Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 1. Neither do I. 2. It is much more than a one-trick pony. 3. I love it. I play in a shoegaze band.. But even in all of my other bands; I find a use for the PS-3. Crxsh is right, it's far from a "one-trick" pony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WBigsby Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Not even man. You can find a lot of use out of having 2. Listen to Cave In. There's a lot of dual PS-3 action. Personally, i've come up with a lot of different melodies while using 2.Aw, I have a ps-5 on the way. Is it a significant upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clementwave Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 1. Neither do I. 2. It is much more than a one-trick pony. 3. I love it. 1. I didn't think you were in a regular gigging band, you seem like more of a hobby/bedroom/jamming player, excuse me if im wrong 2. Mode 7, a few things good for noise/textures, neither of which I need/require3. Sure, but everyone is allowed to like different stuff right......right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 200lbs didn't sounds great to me, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 I don't want to say the Holy Stain yet, because I keep thinking that there's an application in it I just haven't stumbled upon yet. I'm not ready to give up on it. I was a bit disappointed with the EHX Stereo PolyPhase. If I found a used one for a good price again, I might give it another go. The features were cool, but the blend was too subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 1. I didn't think you were in a regular gigging band, you seem like more of a hobby/bedroom/jamming player, excuse me if im wrong 2. Mode 7, a few things good for noise/textures, neither of which I need/require 3. Sure, but everyone is allowed to like different stuff right... ...right? it's a horrible pitch shifter, sounds bad, tracks worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby D Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 i'm getting one for free this weekend, and will bring it back with me and flog it. mode 7 -- i will has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Aw, I have a ps-5 on the way. Is it a significant upgrade? Negative. I had 2 PS-3's and a PS-5 at one point.. I found more use out of the PS-3. Boss has replaced the PS-3 with the Harmonist and the PS-5. I've used both of them. I would never spend money on them. If I got them for free, MAYBE i'd keep it around and mod it or something. But other than that.. Neh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 i'm getting one for free this weekend, and will bring it back with me and flog it. mode 7 -- i will has. You will enjoys D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Couldn't even get a store to take a trade in. I usually like Mellowtone, but this disappointed me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby D Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 You will enjoys D! i don't know if it will make it onto my gigging board, as i don't require that sound very much for my band stuff.....but it may be fun for ambient soundscapes and some of my more experimental stuff. i keep trying to INTEGRATE my ambient music and my guitar playing....haven't ever done it to my satisfaction yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WBigsby Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Negative. I had 2 PS-3's and a PS-5 at one point.. I found more use out of the PS-3. Boss has replaced the PS-3 with the Harmonist and the PS-5. I've used both of them. I would never spend money on them. If I got them for free, MAYBE i'd keep it around and mod it or something. But other than that.. Neh. But the PS-5 has the harmonizing feature, so what's missing from it that makes the PS-3 better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crxsh Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 1. I didn't think you were in a regular gigging band, you seem like more of a hobby/bedroom/jamming player, excuse me if im wrong 2. Mode 7, a few things good for noise/textures, neither of which I need/require 3. Sure, but everyone is allowed to like different stuff right... ...right? 1. I'm not in a "gigging band" at the moment, no .... I play at church (and use the PS-3 quite a bit in that venue). That said, tomorrow I'm jamming with a local drummer who's been looking to start something up -- so that previous statement may change. 2. THE PS-3 IS NOT JUST GOOD FOR MODE-7!!! 3. Yes. And that's fine. Refer to #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Boss OC-2. Don't even really know what I was expecting, but the OC-2 just did nothing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 i don't know if it will make it onto my gigging board, as i don't require that sound very much for my band stuff.....but it may be fun for ambient soundscapes and some of my more experimental stuff. i keep trying to INTEGRATE my ambient music and my guitar playing....haven't ever done it to my satisfaction yet.... I love using it dude, seriously. I use it a lot for ambient and experimental riffing. As I said before, I use it a lot in one of my bands, and it surfaces a little bit in some of my other bands. All in all, i'm glad to have it on my board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clementwave Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 But everything else it does, something else can do better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WBigsby Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 I usually like Mellowtone, but this disappointed me too. Yes, Yes, it was a triumph in handpalmistry. If the knobs had just had a full range of functionality, it might have been okay. It basically only did 2 things, and I bet it could have been a lot better with some resistor changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 2. THE PS-3 IS NOT JUST GOOD FOR MODE-7!!! +1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Double D Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 i don't know if it will make it onto my gigging board, as i don't require that sound very much for my band stuff.....but it may be fun for ambient soundscapes and some of my more experimental stuff. i keep trying to INTEGRATE my ambient music and my guitar playing....haven't ever done it to my satisfaction yet.... ambient music is hard to integrate with guitar. i wish the rest of my bandmates were into ambient music so we could do interludes and cool breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 I was very disappointed by the BBE Opto Stomp, I heard such great things but then it was only good at very subtle settings, anything too high and it starts trampling all over your pick attack. Others like it, but I don't get on with it at all. Their Orange Squash is a much better compressor, pretty sure it's a VCA, but it preserves the full frequency range of the guitar's output very well and has a nice, warm sound, with usable range from subtle to squash without demolishing your picking dynamics or getting in the way of you using the volume knob. It has a gentle operation, almost like a compressor and limiter in one - it sets a pretty solid ceiling, but it's gradual in the way it grabs softer stuff. Still a very noticable addition of warmth and sustain (warmth, of course, in this context really means "midbass" since it evens out the pickups' natural tendancy towards higher frequency output - but it also ups the treble in a way that's pretty sparkly on some guitars, and doesn't hurt on others).So BBE Opto Stomp = , BBE Orange Squash = That's the most recent one. But I plugged in the Boss Dyna Drive the other day to test it against the Bjorn Honeybee, and it doesn't live up in any way. The dynamics are great, it's got a cool thing going on there, but the sound of the dirt is abrasive and is only useful as n expander to an already overdriving amp or another pedal with a strong character. Used that way, with the distortion control set low (noon or even 9 o'clock preferably), it can do a very good job of opening up whatever's down stream from it thanks to its soft and hard algorithms that switch seamlessly based on pick attack. But for the love of tone don't buy the damned thing to use it on its own, it is a bad combination of bland and harsh.While I love my Morley Dragon Wah, and I love my Ibanez Weeping Demon, I hate the Bad Horsie and Bad Horsie II. They just sound all kinds of turd, and so does every Crybaby I've tried. Must be something with my setup's general frequency characteristics, because I love the wah sounds that a lot of my favorite artists get with some variation of the Crybaby, but for me they just sound nasal and bad. I guess I like (some) optical wahs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WBigsby Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 So PS-5 was a bad move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Feghead Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 EH Holy Stain - meh fuzz, meh verb and me-eh pitch shifting EH Graphic fuzz - awful Anything Behringer I've ever tried Boss BD-2 - {censored}e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 ambient music is hard to integrate with guitar. i wish the rest of my bandmates were into ambient music so we could do interludes and cool breaks Dude, you're in an indie band.. As am I. You should know how easy it is to integrate ambient breaks between songs. C'mon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 So PS-5 was a bad move? IMO, yes. BUT, it's your board dude. One pedal might sound awesome to you, that doesn't sound awesome to me; and vice versa. If you enjoy the PS-5, hold on to it, and put it to good use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gae86 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Definately the most disappointing was the double shot distortion.. I can't think that I've wasted 150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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