The Official Guitar Thread
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Okay, so, I'm a fucking liar. I got a screaming deal on the Alessandro and I couldn't turn it down.
So, uh, I don't need a reverb pedal anymore.
So, uh, I don't need a reverb pedal anymore.
yeah I've been playing with the fx loop, ironically though, I think the rack is better than my pedals. I do like my flashback for certain things though.
Heres some eleven rack wanking, I had to prop the phone up with a drink cup.
I'm not a big metal guy, but that sounded good! It sounded a little thin to me, but heavy distortion always does to my ear.
Definitely way better than my playing so far. I'll get there though.
Definitely way better than my playing so far. I'll get there though.
For you Angel V fans, he's streaming live right now, an all day shred-a-thon to raise money for his new album.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/AngelVivaldi
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/AngelVivaldi
I'm definitely much more motivated to play with the new amp. I keep turning it on in the morning and leaving it on standby, then going over and playing from time to time.
Hopefully I won't kill the tubes.
Hopefully I won't kill the tubes.
Noodleface
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Reverb is a tough thing. I find that when you play live, you get reverb naturally throughout the acoustics of the venue. For home stuff a little reverb can be nice though.
I think a little reverb sounds nice in any situation, really. Relying on the room can be weird unless you're playing in an actual music hall or something, which isn't happening for me for a looooooong time.
Noodleface
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I should also mention that I am an tone purist (or something, not sure that is the right word) in that I use 0 effects, not even a wah or anything. I don't believe in any of it. I play to melt faces and sometimes I'll go clean shaven with the clean channel and that is it. And when I say clean channel I really mean I turn the gain down on the dirty channel and try to be cool.
I don't think I'm ever going to be particularly effects-heavy. I have a nice little OD box, and the reverb on my amp. I won't need a whole lot else for the type of music I want to play.
Only very distantly guitar related, but I just had to miss my weekly lesson because of this stupid fucker (the shooter, not the bus driver):
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/artic...le-4725721.php
Traffic wasn't moving at all, so I headed home.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/artic...le-4725721.php
Traffic wasn't moving at all, so I headed home.
Alex
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Question for you folks familiar with looping stations. I'm looking to pick one up within the next couple weeks to replace the spot of my tuner (finally going to pick up a clip-on tuner). Since space is limited, I'm thinking about theBoss RC-2. Are there any other looping stations of similar size I should look into?
Not that matches those features, I have a flashback, but I got it for the delay, and it has a looper on it, but not 16 minutes of freakin loop lol.
Alex
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I would use that to store songwriting ideas for sure. Plus, it has 11 banks. 11 loops with each being ~90 seconds long isn't unreasonable.
I already have adelay pedalI really enjoy. I've tried using the looping functionality included in delay pedals and it is trash. I want a pedal that has looping as its primary focus.
I already have adelay pedalI really enjoy. I've tried using the looping functionality included in delay pedals and it is trash. I want a pedal that has looping as its primary focus.
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Everyone that I know swears by the AKAI headrush but I really didn't need a combo with a digital delay when I grabbed my loop pedal and Boss pedals are pretty bulletproof. The RC-2 is kind of meh but still better than almost 90% of your other options. RC-30 + RC-2 is a really nice setup (or the line 6 delay/loop but that thing is really flimsy and has a really short loop time). For a single loop pedal and for the size I don't think you can beat the RC-2, everything else is pretty bulky so might not work for space.