The Official Guitar Thread
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pharmakos
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Yeah that looper is seriously fun, played with it for like four hours last night.
______ /C-E-Looper--Amp 1
Guitar_____Looper
______\-D---Looper--Amp 2
C=Compressor/Sustainer
E=Delay
D=Distortion
Looper=Ditto X4
This is my signal chain now, using a simple Y cable out of my guitar. Using the Ditto's stereo channels to make it work.
______ /C-E-Looper--Amp 1
Guitar_____Looper
______\-D---Looper--Amp 2
C=Compressor/Sustainer
E=Delay
D=Distortion
Looper=Ditto X4
This is my signal chain now, using a simple Y cable out of my guitar. Using the Ditto's stereo channels to make it work.
pharmakos
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You guys never question those rules of thumb when you've only got a couple things in the chain tho? I basically just crank the knobs on my delay pedal all the way (I play a lot of ambient guitar, so sue me) putting the compressor after it is creating this awesome effect where it masks the decay a bit and makes it feel like an infinite repeat that gets autocleared when you play your next phrase. But there's some other obvious "cons" to it.
Maybe you guys have long enough chains that you never dink around enough with stuff like this to have input beyond the rule of thumb?
Maybe you guys have long enough chains that you never dink around enough with stuff like this to have input beyond the rule of thumb?
pharmakos
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Now that you mention it tho, withth this looper I have been realizing I need another overdrive or some other type of boost I can punch on for certain leads... Playing lead over your own looped part can be a bit muddy for certain riffs if you've got that loop set loud enough
jooka
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This is my current setup I've been using lately. I haven't quite decided if I like the Dark Side before the boogie pre-amp or in the effects loop so I end up swapping it around here and there. I will also swap the volume pedal over to my midi controller as a expression pedal for certain stuff.
I think in the older dark side it has an insert jack so you could put the delay part into the loop and keep the fuzz up front.
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Noodleface
A Mod Real Quick
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Alex
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pharmakos
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If volume is the only issue it's going to sound muddy at any level naw? Isn't adding something specifically to brighten up the highs what I would need?
Too many points where I need the looper to be the same volume as the main line I'm playing, using it as a pocket second guitar player for interlocking rhythm parts essentially.
Springbok
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NGD x2 (I've been playing more guitar the past two months than I've played in the past 2 years, so thought I'd splurge a little)~
Breedlove finally got finished at luthier (had him make a few minor adjustments, the daddario strings it comes with are pretty meh, adjusted the action slightly etc). The guitar absolutely booms. Amazing the richness of sound and clarity coming out of the myrtlewood. Also pretty happy as I managed to get one of the last "suede burst" colored guitars Breedlove makes (only made like 25 of them). Great acoustic and a massive step up from my old Ibanez/Taylor 1 series I was strumming before.
Also, I bought my first electric (technically I bought two but am returning one). My LGS guy is a guild dealer and let me "borrow" one of his new Guild Starfire V's to take home and test drive the past two weeks. Great guitar and really fun to play, and retails like $1100 so not terribly expensive. It's MiKorea, but the finish and fit are excellent for an East Asian guitar (dealer also deals Gretsch guitars, and this is a step up in finish and presentation from the MiChina Gretschs and a bit below the MiJapan Gretschs I looked at). Paintwork is excellent as well and it's a really neat instrument. Cool sound too. Problem was, it just felt kind of awkward playing due to the size/shape. Went back in today to grab my acoustic and returned the Starfire and walked out with a Les Paul Studio - the body shape felt excellent both in holding and in play (sitting and standing) and was able to get some very nice sounds out of the thing - build quality and materials are really well done as well. It was slightly more than the Guild, but he cut me a few hundred off to meet in the middle. Only gripe (so far) is they cheaped out and it only comes in a (albeit very nice) gig bag/soft bag. The Guild, at $500 cheaper came with a superb hard case.
That said, for a Southern Rock, bluesy sort of sound anyone have any recommended pedals, etc? I'm going to run through my old orange amp but open to reasonable amp suggestions as well.
Breedlove finally got finished at luthier (had him make a few minor adjustments, the daddario strings it comes with are pretty meh, adjusted the action slightly etc). The guitar absolutely booms. Amazing the richness of sound and clarity coming out of the myrtlewood. Also pretty happy as I managed to get one of the last "suede burst" colored guitars Breedlove makes (only made like 25 of them). Great acoustic and a massive step up from my old Ibanez/Taylor 1 series I was strumming before.
Also, I bought my first electric (technically I bought two but am returning one). My LGS guy is a guild dealer and let me "borrow" one of his new Guild Starfire V's to take home and test drive the past two weeks. Great guitar and really fun to play, and retails like $1100 so not terribly expensive. It's MiKorea, but the finish and fit are excellent for an East Asian guitar (dealer also deals Gretsch guitars, and this is a step up in finish and presentation from the MiChina Gretschs and a bit below the MiJapan Gretschs I looked at). Paintwork is excellent as well and it's a really neat instrument. Cool sound too. Problem was, it just felt kind of awkward playing due to the size/shape. Went back in today to grab my acoustic and returned the Starfire and walked out with a Les Paul Studio - the body shape felt excellent both in holding and in play (sitting and standing) and was able to get some very nice sounds out of the thing - build quality and materials are really well done as well. It was slightly more than the Guild, but he cut me a few hundred off to meet in the middle. Only gripe (so far) is they cheaped out and it only comes in a (albeit very nice) gig bag/soft bag. The Guild, at $500 cheaper came with a superb hard case.
That said, for a Southern Rock, bluesy sort of sound anyone have any recommended pedals, etc? I'm going to run through my old orange amp but open to reasonable amp suggestions as well.
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