Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: LiamH on September 15, 2006, 10:01:05 PM
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if you have a strat get it. I am not going to explain why, other than up to 26db flat eq gain is lovely (no overdrive), best pedal I have ever bought, my list of nearly rans - TS-9, proco rat and a mxr wylde od (all second hand). I I am currently using it with a chandler tube driver and my sound is getting there.
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Yuck! PDT_008
But, then again ... I'm a bit of a snob! :)
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you can be all the snob you like, I like it and that is all that matters :). I can't please everyone, but my US Strat with an extra boost into my little Laney makes me very happy. What more could I ask for, other than getting rid of the 60 cycle hum.
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Juat one thing I would point out, I was a Les Paul/anything with a humbucker fan. But my girlfriend bought me the Strat as a gift. It's worth say £700 new. If I had had the money in my hand I would not have chose it. However, by fate I got it and now I am glad. My playing has improved massively. I am utilising an instrument, rolling the volume on and off a lot more, adjusting the tone all the time, and adjusting my picking. I saw a bloke on the TV the other day, a South African guy playing a great tune using a broom handle and an old castrol tin. He was playing tunes that had lasted over a hundred year just by simple folk playing and he had more talent in his little finger than I could ever have. I reckon he would not know the meaning of the word snob if he got his hands on my strat.
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I'm not knocking the clean boost idea; I use it all the time!
I just prefer different brand of clean boost, is all.
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I just prefer different brand of clean boost, is all.
Which one?
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I just prefer different brand of clean boost, is all.
Which one?
(http://homebrewelectronics.com/images/product_images/dosmosedit.jpg)
Just a guess...? :wink:
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there's so many pedals out there!!! I had never heard of that one. oh well, no doubt I'll end up with that one one day, just another to add to my collection. Is there a form of pedal addiction?
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^ yeah, GAS. only substitute "guitar" for "gear". d'oh.
oh, there's the uno mos too, by HBE, it's the single channel version of the dos mos. it kicks ass.
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Is there a form of pedal addiction?
You could call it a type of "foot fetish"... :roll:
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Is there a form of pedal addiction?
You could call it a type of "foot fetish"... :roll:
My pedal addiction lasted until about 5 minutes after I went onstage for my first gig - I was so focussed on the "tap dance" that I played like utter cr*p :lol:
These days I own 3 pedals (well, 4 of you count the spare Bad Horsie in my cupboard) & even that feels like too much :)
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Everyone who's building mosfet boosters is using the same circuit that a guy called Jack Orman developed out of a 'suggested useage' manual. There are tweaks here and there but they're all 99% the same - some even have two boosters in the same box (dos-mos) :roll:
:twisted:
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Is there a form of pedal addiction?
You could call it a type of "foot fetish"... :roll:
My pedal addiction lasted until about 5 minutes after I went onstage for my first gig - I was so focussed on the "tap dance" that I played like utter cr*p :lol:
These days I own 3 pedals (well, 4 of you count the spare Bad Horsie in my cupboard) & even that feels like too much :)
:lol: I know what you mean. I was recording a track for a friend and just stepping on one pedal for the bridge kept screwing me up. :roll: It was sad. Of course that won't stop me from buying the rest of the pedals on my list.
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Juat one thing I would point out, I was a Les Paul/anything with a humbucker fan. But my girlfriend bought me the Strat as a gift. It's worth say £700 new. If I had had the money in my hand I would not have chose it. However, by fate I got it and now I am glad. My playing has improved massively. I am utilising an instrument, rolling the volume on and off a lot more, adjusting the tone all the time, and adjusting my picking. I saw a bloke on the TV the other day, a South African guy playing a great tune using a broom handle and an old castrol tin. He was playing tunes that had lasted over a hundred year just by simple folk playing and he had more talent in his little finger than I could ever have. I reckon he would not know the meaning of the word snob if he got his hands on my strat.
Strats are the best to learn/practice on.
However, may I recommend a Keeley Java Boost instead (www.robertkeeley.com). Massive upgrade, at least if you use tube...
I used to be strictly Les Pauls (or at least the same woods) with super loud pickups myself... but I find even a superstrat with somewhat quieter, less compressed pickups (like a Nailbomb vs a MM... sorry haven't gone to single coils) will have the same effect.
I see people all the time who practice and play only on some loud overcompressed pickups like EMGs but when they pickup a guitar with some good pups in it, they can't play for shite without the overcompression to cover their ass.
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I'm not knocking the clean boost idea; I use it all the time!
I just prefer different brand of clean boost, is all.
You still haven't told us what that is... somehow I am guessing it's a Java Boost cause your snobbishness ;)
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Is there a form of pedal addiction?
You could call it a type of "foot fetish"... :roll:
My pedal addiction lasted until about 5 minutes after I went onstage for my first gig - I was so focussed on the "tap dance" that I played like utter cr*p :lol:
These days I own 3 pedals (well, 4 of you count the spare Bad Horsie in my cupboard) & even that feels like too much :)
I own three, but one is more of a practice thing.... (a DS-1 for low volume distortion). I usually just use one to two depending what amp I am using, a Vox wah and my Keeley Java Boost with my cleaner amps for more gain.
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I thought it was a pretty well documented fact that TO is a keen HBE fan
He even had them make a special pedal for him - the Twilight Drive
However for clean boost I am sure that the Uno Mos or the Mos Dos will be favoured
I myself use two HBE pedals and find them very good- the Power Screamer and the Big D
I wish that all players would try gear blindfolded - using only their ears and hands to make choices
The amount of decisions that are made along the lines of : I like this player and he used brand X so I must also or I really hate that player because my mate/enemy likes him therefore I will hate the gear he uses also.
I'm not immune from that problem either even though I strive to be open minded
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I thought it was a pretty well documented fact that TO is a keen HBE fan
He even had them make a special pedal for him - the Twilight Drive
However for clean boost I am sure that the Uno Mos or the Mos Dos will be favoured
I myself use two HBE pedals and find them very good- the Power Screamer and the Big D
I wish that all players would try gear blindfolded - using only their ears and hands to make choices
The amount of decisions that are made along the lines of : I like this player and he used brand X so I must also or I really hate that player because my mate/enemy likes him therefore I will hate the gear he uses also.
I'm not immune from that problem either even though I strive to be open minded
Very true, I also wish people would play guitars and amps blindfold. Bit too much 'logo' blindness at times.
And, how the heck are you truly gonna replicate your favourite band/players tone/sound? It's almost impossible really.
I remember reading Ted Nugent saying he played Eddie VH's rig (on tour as he liked EVH's tone), guess what, he sounded like Ted :P
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I remember reading Ted Nugent saying he played Eddie VH's rig (on tour as he liked EVH's tone), guess what, he sounded like Ted :P
I remember reading the same story for EVH playing on Morello's rig, and guess what... he sounded like Eddie :P
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Seems EVH loves sharing rigs, Steve Lukather said he playd EVHs gear and sounded like... Lukather! So he then later recorded a whole album with Toto just using a marshall combo and still sounded like he was using his CAEs.
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well, guess no-one will be using the 'frankencaster' anymore to try though, cept Daryll that is :) R.I.P.
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I thought it was a pretty well documented fact that TO is a keen HBE fan
He probably never noticed -- You know how low key I am, Jonny!!! PDT_008
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My playing has improved massively. I am utilising an instrument, rolling the volume on and off a lot more, adjusting the tone all the time, and adjusting my picking.
Welcome to the Strat players club 8)
Many Strat players will agree, that a Strat brings out the best in a player. It forces you to work at the guitar, but the end result of learning touch sensitivity, dyamics and much more control stays on even when you go off to play other instruments. Every player should have the opportunity to play a good Strat for a few weeks at least, preferably own one.
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I think what is being discussed is rather common. When players start they use all the gain they can coax out of their rigs. It's addictive stuff. But as you get older and start caring about how you sound you get more into articulation. Once you get away from the gain you find out how bad your playing sucks and you get serious about playing.
I also find I like brighter woods. I love ebony boards even though lots of people hate them.
I to find myself firmly planted in the strat camp, though I do love bridge humbuckers.
One final thing the players who tones I tend to want the most tend to not be very distorted ,Ty Tabor and Tom Morello are prime examples.
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My playing has improved massively. I am utilising an instrument, rolling the volume on and off a lot more, adjusting the tone all the time, and adjusting my picking.
Welcome to the Strat players club 8)
Many Strat players will agree, that a Strat brings out the best in a player. It forces you to work at the guitar, but the end result of learning touch sensitivity, dyamics and much more control stays on even when you go off to play other instruments. Every player should have the opportunity to play a good Strat for a few weeks at least, preferably own one.
I'm not a die-hard strat player or anything (main guitar is a LP) and I agree with all of that, strats are great. Thing is I love playing my strat probably more than the LP, the only reason I dont play it as much is because it doesnt bloody stay in tune :lol: It cuts better in the band aswell, with my setup the LP gets kinda lost.
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well, guess no-one will be using the 'frankencaster' anymore to try though, cept Daryll that is :) R.I.P.
Sounds like a challenge to me!
*Grabs spade*
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Just being a pedant but Darrell was buried with the yellow and black guitar (or so it said in Guitar World). :wink:
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Just being a pedant but Darrell was buried with the yellow and black guitar (or so it said in Guitar World). :wink:
Yup that's true.
BTW: Eddie can be seen playing the frankencaster in the video for that porn movie he's financed and made out on the 5150 estate.
That's a whole new kettle of fish - the song sucks IMHO and I think Eddie is really losing his grip.
It's really sad to see the state he has got into. :cry: :cry:
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It's really sad to see the state he has got into. :cry: :cry:
True, although the haggard old pic of him did make for an amusing photoshop thread over on HC - http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1238245
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My playing has improved massively. I am utilising an instrument, rolling the volume on and off a lot more, adjusting the tone all the time, and adjusting my picking.
Welcome to the Strat players club 8)
Many Strat players will agree, that a Strat brings out the best in a player. It forces you to work at the guitar, but the end result of learning touch sensitivity, dyamics and much more control stays on even when you go off to play other instruments. Every player should have the opportunity to play a good Strat for a few weeks at least, preferably own one.
I'm not a die-hard strat player or anything (main guitar is a LP) and I agree with all of that, strats are great. Thing is I love playing my strat probably more than the LP, the only reason I dont play it as much is because it doesnt bloody stay in tune :lol: It cuts better in the band aswell, with my setup the LP gets kinda lost.
Locking tuners is the answer. I have two Strats one MM one USA, they almost never go out of tune. I will be putting Locking tuners on my SG too very soon; it's a project that will be receiving a Warpig in the bridge and Mirical Man in the neck.
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I know this is going to inspire hate mail from the Strat Fan community but what the hell. If you buy a guitar that can produce a full tonal range, (unlike the Strat; any Strat) then you don't have to invest in a stageful of pedals.
Before someone goes off on one about Gilmours Strat or similar just think about all the steroids that have been pumped into that thing to make it sound like a guitar!
Come on; do your worst.
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Fellow Strat fans- forgive him. Poor man is not well :)
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I'm very much an ex-strat player myself, but I really, really miss them.
You have to work at them a little, but once you block the trem and hose them into a decent amp, there's nothing better.
Having said that, I wouldn't swap my eggle for any Strat you'd care to offer...