Members Elessar [Sly] Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 As the title suggests, would you have one if you could afford it? I know there is quite a lot of love for the freeze but is it practical for gigging purposes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members samueldchilders Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yeah, I would rock one. Ambient interludez up in my set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members six acre lake Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I can afford it and the answer is no. Yes I have a HOG but I never use the famed Freeze as it was intended... I find the stand alone to be a bit boring and one trick ponyish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I never tried the Freeze but still want to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZoomRmc Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yes I would and I actually have one already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I havent used it live, but i dont see why not. As long as you have a need for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 A Deluxe Freeze is mandatory for EHX to release at this point. $159, exp. input for glissing, and some improved pedal graphics would be nice. When I had my HOG, I dug the freeze function quite a bit, but even as-is the current Freeze is stellar. A great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Villano Dude Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I can afford one, and no. In fact I don't even use a board anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Villano Dude Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I can afford one, and no. In fact I don't even use a board anymore. What do you use these days? I recall you having quite the nice setup back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 no - great "idea" as a pedal and many fun for sure... but useless for me and my stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 What do you use these days? I recall you having quite the nice setup back in the day. Polytune, Timmy, rarely a fuzz, even more rarely a delay. My band is pretty straight up heavy rock stuff so I just don't use fx, doesn't work in the band and I write way better stuff when I don't always have a delay pedal on. It's a blessing, I hated setting up/tearing down/carting around a huge pedalboard. So yeah, I leave my other pedals at home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dZjupp Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 Polytune, Timmy, rarely a fuzz, even more rarely a delay. My band is pretty straight up heavy rock stuff so I just don't use fx, doesn't work in the band and I write way better stuff when I don't always have a delay pedal on. It's a blessing, I hated setting up/tearing down/carting around a huge pedalboard. So yeah, I leave my other pedals at home... this is BLASPEHMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hear you on the delay though.....way overused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 blasphemous? hardly. A lot of people on here are afraid of just plugging into their amp and seeing what they can come up with, or assume that if you don't use 4 delays, 5 fuzzes, 10 modulation pedals you must be playing blues rock. It's usually either all the ego driven 'I need this pedal' mentality or just a crutch for bad musicianship. I've been there with the pedal lust and having to run a big board but really it didn't do me a ton of good as a musician and it's refreshing to come out the other side of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have one. Not essential to my setup but it adds a lot of interesting ideas. It wouldn't be the end of the world if I didn't have it, but its a fun tool to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 this is BLASPEHMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i hear you on the delay though.....way overused Same with intentional distortion, that's got really old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRBain Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 It would be tempting, I suppose, but then again I'm not sure that it wouldn't get old. When I'm actually playing with a band I generally use fewer effects than I think I need, and my rig is simple enough as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveinLondon Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 Had one. Couldn't get along with it. I thought it would make a useful practice tool. Freeze a chord and then improvise over that pad. The frozen tone seemed pretty compressed and synth-like to my ears, which wasn't what I was looking for. An expression pedal/gliss function might have persuaded me to keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dangerous dan Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I've got a Freeze, it's a great pedal for noodling with at home and improtu jams at rehersals but i wouldn't use it live as it just doesn't fit the music I play. Thinking of putting mine in the UK spam thread imminently (Excellent condition, boxed, papers and a EHX psu too...!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I'd love to try one, I bet I could get some use out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 blasphemous? hardly. A lot of people on here are afraid of just plugging into their amp and seeing what they can come up with, or assume that if you don't use 4 delays, 5 fuzzes, 10 modulation pedals you must be playing blues rock. It's usually either all the ego driven 'I need this pedal' mentality or just a crutch for bad musicianship. I've been there with the pedal lust and having to run a big board but really it didn't do me a ton of good as a musician and it's refreshing to come out the other side of it. indeed - i play once a week (at simple jams) without effects... -just amp and its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 dollar cars Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 i had one for 24 hours. i took it back to the store for a more practical pedal. flanger hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kid_A Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 blasphemous? hardly. A lot of people on here are afraid of just plugging into their amp and seeing what they can come up with, or assume that if you don't use 4 delays, 5 fuzzes, 10 modulation pedals you must be playing blues rock. It's usually either all the ego driven 'I need this pedal' mentality or just a crutch for bad musicianship. I've been there with the pedal lust and having to run a big board but really it didn't do me a ton of good as a musician and it's refreshing to come out the other side of it.Cheeky {censored}er Tools for the job really... sometimes you need delay, sometimes you dont, sometimes you need a $600 reverb pedal at church, sometimes you dont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have a Freeze on one of my boards, and can easily see myself setting up a dedicated side chain for Freeze manipulation. I think it is a very useful bit of kit if you get to know it and mess with placement in the signal chain. It's not something I'd bring to every gig or for every style of music, but if I did I could probably find a use for it somewhere in the setlist. I see it as another voice or as a texture generator. I use it to create pedal points in accompaniment that I couldn't normally play without changing the tuning or growing a third hand. I also use it create background textures by sustaining a single note, an interval, harmonics, or a decaying delayed sound, and then manipulate that with other effects before looping the whole thing and possibly changing the time and/or direction of the loop. And it's also cool for pads with a pitchshifter if there isn't a keyboard player in the band. Or, put it before a Whammy and imitate a theremin or bagpipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarSlim101 Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 After hearing what Bill Frisell can do with one, I want one. I would gladly use it for solo sets to fill and could see a few uses in small group situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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