Members leftystratman Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I want one, but don't want a tone sucker. what's the verdict? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrMunky Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I don't find mine to be a tone sucker, surprisingly. It's a pretty sweet pedal. http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/Take5.mp3http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/ExpFact.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leftystratman Posted March 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I don't find mine to be a tone sucker, surprisingly. It's a pretty sweet pedal. http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/Take5.mp3http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/ExpFact.mp3 thank you so much for the clips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WorkingClassDan Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I'm close to buying one too. That or an XP-1000. Even if it's a tone sucker, you can put it in a loop and being as it is only one mode that doesn't save patches and is only switchable by the additional footswitch, it's probably a studio toy anyway, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrMunky Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I'm close to buying one too. That or an XP-1000.Even if it's a tone sucker, you can put it in a loop and being as it is only one mode that doesn't save patches and is only switchable by the additional footswitch, it's probably a studio toy anyway, IMO. I think that is the thing that puts off the most people. It is an odd duck because it does several effects, but only one at a time and they belong in different parts of your signal chain. If you use it to play live, you really have to pick one effect and go for it. It has enough good sounds that it's worth using like this though. I'd be fine, for instance, just using it as a wah one time. Then next time as a flanger, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WorkingClassDan Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hey Munky, ever tried a Space Station? And if so, how does it compare to the EX-7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrMunky Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hey Munky, ever tried a Space Station? And if so, how does it compare to the EX-7? Yes. The comparison is tough because the Space Station is a multi-effect, and the EX-7 captures one of the many effects the Space Station could do. It does that effect very well, but doesn't do any of the others. The EX-7 captures a string-pad type tone from the Space Station that does a pitch shift and delay. This was probably the Space Station's most useable effect, but also one of the easier to reproduce with conventional pedals. The Space Station has a bunch of really out-there effects that you can't do with anything else. The space station seriously sucks tone, and that is its biggest drawback. Many of the space station effects are quite out there. The value of the expression pedal on the space station is that you could set most of the presets so you were playing along "clean," then all of a sudden you rock the pedal forward and your tone disintegrates into a bunch of pixels, or a ring-mod type tone, or a whammy dive, or a string swell, or a ray-gun type noise. The problem was that it made your clean tone sound so bland that it wasn't so useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WorkingClassDan Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 Damn! Thanks mate. Space Station does sound great in demos and this is another endorsement. I'm still a little torn on which one I'm gonna nab. Probably the EX-7 now and then keep eyes peeled for a 1000 or XP300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 51504life Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hi Munky, I have an EX-7 also and like the pedal very much. I'm wondering if you can help suggest where to place the unit in my chain. AMP - Digi Delay - EVH Phase 90 - Marshall Guv'nor - Guitar Any help will be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrMunky Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hi Munky, I have an EX-7 also and like the pedal very much. I'm wondering if you can help suggest where to place the unit in my chain.AMP - Digi Delay - EVH Phase 90 - Marshall Guv'nor - GuitarAny help will be appreciated. That's sort of the difficulty with the EX-7. The answer differs depending upon which effect you're using. Of course, there are no real rules about this, but I would recommend the following: If you're using the EX-7 for the wahs, Univibe, or Whammy, put it between the guitar and the Guv'Nor IF you're using it for the Space Station, Flanger, Volume Pedal, Rotary or Distortion models, put it after the Phase 90 and before the digidelay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leftystratman Posted March 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 Damn!Thanks mate. Space Station does sound great in demos and this is another endorsement. I'm still a little torn on which one I'm gonna nab. Probably the EX-7 now and then keep eyes peeled for a 1000 or XP300. I think the builder always has one or two up on eBay. I saw a couple of 1000s a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 51504life Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 Thanks Munky, BTW. I was just hanging over at your site listening to all your good playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WorkingClassDan Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I think the builder always has one or two up on eBay. I saw a couple of 1000s a few weeks ago. They're there and I'm all over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gorebuc Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I think that is the thing that puts off the most people. It is an odd duck because it does several effects, but only one at a time and they belong in different parts of your signal chain. If you use it to play live, you really have to pick one effect and go for it. It has enough good sounds that it's worth using like this though. I'd be fine, for instance, just using it as a wah one time. Then next time as a flanger, etc. I think thats why they put the distortion models in it; I've got one coming in and I'm gonna put it after my distortion pedals because thats where the majority of effects on it need to be (flanger, space station, vibe, leslie). But I'll dial in a nice RAT setting for use with the whammy and wahs, I figure since they really need to be before distortion for standard use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dZjupp Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I FREKIN LOVE:thu::thuthu::thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 51504life Posted March 7, 2008 Members Share Posted March 7, 2008 I really like this EX-7 ( The ADA Flanger in my opinion sounds better than the EVH MXR signature model I had ) Also, I'm thinking of getting their footswitch, however, was wondering if I can get away with the footswitch that I have with my 1978 Peavey Classic 50. Basically seems like the same footswitch. Can anyone help me with ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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