Guitar Pedals

The video describes it as bringing the dynamics of distortion to playing clean. It sounds like it does a lot of dynamic based effects like panning, tremolo, and swells.

CBA is usually out of my price range but they do genuinely cool stuff.

Every single one fits and works perfectly. And the curves makes them feel great.

Bunged a couple of pedals from the B-team box onto a little board I’d bashed together a while ago. I’ve had to cut the right-hand end down a bit to plug the Dirty Robot in.

I’ve been using this on synths, just as a bit of fun really. The dirty robot is fantastic, and very versatile. Seems redundant, using a synth pedal on a synth, but on rhythms it does all sorts of joyous things. The Bass Overdrive is a great little budget drive, and the wet/dry mix and low/hi tone shaping makes it well suited for synths. The Aurora is a nice, simple delay that you can manhandle nicely, and the Exosphere is a reverb that can be rather wild especially with the Little Monster expression switch.

This is my travel board of tone. I mainly stick to plugins for effects.

The Nano Cortex is there just so I can capture and share tones I have nailed down, to give me a few effects when need a little something, to give me headphones out, and to act as a digital interface. I still haven't decided if it is a keeper.

The Notaklön is there for tone and volume boost more so than distortion.

29 EUNA magic box of mystery.

The Enigmatic's tones and a thing of absolute beauty.

Don't sleep on the Lion's clean tones.

The Woodrow is just a cool vibe sometimes.

Enigmatic '82 Overdrive Special Amp gives you the heavenly guitar sounds of Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer, Robben Ford, Joe Bonamassa, and Carlos Santana.*

Perfectly capturing rare ODS amps spanning 30 years, from 1970’s Santa Cruz designs to later iterations built in LA in the '80s and '90s, Enigmatic '82 gives you the sound of the most elusive guitar amps ever made.

Andertons review here.

Just came across this flautist using guitar pedals and it's pretty freaking awesome.

I tried to post the MP4 itself but I'm getting a "too many frames" error and can't seem to find any guidelines on video file upload limits.

The culmination of 45-plus years developing a sound that’s perfect in every possible way… Prepare to be amazed”: MXR’s new Yngwie Malmsteen signature overdrive pedal could be its most dynamic overdrive to date

The MXR Layers Pedal blooms with rich, organic sustain that imbues every strum and pluck with resonance and depth. With a versatile suite of controls, this pedal can be as simple or complex as you need.

Whether you want to lengthen single notes or generate multi-layered soundscapes rich with ambience, the MXR Layers Pedal will extend the creative potential of your instrument. Pull off chord voicings you never thought possible, compose transcendent melodies, orchestrate harmonic ensembles, create lively stereo pads, and more—all from a standard MXR housing.

Soundtrack recorded using only guitars, amps, bass, drums, and the MXR Layers pedal.

• CS 11
• XP 5
• XP 8

Looks like the CS 11 has dropped the AC port and sag control from the 12, and it has an output to power an XP 5 or XP 8. The XP 5 and 8 drop the IEC power plugs, and have outputs to daisy chain to more XP 5/8 units. The XP 5 has SKUs for with and without a power supply, the XP 8 is only sold with a power supply.

I really wanted one of these when they did the limited release but couldn’t justify it at the time. Glad the brought it back and improved upon it.

It’s a strange pedal and probably best for ambient effects or backing tracks. The DBA side is probably the most “usable” of the modes for more traditional guitar work. I have to play around with it more.

I tried something weird by having it between my distortions and almost blew out my eardrums with the feedback when I turned on the plumes.

JHS Crayon and the previously posted Permission to Land found a spot.

The Crayon is so broken, I love it. Paired with the low-bit modulators on all three of the top row it's like playing a chiptune on a Gameboy with dead batteries.

The Darkness Permission to Land guitar pedal was delivered today.

It's my first Made in EU guitar gear and I gotta say, it's a finely crafted gain pedal.

The Justin nob is fine but it's redundant when I kick the Dan nob into lead gain. I didn't already have a 3 range EQ so this is going right at the end of my gain loop.

I suspect it's a two stage Klone with a low end scoop toggle.

My take on the JRockett 45. It's a Malcolm Young tribute. Now I just have to learn to play like him.

Does anyone here own one? I have questions! Kind of lusting for one, but, I need to know a little more about the functionality of selecting and combining patches (and people on youtube seem to only go through the sounds). Thanks!

Big Cheese by Lovetone clone. I added a blend knob so it'll be a little more bass friendly. Waterside decal. And a uv led.

Not surprised about the Strymon presence, he has a lot of nice layers and texture from the middle of his career. I've never heard a bad review of the Duelist, but seeing it on Ian's board certainly bumps it up a notch in my book. He was playing through a Holy Watt amp head/cab, which I'd never heard of. I assumed the Holy Watt pedal was like a channel switcher. But looking at their site, not only is it a standalone drive pedal, Ian has a signature line with them!

https://holywatt.com/products/ian-moore-signature-prestige-cl15/ https://holywatt.com/products/ian-moore-signature-prestige-cl30/ https://holywatt.com/products/ian-moore-signature-2x12-cab/

He mostly played through his Tele-Strat (Tele neck on a Strat body). He had two that he swapped between every song (guessing they had to be re-tuned after every song). But he also played a Les Paul Junior for one song (Today, very emotional tribute to his late brother-in-law), and a Supro, maybe a Rhythm Master, for a slide track (Nothing).

Really bizarre pedal that I picked up while on my vacation in Colorado. Vibrato, tremolo, and phaser all in one (I think)! It can generate some cool sounds, especially when the controls are dimed.

So far, I like it best as a subtle trem with some added phase and vibrato for coloring cleans. Not sure if it’ll stay on the board but its fun for now.

I picked this up because I was a big fan of DOD/Digitech when I started playing in high school. My first pedal ever was the Digitech Death Metal pedal and then I got a DOD grunge shortly after (both played through my Fender frontman 😎). Now I play very different styles so I’m hoping I can incorporate this weirdness into my playing.

Love him or hate him, JHS knows how to market.

Saw this over on Mastodon (original post), had to share. What are some other good pedal puns?

Howdy! Here is my current signal chain, starting from either a Strat (2001 American deluxe) or an Ibanez Artcore AS-73.. ...micro Q-Tron > Phase 90 > sf300 (painted by my kid) > OD-200 > Signa Comp > e-lady > polytune > dd-500 > rv-500 > rc-1 > jc-40

I'm still playing with the e-lady position. And I'm still trying to find the best use for the volume pedal. Currently it's hooked up as an expression pedal for the dd-500, but.. I find myself never using it. I originally thought I'd use it for volume swells but I never used that either... Maybe not worth the real estate? Also, still playing with using sf-300 mostly as a boost, or mostly as fuzz... Never ending!

Edit: still trying to get the pic to post from this mobile app...

Up next is my favorite Muff variant. The Earthquakes Devices Hoof.

I have an obsession with Fuzz and Muff style Fuzzes. I've had and have SO many fuzz and fuzz adjacent pedals. (I'll list them out for those who care at the end.) Somehow I always come back to the Hoof. I know amp-like isn't something you use to describe a Muff but that's how I feel about the Hoof. It's really dynamic and reacts to your picking and volume incredibly well. It has that Muff sound without the boominess you get with something like a Triangle Muff. Maybe it's the circuit, maybe it's the shift knob. I don't know but nothing has managed to remove it from my board. The only thing I don't like about MY Hoof is that it's a V2(?) with the clicky foot switch that you really have to step on. Which is weird when all of my other EQD pedals have the flexi switch.

I use the Hoof like everywhere when I jam or record and keep it set pretty high and roll off the guitar volume if I need less gain. I probably pair it most with my delays when I want to use it for a solo and don't tend to stack it with other gain pedals. I have a Plumes to do the TS+Muff thing but I don't play live so I don't necessarily need to get the mids back.

Other "fuzz" pedals I have:

• Vaderin HP-X
• EDQ Hizumitas
• EQD Spires
• DOD Carcosa
• Triangle Big Muff Reissue
• Rams Head Reissue
• Fuzz Face clone
• Tonebender clone

Fuzzes I've had:

• EQD Acapulco Gold
• EQD Hoof Reaper
• Band of Gypsies Fuzz Face Mini
• Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh
• Big Muff Pi w/ Tone Wicker
• Black Box Russian Muff