Telecaster Guitar Forum

For Better or Worse: The "Cool Cat" Transparent Overdrive "V2" is Coming!

jmecale72 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:20 GMT

Interesting...I have all three TO, Fuzz and Drive Version 1. So it kinda makes me want to try these out.

BOSS ME-70 Best Price

tkingen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:25:49 GMT

Found one on craigslist for 1/2 price. Barely used and in excellent condition.

EBow???

RomanS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:45 GMT

Bill Elm from the Friends Of Dean Martinez uses the EBow a lot on lap steel, sounds great; I borrowed one from a friend to also try with lap steel a while ago, but I think it needs uite a bit of time to master handling and playing that thing...

How Do I Stop Tone Loss?

RomanS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:04:38 GMT

Put at least the Boss pedals in a bypass loop - their buffer is really one of the worst tone suckers around (and I'm speaking from personal experience her, not hearsay, mind you!) - if you'd use just one, fine, but three in a row will definitely mess with your tone!
I don't know most of your other pedal from personaly experiences, but generally speaking, one or two good buffers in line (eg. one at the beginning of your effects chain, one at the end) won't mess with your tone too much (and might even be good, eg. if you use very long cable runs), but more than that is going to mess with your tone, and while some people don't mind that, many do (esp. those who have compared what their guitar sounds like going straight to the amp to what it's like after all those buffers) - so, generally speaking, except for one or two buffered pedals, everything else should either be true-bypass, or put in a true bypass loop!

Who has a Zoom G2 on their pedalboard?

Ignatius — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:41 GMT

Hey Hoodster,

I did mess with the compressor some and I think I used it on one setting on one tune. Although most people don't put their compressor last in the chain - that's where I had my G2 - it still sounded decent. The old rule applies, 'trust your ears'. If it sounds good it IS good.

If I recall I used the fast attack on it but I don't recall my specific settings. I'm no longer using the Zoom because I picked up a Line 6 M9 the minute it came out - it was what I was looking for when I got the Zoom; it models only effects and not amps and all that other crap that the POD does. It's a great sounding pedal.

The G2 served its purpose for me while I used it, especially considering its price. I'd still recommend it for someone looking to use it in a similar application for low bux.

Which Muff?

JohnnyCrash — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:38 GMT

I know, quite a mess. All of those caps and resistors usually aren't laying around like that HAHA!

My Do-It-Yourself IKEA Pedalboard Build Thread

Jeff_K — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:17:33 GMT

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Originally Posted by harvdog (Post 2144841)

We need PIX!

I didn't think it would be that interesting, but since two of you yelled at me, well, okay! Notice the simple little V cut to allow for the plug to pass through. It doesn't have to be very big for the cheapo (but good enough) MF cables that I use. I also put on the OP's rubber feet, though you can't see in the craptacular cell phone photo, but they are useful. A tip: pre-drill the holes for the feet on the upright back piece, you will split the narrow board if you don't.

This Gorm thing is solid enough that you could put your Cry Baby on it (but on the outside, for sure) and be able to trigger it without worrying about breaking the board. I don't use it enough to carry it around, but it fits perfectly.

Plenty of space for more pedals, too (and 2 on order, yeah!), I just spaced them out since it would look silly to have them all crammed together.

I am VERY appreciative to the OP and whoever else came up with this idea. It's easy and cheap, yet very good quality. Thanks a lot!

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Which OCD?

asatz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:57 GMT

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Originally Posted by Tarnisher (Post 2144776)

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This pedal is high on my Holiday Wishlist- I'll take whichever version someone wants to give me. :mrgreen:

Don't be misled by the apparently lower volume on V4 in the vid--Mike recalibrated the volume knob on V4 so if it is physically set the same as on the other versions, the volume is quite a bit lower. I have a V4 and love it.

Amazon outlet pedal discounts

ChipOnly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:26:19 GMT

Hey guys, not sure where to post this (Mods, feel free to move this and I apologize if it is in the wrong place!) but Amazon.com's recently listed some more pedals in their outlet. Significant markdowns on some nice gear - Carl Martin, EHX - that I can't afford anyway but I thought I'd tip you off.

Linky

Boss RC-2, A Couple Questions

elmatt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:16 GMT

I would suggest that anything you wanted to include in your recorded loop should run before the RC-2. If you are using other sounds that you do not want to be part of the recorded loop; they should run after the pedal.

YOUR Tele Tones And HOW To Get Them

guitarman823 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:19 GMT

I have a Boss Me-50 using memory positions that I run into a Peavey ValveKing 112. Low watt enough I can keep some nice tube breakup without killing everybody else onstage. I have mine set with everything from mild OD to "La Grange" drives, Rockabilly slapback to long delays, harmonies in several keys, and a steel guitar program with a touch of heavier compression and thicker reverb.

OD's for slide playing?

Tim Bowen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:33 GMT

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Originally Posted by Jesse James

Hey Tim, I like the idea of the Hot Cake. I wondered it some guys used fuzzes or higher gain boxes, as some people's tone is just so thick and overdriven. Are there any pedals like the Hot Cake that are cheaper in price? Don't think I could pull off a Hot Cake right now.

Not to my knowledge. Crowther's design is relatively unique among gainers. Lots of other very workable solutions presented within the thread - cranking an amp, using multiple gainers, etc. I've used those approaches. It's just that when electric guitar slide tone is required from a stomp, Paul Crowther's pedal is the first one that comes to mind.

Reverb help fast

Kestrel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:46:01 GMT

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Originally Posted by mlweidl (Post 2142585)

going ot buy a new reverb tomorrow and i was going to get the holy grail nano but i came across the holy stain just for the reverb. I mean its cheaper and it looks like it has some fun stuff to play with i mean i would never use it live but what are your thoughts

Having used a Holy Stain for a while I can tell you that reverb is what the Holy Stain excels at. It's actually quite good. Much better than what you get with the Holy Grail, in my opinion. There are only two reverb modes on the Holy Stain (Room and Hall), but you have much more control over the reverb effects than you do on the Holy Grail. No Flerb or Spring modes, but the reverbs on the Holy Stain can get pretty lush. Ideal if you like playing ambient dreampop/shoegaze type of music.

The fuzz mode on the Holy Stain is decent, but the tremolo mode is very limited. Pitch shift mode can be fun to mess around with, but is somewhat limited as well. There's also a considerable difference in volume between the "Clean" mode and "Fuzz" and "Drive" modes, so you have to compensate by tweeking the volume knob to increase the volume on Clean mode. Also, you can use either the Clean, Fuzz and Drive settings along with both reverb modes (Room and Hall) as well as the trem and pitch shift modes, but you can't use the trem and pitch shift modes along with any of the reverb modes.

I like thick lush cascading reverbs and if I only had $99 bucks to spend on a reverb pedal I'd probably get a Digitech Digiverb over the Holy Stain, but the Holy Stain isn't too bad of a deal when you consider it's a multi-effects unit. I also think it's worth the $99 price tag if just for the reverb effects alone compared to the Holy Grail Nano. But, if all you want is a spring reverb effect then the Holy Grail Nano will do the job just fine and won't even take up a fraction of the space the Holy Stain will take up on your pedalboard.

Reverb pedals: Your opinions please

fraser — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:04:19 GMT

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Originally Posted by SirJackdeFuzz (Post 2139111)

Strangely, i have only heard GOOD things abour this little yellow unit, i want to try it sasp, as i love some lucious 'verb with an already atmospherric/trippy song.

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im not really a reverb guy- i just wanted something to add some ambience to some electric slide stuff. i dont do surf or anything like that, and actually always preferred a warmer dryer electric sound in the past.
i saw one of these for sale not long ago- and a search turned up some posts by a member here (i think he is here anyway- anyway thanks! to him).
i wont single him out, but he did a bunch of mods, and showed gut shots etc-that convinced me to grab the dano- $65 canadian- it was mint and came with an adapter-
it does everything i want it too- im no authority on reverb, but i like this pedal. it does a big drippy reverb sound, but i use it more subtley- works well.
inside it looks like the Little Lanilei- may be very similar.

9v battery drainage

woodman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:04:51 GMT

a One-Spot power supply will pay for itself in a matter of months. i don't do batteries anymore.