Members Chris Loeffler Posted February 19, 2017 Members Share Posted February 19, 2017 Right now, I'm wishing I could get a new wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted February 20, 2017 Members Share Posted February 20, 2017 nothing really... a ehx mel9 could be fun, or a new drive pedal instead of my ts-9, but i just readjusted some knobs on amps and ts9 and now i'm in love with it again... edit: the biggest down of the mel9 is, that it does not have bypass switch. it would be cool to have the dry out running to your amp(s) and havin efx only going direct to the mixer. but having the fx signal always going to the mixer even when the pedal is off is bad. also it would be great if the dry signal path could be switched off so the mel9 sound does only go over the mixer for recording everything can be done by rewireing etc, but for live its very annoying and than it would be great if the dry signal and the wet signal could be looped together.... all i see now is cables and more cables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Stick the Mel 9 in a TB loop, or use the effect out and put a "kill" switch inline after it - problem solved. I think the pedal I'm gassing for the most is the Prophecysound Pi-Phase. It's a recreation of the old Bi-Phase. I reviewed it a while back and was very impressed with it, but it's a bit over-budget ATM. The other pedal I've been wanting to get for quite a while is the Electro-Harmonix Super Pulsar. I've always thought it looked like the ultimate tremolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted February 20, 2017 Members Share Posted February 20, 2017 I have everything I need in doubles at this point. I have two complete rigs in the studio, one for myself and one for a guest and beyond that I have dozens set aside which I occasionally swap out for different sounds. Out of all 50 or so pedals I have and another dozen or so rack effects, what do I wind up using the most? A single $50 Vox Stomp lab multi effects pedal. Go figure. I'm not a huge fan of programmable pedals either. They are much to difficult to tweak in a live situation and if you're patches aren't right you're screwed. For recording I love the tones I can get and even more importantly it mimics the string touch of actual amps, much better then the other modeling pedals I own which wind up being one trick ponies. I can get everything from the clearest glass like cleans to drive tube amps that jangle, to vintage rock right up to the heaviest metal tones. The best part is the effects are cheap sounding garbage, they are quiet and natural sounding when run both subtly or extreme. I wish I had separate pedals they worked together as well, including all the amp/cab modeling involved. The other pedal(s) I've been experimenting with on my main board are cab modeling pedals. They do a much better job then EQ pedals for me by having fixed EQ settings over variable setting like a graphic EQ does. I've always held the belief, if you have to use an EQ its because you have mis-matched gear that really isn't working right and the EQ is being used as a band aid. Of course an EQ can be used creatively to drive some pedals to extremes too but you should be getting a great sound without it. For me it was a matter of boredom, I love having variety. Trick is I don't want to haul a dozen different amps to a gig to get those different tones.If a pedal does a good job emulating what I want, so much the better. If its inexpensive too its even better. You do need a decent amp to begin with however. Emulation wont make a piece of junk sound better. It needs to work within the boundaries of what the amp does and uses subtractive methods of shaping, as do all pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratoron Posted February 20, 2017 Members Share Posted February 20, 2017 Strymon Flint is next on my list. I just got a their Lex and absolutely love it. Beautiful, lush spinning Leslie sounds..and a perfect mate for my EH B-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Strymon Flint is next on my list. I just got a their Lex and absolutely love it. Beautiful, lush spinning Leslie sounds..and a perfect mate for my EH B-9 Congrats! The Strymon Lex is definitely one of the better rotary speaker simulator pedals out there, and I totally agree - it's a really good partner for a EHX B9. Have you tried the EHX rotary speaker sims? Chris Loeffler did the Lester G and the Lester K reviews for HC, so I haven't had a chance to really test one out yet myself, but from what I've heard from the clips, they sound really good - especially the Lester G. [video=youtube;v74pul6ijLw] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratoron Posted February 21, 2017 Members Share Posted February 21, 2017 I have not tried either of the EH Lesters but they were definitely in the running. I was very impressed with their demo. There are features on the G that I wish the Lex shared. I thought about it long and hard before I made my final decision. The only other sim pedal I actually test drove was an older(I think) DLS RotoSim which was good too but not quite what I wanted. I pretty much depended on the video reviews to educate myself. There are a lot of decent sims out there, but in the end the Lex won me over. No other way to put it than to say that it just sounded better to my ears. Especially the slower rotaion(I tend to default that way more). The next guy might prefer something else. Because of lack of pedalboard real estate, I was really drawn to the smaller footprint of the Lex verses the big ol G. So I was left comparing the Lex to the K which made the choice somewhat easier. I am very pleased with the pedal. I run a two amp setup and the stereo swirl is just beautiful. Makes me sound better than I am. Lol. Oh, I should add that my original rotary sim pedal was an old Danelectro Rocky Road. It served its purpose, but man it could be a noisy hot mess. It finally croaked a couple of years ago. I've just been doing without. So, you can understand why I feel like I'm in rotary sim heaven now. Anything would've been a huge improvement. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted February 21, 2017 Members Share Posted February 21, 2017 Vertex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted February 21, 2017 Members Share Posted February 21, 2017 The Dumble steel string singer amp in a pedal? I'm just a pedal whore at heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MesaMonster Posted February 21, 2017 Members Share Posted February 21, 2017 MXR 95 phaser, Line 6 Helix, Carvin Steve Vai Legacy Drive Pedal, Boss DD-500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hank20 Posted March 4, 2017 Members Share Posted March 4, 2017 Right now I need good and big reverb. Probably one of thesehttps://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Polarahttps://musicsquare.co.uk/159022_TC-electronic-Arena-Reverb-guitar-effect-pedal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members travisbrowning Posted March 4, 2017 Members Share Posted March 4, 2017 I need a reverb and a compressor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted March 5, 2017 Members Share Posted March 5, 2017 Realistically, a used Digitech Mosaic 12 string simulator. In my dreams a bunch of Strymon reverb, delay and modulation pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StezzoGray Posted March 9, 2017 Members Share Posted March 9, 2017 a few metal-style distortion boxes with different controls (blue Ibanez Metal Charger, Boss Metal Zone, and TC Electronics Fangs),a really good fuzz-wah, and a Boss PS3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Harvester1199 Posted March 9, 2017 Members Share Posted March 9, 2017 I need a reverb and a compressor MXR reverb and xotic for the compressor, your welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheForkWigger Posted March 10, 2017 Members Share Posted March 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted March 10, 2017 Members Share Posted March 10, 2017 Another couple dozen ODs but that's beside the point. Pedals - and synths too for that matter, are too rigid in their voices; usually only able to act out their settings. Waiting on a more interactive type of circuitry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted March 18, 2017 Members Share Posted March 18, 2017 Hologram Electronics is doing really interesting stuff. I love their demo videos. https://hologramelectronics.com/infinite-jets/ https://hologramelectronics.com/dream-sequence/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted March 18, 2017 Members Share Posted March 18, 2017 I love the Mel9, so naturally I am excited for the Synth9 http://www.ehx.com/products/synth9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted March 18, 2017 Members Share Posted March 18, 2017 And if I was wealthy enough to have a music conservatory of my own, I would have one of these http://www.zvex.com/zvex-candela-vibrophase/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eyobeez Posted March 29, 2017 Members Share Posted March 29, 2017 I have everything I need, but man, a Kalamazoo would be so nice. And a tap tempo pedal for my DD7. And an Adventure Audio Dream Reaper. And a Keeley Dyno-My-Roto. That's it for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cornholio Farquarth III Posted April 3, 2017 Members Share Posted April 3, 2017 EHX B9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nice keetee Posted April 4, 2017 Members Share Posted April 4, 2017 fulltone mdv3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members travisbrowning Posted April 4, 2017 Members Share Posted April 4, 2017 Pretty sure I'm just going to pick up the new Zoom G3Nx here pretty soon. But that new Ryan Adams signature pedal looks pretty dope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted April 9, 2017 Members Share Posted April 9, 2017 While it's a beautiful steam punk inspired thing, I have my doubts it's real. Didn't see anyway to plug a guitar or amp into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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