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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,039
    dudeman said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    annnnnd just like that, they are sold out. they went on sale 14 minutes ago...
    It's a crazy market! That pedal looks cool!
    yeah it is definitely a ripper. will see how it sounds with the mods that luke mentioned in the video. hopefully it is more usable for me than the 1981.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    dudeman said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    annnnnd just like that, they are sold out. they went on sale 14 minutes ago...
    It's a crazy market! That pedal looks cool!
    yeah it is definitely a ripper. will see how it sounds with the mods that luke mentioned in the video. hopefully it is more usable for me than the 1981.
    You know, I have an appreciation for everything that went into making the 1981, but I always found it to be a little too polite sounding for my taste. 

    If I'm going to use a Rat-based pedal, I want it to rip the paint off the walls. Sometimes hi-fi and dirty rock and roll aren't the right match.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    dankind said:
    dudeman said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    annnnnd just like that, they are sold out. they went on sale 14 minutes ago...
    It's a crazy market! That pedal looks cool!
    Yeah, I still have a mini delay on backorder from Sweetwater since May 2020.
    wow, a whole year? you can learn to build pedals and build your own in that time!
    Actually, I just checked, and it looks like the company discontinued the pedal. So, I guess it's time to get my money back from Sweetwater.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,039
    dankind said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    dankind said:
    dudeman said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    annnnnd just like that, they are sold out. they went on sale 14 minutes ago...
    It's a crazy market! That pedal looks cool!
    Yeah, I still have a mini delay on backorder from Sweetwater since May 2020.
    wow, a whole year? you can learn to build pedals and build your own in that time!
    Actually, I just checked, and it looks like the company discontinued the pedal. So, I guess it's time to get my money back from Sweetwater.
    there is always reverb!!
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    dankind said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    dankind said:
    dudeman said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    annnnnd just like that, they are sold out. they went on sale 14 minutes ago...
    It's a crazy market! That pedal looks cool!
    Yeah, I still have a mini delay on backorder from Sweetwater since May 2020.
    wow, a whole year? you can learn to build pedals and build your own in that time!
    Actually, I just checked, and it looks like the company discontinued the pedal. So, I guess it's time to get my money back from Sweetwater.
    there is always reverb!!
    Yup, there are a couple on there for more than they sold for new, of course.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,039
    dudeman said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    dudeman said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    annnnnd just like that, they are sold out. they went on sale 14 minutes ago...
    It's a crazy market! That pedal looks cool!
    yeah it is definitely a ripper. will see how it sounds with the mods that luke mentioned in the video. hopefully it is more usable for me than the 1981.
    You know, I have an appreciation for everything that went into making the 1981, but I always found it to be a little too polite sounding for my taste. 

    If I'm going to use a Rat-based pedal, I want it to rip the paint off the walls. Sometimes hi-fi and dirty rock and roll aren't the right match.
    i just find the 1981, at least mine, is just too bright. even with the high cut cranked it is still too bright for my ears. it is better with my guitar tone knob turned down a bit, but it is a $250 pedal. i should not have to tweak my tone knobs to make it usable. that filter knob needs to have a bigger sweep in my opinion. 
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    Anyone here have a JHS Overdrive Preamp or the new 3 series Screamer? Lots of reviews & they sound great 
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,039
    BALLBOY said:
    Anyone here have a JHS Overdrive Preamp or the new 3 series Screamer? Lots of reviews & they sound great 
    i am actually really interested in the new screamer. the videos i have seen sound pretty good. i have a few screamer type pedals like the rockitt blue note and the dr no drive o matic, so may not need another screamer, but that thing sounds great in the demo videos.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,039
    threshold maximizer arrrived today. gonna play through it a bit and report back later.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    BALLBOY said:
    Anyone here have a JHS Overdrive Preamp or the new 3 series Screamer? Lots of reviews & they sound great 
    I don't have the JHS but I really wish that he had put a tone control on there. I know that the original didn't have one but IMO, that circuit can get painfully bright.

    A few months ago, I bought a couple Dirty Haggard Audio 797 pedals. (Those are that builder's version of the 250.) His is pretty bright too but I had him add a trimpot inside so that I can tame the highs. That really opened up the usefulness of the pedals. 

    Stock 250s are excellent for getting screaming lead tones from an already cranking Marshall-type amp but they can be painful for those who use a clean amp as a pedal platform and use pedals for different levels of drive. 

    (All of this is my opinion, of course.)
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    threshold maximizer arrrived today. gonna play through it a bit and report back later.
    I'm excited to hear your impressions!

    I ordered an Idiotbox Blower Box that should hopefully be here this week. I'm working on putting together a modular pedal board for recording direct and for playing with headphones. Hopefully the Blower Box does not disappoint!
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited April 2022
    Just unboxed this little guy, the Pigtronix Constellator modulated analog delay mini pedal. 


    It’s the closest thing I could find to the Red Witch Violetta modulated analog delay mini pedal that I originally wanted. 

    And now my little board is all filled up.

    DOD distortion and flanger pedals, Donner Tutti Love analog chorus mini pedal, Pigtronix Constellator modulated analog delay mini pedal, and power source. 
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    dankind said:
    Just unboxed this little guy, the Pigtronix Constellator modulated analog delay mini pedal. 


    It’s the closest thing I could find to the Red Witch Violetta modulated analog delay mini pedal that I originally wanted. 

    And now my little board is all filled up.

    DOD distortion and flanger pedals, Donner Tutti Love analog chorus mini pedal, Pigtronix Constellator modulated analog delay mini pedal, and power source. 
    Cool! That looks great. 

    Have you experimented with the order your pedals are in? If it was me, I would probably have the distortion first, then flanger, then chorus and the delay last.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited April 2022
    That's how I have it, I think. Except the chorus is last.

    The distortion goes out to the loop station/mixer/eight-track/amp/phones/etc., and the chorus is where the instrument plugs in. Is that all backward? That is, are you saying that I'd do better with plugging the instrument into the distortion pedal and the sending the signal out to the loop station/mixer/eight-track/amp/phones/etc. through the delay? Or should I simply switch the chorus and delay pedals so that the instrument plugs into the delay instead of the chorus?

    Thanks for your help.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    dankind said:
    That's how I have it, I think. Except the chorus is last.

    The distortion goes out to the loop station/mixer/eight-track/amp/phones/etc., and the chorus is where the instrument plugs in. Is that all backward? That is, are you saying that I'd do better with plugging the instrument into the distortion pedal and the sending the signal out to the loop station/mixer/eight-track/amp/phones/etc. through the delay? Or should I simply switch the chorus and delay pedals so that the instrument plugs into the delay instead of the chorus?

    Thanks for your help.
    Conventional signal chain would be: 

    Guitar -> Distortion -> Flanger -> Chorus -> Delay -> Amp/Mixer

    The chorus and flanger could be in either order but it would be easiest to have the flanger first to have everything fit well on your board. 

    One thing is that there really are no rules for pedal order, just guidelines. It's best to experiment with what you have by trying different combinations of things and stick with whatever sounds best to you. 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Thanks a bunch. I'm still new to the world of electric guitars and all their accoutrements.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    No problem man. We all started out right where you are. You just pick things up over time.

    FWIW, you are starting out with better gear than I had!
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    I had a Harmony faux Strat when I was a kid, and I remember getting so frustrated with it that I finally just smashed it to bits. I'd like to think that I'm more mature now. My father also gave me a very cool Telecaster with a very cool history, but I let it get away because an electric guitar just wasn't feasible for me at the time. I still post on Erie, Pa., Craigslist from time to time, offering to buy it back if anyone out there has it. I know which shop sold it and around when. I also know that it's a shot in the dark, but I'd really like to have that guitar back before I die.

    Anyway, I have been playing acoustic for as long as I can remember, though, so I kind of know/knew what to look for when it came to diving into electrics again.

    Finally, I switched around my pedals as you mapped above, and now my distortion pedal has it's old spacey feedback power back. I thought it needed repair, but it might have just been its positioning on the board.

    So, thanks again.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    dankind said:
    I had a Harmony faux Strat when I was a kid, and I remember getting so frustrated with it that I finally just smashed it to bits. I'd like to think that I'm more mature now. My father also gave me a very cool Telecaster with a very cool history, but I let it get away because an electric guitar just wasn't feasible for me at the time. I still post on Erie, Pa., Craigslist from time to time, offering to buy it back if anyone out there has it. I know which shop sold it and around when. I also know that it's a shot in the dark, but I'd really like to have that guitar back before I die.

    Anyway, I have been playing acoustic for as long as I can remember, though, so I kind of know/knew what to look for when it came to diving into electrics again.

    Finally, I switched around my pedals as you mapped above, and now my distortion pedal has it's old spacey feedback power back. I thought it needed repair, but it might have just been its positioning on the board.

    So, thanks again.
    Awesome! Glad it worked out. 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV

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