Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Plenum n Heather on January 17, 2015, 01:45:16 PM
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For the past couple of years I have slowed down significantly in my pedal purchases as virtually every niche is filled and most of my pedal purchases these days are for very specific applications. The last pedal I purchased was last year, the JCollocia Horus foundation/light OD/boost.
I made 2 pedal purchases this week, and am REALLY stoked about them!
The first one was purchased is a Bogner Harlow. I haven't played the pedal yet, so I only have the clips I have heard to go on, and am hoping it sounds nearly as nice as it does in the clips! I need another boost pedal like I need another hole in my head (my current load out of boosts includes: z.vex SHO, Thundertomate Fat Boost, Greer Sweetback, JCollocia Horus, Catalinbread Naga Viper, AnalogMan Beano Boost), but the appeal of the comp/boost will save having to add another pedal into my recording chain, and the colorations from the Neve OT should be pretty special; at least, I've loved most every clip I've heard of the Bogner/Neve pedals.
The build quality on the Harlow is SICK; possibly the nicest build quality/presentation of any pedal I have ever owned. It has a very sexy/tactile feel, hefty weight, brilliant packaging, just a great looking pedal all round. Really looking forward to firing it up today!
The second one is possibly the most superfluous pedal purchase I have ever made: the Strymon Deco. I fell in love with this pedal from the first demo and have resisted purchasing it until now. I purchased it from my favorite guitar store, Ludlow Guitars, in NYC. The Deco is also a color-box, instantly changing your tone when you plug into it. All of the effects range from extremely subtle to mild (aside from the tonal coloration).
Build quality if first-rate and the pedal is quite lightweight, though I it gets noticeably warm after it's been on for a while.
Test clips coming soon. :)
(http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq33/Phantom_Isle/photo-7_zps3ac032c7.jpg) (http://s431.photobucket.com/user/Phantom_Isle/media/photo-7_zps3ac032c7.jpg.html)
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Congrats mate, especially on the deco! If I had the cash Iīd spring for that rather quickly myself. Canīt wait to hear you opinion on it after a bit of use.
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Quick sound clip, https://soundcloud.com/asfollowswriting/harlow-deco-test
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Is Ludlow Guitars the 1 you took us to where you tried that Eventide H9?
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Is Ludlow Guitars the 1 you took us to where you tried that Eventide H9?
Yep, the same place!
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Quick sound clip, https://soundcloud.com/asfollowswriting/harlow-deco-test
Some great tones in there - very remenicent of Dave Gilmour in some older Floyd stuff
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That does sound rather lovely. I must avoid looking into this any further because they sound like things I'd want.
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That does sound rather lovely. I must avoid looking into this any further because they sound like things I'd want.
I know your pain. When I first heard about the Deco, I thought, who would want a pedal that makes your live guitar sound like it was recorded using tape??! And then I heard the demo and had instant GAS!
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Yep, that warmth in the clip was lovely. Been looking at clips too- you, Ben, are a bad influence.
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Yeah, sounds quite vintage, I like it.
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Yep, that warmth in the clip was lovely. Been looking at clips too- you, Ben, are a bad influence.
Ha!
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And here's how it sounds all mic'd up proper. :)
https://soundcloud.com/asfollowswriting/galactic-entropy-excerpt2