kicking back and forth to change your sound. You have to know what the fuck you're doing with a pedalboard.


    Do you have to spend time tweaking the pedals between songs during shows though? When you've used different pedal settings on different songs.
  11. Matt... if I remember correctly you had that Digitech Grunge pedal, would you recommend it?
  12. Originally posted by KieranU2:I need to get some pedals. Probably not going to get an FX pedal - will get separate ones instead. I'm looking for a nice heavy tone - like Sabbath, Guns N' Roses; that kind of tone. Any suggestions?


    This guy and this guy would be good places to start.
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