Effects - Pedals, Multi-Effects, and Floor Boxes

[mhuxtable]

we played a show last night with one of the most amazing live bands I've ever seen (called Jane Jane Pollock).

We were all talking backstage, being friendly, etc...I could tell these people were incredibly creative & lived an artistic lifestyle...they paint, they play music, they make art, do crafts, etc.

Anyways, we were talking & one of the members was talking about this pedal he found....it would take your note and repeat it and it would get quieter as it repeated...and it had a tap tempo that you could keep it in time! AND it had some kind of looper on it....he was amazed by this....

a fucking delay pedal.


it made me realize, i spend so much time on this damn forum (which is a wealth of knowledge and lulz) that i'm not making music as much as i should or being as creative as i should. this band had one of the most complex & interesting sounds i've heard in a LONG time...their live show was energetic, creative...just incredible....they concerned themselves with writing & performing music, not every piece of gear they could find.


lesson learned: i spend too much time online & not enough playing music.....that has to change.

[BAXANDALL]

See you in chat and we can discuss this.

[renula]

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[goodhonk]

yeah, but can they cut hair?

[Small Stone]

I had an epiphany last year too: why not stop buying pedals, and actually see what fantastic things I can do with what I have? I'm still working on that...

[Hiwatt Bob]

all those artsy craftsy types smell like nag champa.

[erksin]

I have friends that are amazing musicians with great tone and could care less what they use or what else is out there. Chuck Berry said it best when he was asked why he just checks his gear like luggage at the airport: "It's just tools, man."

[Kid_A]

Exactly why i am still using an M13... ive got everything i need there to make the music I do...

[neoflox]

They are probably as easily amazed by a walnut.

[goodhonk]

They are probably as easily amazed by a walnut.

:lol:

[Hiwatt Bob]

i had an epiphany that i should probably be doing work at my job instead of surfing the net and obsessing about gear.

[9520575]

I want to say no shit. in the nicest way possible, because your a nice guy and I don't want to sound like a dick.

[Fender&EHX…]

They are probably as easily amazed by a walnut.

It's actually quite an amazing thing... A walnut. Especially with some Comte and a glass of Macvin.

[Dr.Picklebottom]

i get what youre saying and thats cool, etc. but...

thats like a homebuilder thats enjoys building great, quality houses so much that theyve never heard of a window.

oke:

[Aedes]

matt did they miss your set or something?

[Hiwatt Bob]

i get what youre saying and thats cool, etc. but... thats like a homebuilder thats enjoys building great, quality houses so much that theyve never heard of a window. oke:

who has time for windows when there's so many walnuts?

[Cliff Fiscal]

Yeah, that's pretty cool stuff.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP3jSSkmKhw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNr9zbKwE3Q&feature=related ...but it is sort of funny that you had this epiphany, and now you're here......posting about it. I think hipsters do that on purpose.......don't know shit that everyone knows about....just to seem deeper.

[SnorkelMonkey]

Hey Hux could you post a link to the band?

[Hiwatt Bob]

or at least post pics? i kind of want to see these beatniks.

[english_bob]

it made me realize, i spend so much time on this damn forum (which is a wealth of knowledge and lulz) that i'm not making music as much as i should or being as creative as i should. this band had one of the most complex & interesting sounds i've heard in a LONG time...their live show was energetic, creative...just incredible....they concerned themselves with writing & performing music, not every piece of gear they could find.


lesson learned: i spend too much time online & not enough playing music.....that has to change.

It's a good lesson to learn, but IMO it's not like there's any direct correlation between your level of interest in gear and the quality of your music. Plenty of smelly hippy types who'd be blown away by the idea of an electric guitar make shitty music, plenty of people with a ton of gear make awesome music and vice versa. No need to go Amish with your setup, but if you or I chose to spend less time on HC and use that time to make music I think it would probably be a good idea. :thu: