weirdest stomp box that you use!

FrankB · April 21st, 2008, 08:11 PM

I have an electra Flanger that is way over the top in the weird sound department and I use it for 2 songs... it's crazy!!

Guitar_Ninja · April 21st, 2008, 09:58 PM

I guess it would be my EHX Deluxe Memory Man. It has all of your standard analog delay stuff but it also has a preamp boost when engaged, and you can add vibrato or chorus to your decays. I've had it for a year and I'm still figuring it out.

eugenedunn · April 21st, 2008, 10:47 PM

Either my Leslie 18 cabinet (which is actuated by a footswitch) or my Bixonic Expandora distortion pedal...... No one I know personally, uses either. But each of these little dogs have soooo much individuality....

Geno

Paul in Colorado · April 22nd, 2008, 02:38 AM

I have an old Maxon AF-9 Envelope Filter that I pull out from time to time. I also have a MuTron Phasor II that sounds awesome but is the size of a brick. I don't know if they are all that weird, but they are unusual.

I'd like to have a flanger that's trigered by your playing attack. Each note as you play would be flanged over time rather then the flanger just cycling a steady sweep.

SixStringSlinger · April 22nd, 2008, 09:42 AM

My Digitech Whammy. On it's own it's not too weird (for me, anyway). It's when I combine it with other pedals like my delay, tremolo or wah that things get interesting.

Telenator · April 22nd, 2008, 10:23 AM

Analogman King of Tone.

I don't use it in the traditional "solo boost" method. I use it as three slightly higher stages of volume boost with a little tiny bit of rasp. It's great when playing a gig and I switch from humbuckers to single coils and don't want to mess with the amp volume. I just tap the Analogman King of Tone pedal and get my level right where it needs to be.

stringeddemigod · April 22nd, 2008, 11:27 AM

I used to have this really weird old Morley tape delay that looked like a skateboard. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It sounded terrible but I wish I still had it so that I could show it to people.

kludge · April 22nd, 2008, 01:21 PM

Not quite a "stomp box", but I use a Lexicon Vortex. It's been in my chain off and on since I bought it new, back when they made them. I was getting irritated with dancing on the delays/chorus/flange/vibrato live, so I just programmed in the sounds I want in the Vortex. Its big deal was its "morph" feature, to morph from one effect to the next. But I basically use it as a two-channel effects rig, since I don't use more than two different effects chains per song.

So one program pair is just the standard sounds I use for most songs... a short delay with a smidge of chorus, and a longer ducking delay. Then I have pairs for specific songs, including one where I do looping during the solo, and another one that morphs between a Q-Tron sort of talking sound and a dynamically controlled tremolo via expression control - a sick sound for a sick song.

At any rate, the sheer weirdness available in that box is unparalleled.

biker joe · April 22nd, 2008, 04:52 PM

Mid-fi glitch computer:

http://www.midfielectronics.com/

It is basically a noise maker. It can do 2 octaves down plus fuzz and just all around chaos. While not very versatile, it is fun for those special moments.

Big Tony · April 22nd, 2008, 05:09 PM

The old "Korg ToneWorks 411fx Super Multi FX", from 1997. Guitar Player gave it a really bad review at the time. I've been using it, on and off, for over 10 years

. I find it very useful, and sometimes use it in place of individual stomp boxes. I guess you just got to know how to "tweak it"!

/ Tony

JimiBryant · April 22nd, 2008, 05:46 PM

my ADA Flanger makes the weirdest sounds, especially in conjunction with my Z-VEX Fuzz Factory - which is the most INSANE pedal that I own.

octatonic · April 22nd, 2008, 06:20 PM

Frostwave Blueringer

Telarkaster · April 22nd, 2008, 09:17 PM

My Digitech Synth-Wah. 7 effects in one pedal:

2 envelopes
2 synths
2 filters
1 auto-wah

Want to get the intro to Dr Who? This is the pedal to do it.

It's also very tempermental, impossible to use live since the settings are so sensitive and the knobs seem to do different things each time I use it. The volume boost on this is deafening, you can blow your speaker and your eardrums if your not careful.

A great pedal to sit cross legged on the floor with a silly grin on your face making space noises for hours on end though...

I actually use it for one effect: envelope #1 for the Jerry Garcia Estimated Prophet sound. Also good for reggae and funk, but a novelty sound for sure.

Big Tony · April 22nd, 2008, 09:49 PM

This is a fun thread.

Keep 'em coming!

/ Tony

refin · April 22nd, 2008, 10:02 PM

MXR Phase 100 (original)............you can get it to sound silly.

kingnimrod · April 23rd, 2008, 01:02 AM

The weirdest:

Alesis BITRMAN

other contenders:

EHX POG

MXR Blue Box

DOD Buzz Box

bo · April 23rd, 2008, 05:46 PM

The uber-cheap Dano Hash Browns flanger. If it died I wouldn't rush out and buy a better flanger, I'd buy the same thing. Delightfully crappy/noisy/etc. and I just love what it does.

mudbean · April 23rd, 2008, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telarkaster

My Digitech Synth-Wah. 7 effects in one pedal:

2 envelopes
2 synths
2 filters
1 auto-wah

I actually use it for one effect: envelope #1 for the Jerry Garcia Estimated Prophet sound. Also good for reggae and funk, but a novelty sound for sure.

Ahh, Estimated Prophet ... Jerry's classic envelope filter sound. Sweet.

I have an OD pedal and a "Magic Tone Box" (which is just a five-way passive filter dealio) that I cobbled together from recipes in an old electronics project book.

mud

mrfuzz · April 24th, 2008, 01:51 AM

it would be my boss pedal that i circuit bent and added a photocell crazy stuff....it glitches twiches, bleeps, pulsate,and everything in between

Vol. Knob · April 25th, 2008, 01:23 PM

BBE Sonic Maximizer. It stays on all the time. Not sure what it does, but all notes are clearer and cleaner. I can hear more of the lows, and given that I use a 50 year old tube PA as an amp head, I need all the cleaning and clearing I can get. Using my Epiphone Dot's neck pickup normally would sound muddy and muffled, but the maximizer pulls the woollyness out and I can hear each note in the chord.

Or My Sabine FuzzStortion. Sounds killer as long as the amp is dialed up above 5.

Then theres my Arion Stereo Analog Delay wrapped in tone-enhancing duct tape...

wetland10 · April 25th, 2008, 01:31 PM

I use an auto wah on one tune, I guess that is kind of "weird?"

One box I use that seems to have a nice impact on my tone without really doing "anything" is the Zinky Master Blaster.

Wayne

sromero · April 25th, 2008, 04:52 PM

i paid a pawnshop $25 for a DeArmond phaser. The knob goes from "deep" to "mellow." It noisy and sick but i love it.

Rattlecan Black · April 25th, 2008, 05:03 PM

Definitely the Digitech Synth Wah. I got it for twenty bucks at a pawn shop but have really found no use for it other than a toy.

getbent · April 25th, 2008, 05:27 PM

I use one. The fiddle player uses one. Joel Terry is a genius.

goldtopper · April 25th, 2008, 07:26 PM

EH Clone Theory. It's so weird, I don't even use it. It's an original so it's kinda old.
Offers?

TexGoneNW · April 26th, 2008, 03:14 AM

What, no ring modulators?

I've used my EH Micro Synthesizer at points in my past, but tend to go sans boxes these days.

April 21st, 2008, 09:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Guitar_Ninja Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 1,492 6 Photos	I guess it would be my EHX Deluxe Memory Man. It has all of your standard analog delay stuff but it also has a preamp boost when engaged, and you can add vibrato or chorus to your decays. I've had it for a year and I'm still figuring it out. __________________

April 21st, 2008, 10:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
eugenedunn Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 55 Posts: 801 37 Photos	Either my Leslie 18 cabinet (which is actuated by a footswitch) or my Bixonic Expandora distortion pedal...... No one I know personally, uses either. But each of these little dogs have soooo much individuality.... Geno __________________ Ono Boy says "good n' swampy....."

April 22nd, 2008, 02:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Paul in Colorado Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Age: 55 Posts: 4,330 3 Photos	I have an old Maxon AF-9 Envelope Filter that I pull out from time to time. I also have a MuTron Phasor II that sounds awesome but is the size of a brick. I don't know if they are all that weird, but they are unusual. I'd like to have a flanger that's trigered by your playing attack. Each note as you play would be flanged over time rather then the flanger just cycling a steady sweep. __________________ www.tuatha.net

April 22nd, 2008, 09:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
SixStringSlinger Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2006 Location: Miami, FL Age: 21 Posts: 1,271	My Digitech Whammy. On it's own it's not too weird (for me, anyway). It's when I combine it with other pedals like my delay, tremolo or wah that things get interesting. __________________ "Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool opotamus?" -Mitch Hedberg

April 22nd, 2008, 10:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
Telenator Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 4,646	Analogman King of Tone. I don't use it in the traditional "solo boost" method. I use it as three slightly higher stages of volume boost with a little tiny bit of rasp. It's great when playing a gig and I switch from humbuckers to single coils and don't want to mess with the amp volume. I just tap the Analogman King of Tone pedal and get my level right where it needs to be. __________________ Dogs have the right idea!

April 22nd, 2008, 11:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
stringeddemigod TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hattiesburg, Ms Posts: 72	I used to have this really weird old Morley tape delay that looked like a skateboard. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It sounded terrible but I wish I still had it so that I could show it to people.

April 22nd, 2008, 01:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
kludge Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Minneapolis Age: 43 Posts: 1,025	Not quite a "stomp box", but I use a Lexicon Vortex. It's been in my chain off and on since I bought it new, back when they made them. I was getting irritated with dancing on the delays/chorus/flange/vibrato live, so I just programmed in the sounds I want in the Vortex. Its big deal was its "morph" feature, to morph from one effect to the next. But I basically use it as a two-channel effects rig, since I don't use more than two different effects chains per song. So one program pair is just the standard sounds I use for most songs... a short delay with a smidge of chorus, and a longer ducking delay. Then I have pairs for specific songs, including one where I do looping during the solo, and another one that morphs between a Q-Tron sort of talking sound and a dynamically controlled tremolo via expression control - a sick sound for a sick song. At any rate, the sheer weirdness available in that box is unparalleled. __________________ Oz: Well, other bands know more than three chords. Your professional bands can play up to six, sometimes seven completely different chords. Devon: That's just, like, fruity jazz bands. -from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

April 22nd, 2008, 04:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
biker joe Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 296	Mid-fi glitch computer: http://www.midfielectronics.com/ It is basically a noise maker. It can do 2 octaves down plus fuzz and just all around chaos. While not very versatile, it is fun for those special moments.

April 22nd, 2008, 05:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
Big Tony Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, by golly! Posts: 2,522 28 Photos	The old "Korg ToneWorks 411fx Super Multi FX", from 1997. Guitar Player gave it a really bad review at the time. I've been using it, on and off, for over 10 years . I find it very useful, and sometimes use it in place of individual stomp boxes. I guess you just got to know how to "tweak it"! / Tony __________________ {8^)> myspace.com/tonypersson

April 22nd, 2008, 05:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
JimiBryant Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Chicago that toddlin' town Age: 46 Posts: 1,842	my ADA Flanger makes the weirdest sounds, especially in conjunction with my Z-VEX Fuzz Factory - which is the most INSANE pedal that I own. __________________ *we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun.*

April 22nd, 2008, 06:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
octatonic Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: An Australian in London. Posts: 1,669	Frostwave Blueringer __________________ "A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges." Benny Green

April 22nd, 2008, 09:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
Telarkaster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Posts: 1,785	My Digitech Synth-Wah. 7 effects in one pedal: 2 envelopes 2 synths 2 filters 1 auto-wah Want to get the intro to Dr Who? This is the pedal to do it. It's also very tempermental, impossible to use live since the settings are so sensitive and the knobs seem to do different things each time I use it. The volume boost on this is deafening, you can blow your speaker and your eardrums if your not careful. A great pedal to sit cross legged on the floor with a silly grin on your face making space noises for hours on end though... I actually use it for one effect: envelope #1 for the Jerry Garcia Estimated Prophet sound. Also good for reggae and funk, but a novelty sound for sure.

April 22nd, 2008, 09:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
Big Tony Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, by golly! Posts: 2,522 28 Photos	This is a fun thread. Keep 'em coming! / Tony __________________ {8^)> myspace.com/tonypersson

April 22nd, 2008, 10:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
refin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida Panhandle Age: 52 Posts: 1,983	MXR Phase 100 (original)............you can get it to sound silly. __________________ "For You,Lord,are good,and ready to forgive,and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You." Ps. 86:5 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/refin_music.htm MASTER VOLUME? WHAT'S A MASTER VOLUME?

April 23rd, 2008, 01:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
kingnimrod Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Montana Sacra Posts: 467 55 Photos	The weirdest: Alesis BITRMAN other contenders: EHX POG MXR Blue Box DOD Buzz Box

April 23rd, 2008, 05:46 PM	#17 (permalink)
bo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,774	The uber-cheap Dano Hash Browns flanger. If it died I wouldn't rush out and buy a better flanger, I'd buy the same thing. Delightfully crappy/noisy/etc. and I just love what it does. __________________ www.bourbondynasty.com

April 24th, 2008, 01:51 AM	#19 (permalink)
mrfuzz NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: los angeles Age: 26 Posts: 6	it would be my boss pedal that i circuit bent and added a photocell crazy stuff....it glitches twiches, bleeps, pulsate,and everything in between

April 25th, 2008, 01:23 PM	#20 (permalink)
Vol. Knob Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 567 79 Photos	BBE Sonic Maximizer. It stays on all the time. Not sure what it does, but all notes are clearer and cleaner. I can hear more of the lows, and given that I use a 50 year old tube PA as an amp head, I need all the cleaning and clearing I can get. Using my Epiphone Dot's neck pickup normally would sound muddy and muffled, but the maximizer pulls the woollyness out and I can hear each note in the chord. Or My Sabine FuzzStortion. Sounds killer as long as the amp is dialed up above 5. Then theres my Arion Stereo Analog Delay wrapped in tone-enhancing duct tape... __________________ I have a few bands: 7 Mysteries Zerababyl Inflammatory Rhetoric

April 25th, 2008, 01:31 PM	#21 (permalink)
wetland10 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 380	I use an auto wah on one tune, I guess that is kind of "weird?" One box I use that seems to have a nice impact on my tone without really doing "anything" is the Zinky Master Blaster. Wayne

April 25th, 2008, 04:52 PM	#22 (permalink)
sromero TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: lafayette,la Posts: 73	i paid a pawnshop $25 for a DeArmond phaser. The knob goes from "deep" to "mellow." It noisy and sick but i love it.

April 25th, 2008, 05:03 PM	#23 (permalink)
Rattlecan Black TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 21	Definitely the Digitech Synth Wah. I got it for twenty bucks at a pawn shop but have really found no use for it other than a toy. __________________ I'm not looking for El Dorado.

April 25th, 2008, 05:27 PM	#24 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 10,155 37 Photos	I use one. The fiddle player uses one. Joel Terry is a genius. __________________ 'never pet a burning dog'

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goldtopper Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell Posts: 935	EH Clone Theory. It's so weird, I don't even use it. It's an original so it's kinda old. Offers? __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

April 26th, 2008, 03:14 AM	#26 (permalink)
TexGoneNW Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria, TX Age: 50 Posts: 910 4 Photos	What, no ring modulators? I've used my EH Micro Synthesizer at points in my past, but tend to go sans boxes these days.